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If you could change one rule at Atwood Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
612
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·L'ANSE CREUSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 262187005908
Atwood Elementary School
45690 NORTH AVE, MACOMB, MI 48042 · (586) 493-5250 · Macomb County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL612 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
218 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
52.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
47.2%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Atwood Elementary School
Atwood Elementary School's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atwood Elementary School this school | 612 | 35.6% | 44.0% |
| South River Elementary School HARRISON TOWNSHIP | 515 | 35.3% | 44.3% |
| Clawson Elementary School CLAWSON | 543 | 31.1% | 44.8% |
| Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School RICHLAND | 698 | 34.7% | 49.3% |
| Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School CHESTERFIELD | 656 | 41.2% | 36.0% |
| Morgan Elementary School SHELBY TOWNSHIP | 563 | 35.7% | 62.5% |
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 Atwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #604 of 1,085 | #38 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #497 of 1,072 | #19 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #425 of 1,139 | #23 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 612 | #118 of 1,630 | #12 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #1,223 of 1,424 | #95 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.6% | #614 of 1,424 | #80 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.6% | #1,129 of 1,563 | #98 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #643 of 979 | #45 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
612
-51 (-8%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 502
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 612 | 33.1 | 18.5:1 | 36% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 637 | 32 | 19.9:1 | 40% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 652 | 34.4 | 19.0:1 | 38% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 663 | 31 | 21.4:1 | 35% (231) |
| 2017-18 | 668 | 27.7 | 24.1:1 | 30% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 652 | 30 | 21.7:1 | 24% (159) |
| 2010-11 | 749 | 30 | 25.0:1 | 18% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 647 | 22 | 29.4:1 | 11% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 502 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Atwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (668 to 612); teachers up 20% (27.7 to 33.1).
About Atwood Elementary School
Atwood Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in MACOMB, Michigan. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 612 students. Elementary schools in Michigan have about 369 students on average; enrollment here is 66% higher.
L'Anse Creuse Public Schools has 17 schools; together they serve 9,090 students.
The largest group at Atwood Elementary School is White students, at 76%. Other groups make up 10% Black, 9% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Macomb County residents are about 75% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Atwood Elementary School is 41%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 18.5 students per teacher. Compared with the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan, this school's ratio is higher. Roughly 36% of students at Atwood Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 52% for public schools in Macomb County.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Atwood Elementary School is -6.5 points: 44.0% actual, 50.5% predicted.
For the population of Macomb County, median household income comes to about $77,837, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Macomb County counts 236 public schools with about 115,743 students.
High School North sits about 0.4 miles from Atwood Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 44.0% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 4 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Atwood Elementary School had a net loss of 51 students, or 8%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 21.4:1 in 2020-21, and 18.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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 L'Anse Creuse Public Schools
- High School NorthHigh · 1,545 students
- High SchoolHigh · 1,172 students
- Joseph M Carkenord Elementary SchoolElementary · 656 students
- Middle School EastMiddle · 626 students
- Middle School NorthMiddle · 618 students
- Middle School CentralMiddle · 601 students
Other schools in MACOMB
- Dakota High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
- High School NorthHigh · 1,545 students
- Seneca Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,078 students
- Iroquois Middle SchoolMiddle · 814 students
- Floyd Ebeling Elementary SchoolElementary · 711 students
- Shawnee Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
Nearby schools
- High School North0.4 mi · 1,545
- Middle School North0.5 mi · 618
- DiAnne M Pellerin Center1.0 mi · 182
- Macomb County Juvenile Justice Center School1.6 mi · 23
- Dakota High School2.0 mi · 2,476
- Glen H Peters School2.1 mi · 204
Frequently asked questions
About Atwood Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Atwood Elementary School?
Atwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 612 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Atwood Elementary School serve?
Atwood Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Atwood Elementary School?
Approximately 18.5:1 students per teacher at Atwood Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Atwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Atwood Elementary School are roughly 76% White, 4% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Atwood Elementary School in?
Atwood Elementary School is part of L'Anse Creuse Public Schools.
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