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Enrollment
441
Elementary
DISTRICT 393 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHOR BAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 260279003998
Ashley Elementary School
52347 ASHLEY ST, NEW BALTIMORE, MI 48047 · (586) 725-2801 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Michigan public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
90 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 92 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
59.8%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
58.4%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Ashley Elementary School
Ashley Elementary School's state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Elementary School this school | 441 | 20.4% | 57.0% |
| Williamston Discovery Elementary School WILLIAMSTON | 428 | 20.1% | N/A |
| Hartland Round Elementary School HARTLAND | 460 | 20.4% | 70.3% |
| Lakewood Elementary School WHITE LAKE | 434 | 20.3% | 54.9% |
| Rosewood School JENISON | 481 | 21.0% | 59.0% |
| Cherry Creek Elementary School MARQUETTE | 430 | 21.2% | 43.0% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Ashley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #269 of 1,085 | #7 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #257 of 1,072 | #8 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #268 of 1,139 | #10 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #473 of 1,630 | #61 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #892 of 1,424 | #54 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.3% | #1,063 of 1,424 | #108 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.4% | #1,381 of 1,563 | #117 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #607 of 979 | #38 of 75 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
441
+46 (+12%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 16.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 441 | 26.5 | 16.7:1 | 20% (90) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 25.5 | 16.9:1 | 22% (93) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 26.8 | 15.9:1 | 21% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 24 | 16.5:1 | 22% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 23.9 | 20.4:1 | 19% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 495 | 22 | 22.5:1 | 14% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | 26 | 20.0:1 | 13% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 520 | 26 | 20.0:1 | 24% (125) |
| 1990-91 | 529 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ashley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (486 to 441); teachers up 11% (23.9 to 26.5).
About Ashley Elementary School
This page covers Ashley Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in NEW BALTIMORE, Michigan. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 441 students.
Ashley Elementary School is one school in Anchor Bay School District, a system of 10 schools with 5,295 students.
Ashley Elementary School's enrollment is 88% White. The next largest groups are 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. The school's White share is 14 points above the 75% share among Macomb County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 21% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Ashley Elementary School is 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 16.7:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. About 20% of students, or 90, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 52% average for public schools in Macomb County.
Ashley Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 66% of Michigan public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Ashley Elementary School, the prediction is 57.2% and the result is 57.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Macomb County show that the median household income is $77,837, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Besides Ashley Elementary School, Macomb County has 235 other public schools.
The closest public school, Anchor Bay Middle School North, is less than a tenth of a mile from Ashley Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 51.5%; Ashley Elementary School's is 57.0%, ranking 3rd of 6.
Ashley Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment climbed 12% from its 2020-21 level of 395.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Macomb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
879,853
Census ACS
Median income
$77,837
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
236
115,743 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anchor Bay School District
- Anchor Bay High SchoolHigh · 1,740 students
- Anchor Bay Middle School NorthMiddle · 671 students
- Anchor Bay Middle School SouthMiddle · 509 students
- Great Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
- Lighthouse Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
- Dean A Naldrett SchoolElementary · 353 students
Other schools in NEW BALTIMORE
- Anchor Bay Middle School NorthMiddle · 671 students
- Lighthouse Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
Other Ashley Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Ashley Elementary. Ashley Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Ashley Elementary SchoolASHLEY, MI · 60 students
- Ashley Elementary SchoolFRISCO, TX · 572 students
- Ashley Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 387 students
- Ashley ElementaryFayetteville, NC · 180 students
- ASHLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLAshley, ND · 74 students
Nearby schools
- Anchor Bay Middle School North0.0 mi · 671
- Lighthouse Elementary School0.2 mi · 441
- Compass Pointe1.8 mi · 15
- Anchor Bay High School1.8 mi · 1,740
- Great Oaks Elementary School2.1 mi · 468
- Lottie M Schmidt Elem School2.4 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About Ashley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ashley Elementary School?
Ashley Elementary School enrolls approximately 441 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ashley Elementary School serve?
Ashley Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ashley Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ashley Elementary School is approximately 16.7:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ashley Elementary School?
At Ashley Elementary School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Ashley Elementary School in?
Ashley Elementary School is part of Anchor Bay School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.