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What's the biggest difference between Auburn Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
474
Elementary
DISTRICT 374 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 260426004093
Auburn Elementary School
301 E MIDLAND RD, AUBURN, MI 48611 · (989) 662-4921 · Bay County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Michigan public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
19.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
199 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
56.7%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
51.7%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Auburn Elementary School
Auburn Elementary School's state test result (55.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn Elementary School this school | 474 | 42.0% | 55.4% |
| Beach Elementary School CEDAR SPRINGS | 445 | 42.9% | 51.2% |
| Page Elementary School MIDDLEVILLE | 484 | 44.0% | 42.1% |
| Saranac Elementary School SARANAC | 433 | 44.1% | 43.0% |
| Cedar Trails Elementary School CEDAR SPRINGS | 431 | 40.4% | N/A |
| Pine Street Elementary WAYLAND | 413 | 42.6% | 47.0% |
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 Auburn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Bay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #305 of 1,085 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #398 of 1,072 | #1 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #325 of 1,139 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #350 of 1,630 | #1 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #1,270 of 1,424 | #9 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.9% | #1,074 of 1,424 | #11 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.0% | #1,024 of 1,563 | #13 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #778 of 979 | #9 of 11 |
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
474
+50 (+12%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 398
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 474 | 25 | 19.0:1 | 42% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 23.5 | 20.3:1 | 44% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 26.5 | 17.9:1 | 46% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 424 | 23 | 18.4:1 | 37% (156) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 22.4 | 22.3:1 | 37% (187) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 26 | 21.9:1 | 37% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 21 | 25.2:1 | 36% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 416 | 17 | 24.5:1 | 22% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 398 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Auburn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (500 to 474); teachers up 12% (22.4 to 25).
About Auburn Elementary School
Auburn Elementary School is a public elementary school in AUBURN, Michigan. The school enrolls 474 students, from kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Michigan is about 369, so this school runs 28% larger than that.
Bay City School District has a total of 13 schools and 6,030 students, Auburn Elementary School among them.
Federal enrollment data show Auburn Elementary School is 89% White. It is also 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That is close to the 91% White share among all Bay County residents. Auburn Elementary School's diversity index is 21%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 25 full-time positions, a ratio of 19.0:1. That is higher than the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 42%. The 55% average for public schools in Bay County is 13 points higher.
Measured against Michigan public elementary schools, Auburn Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Auburn Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 55.4%, compared with a predicted 47.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Michigan schools on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in Bay County, the median household income is $61,763, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 34 public schools in Bay County, enrolling about 12,525 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Bay City Western High School, about 0.6 miles away. Auburn Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 44.4% on proficiency, and Auburn Elementary School is above that at 55.4%.
In the federal locale system, Auburn Elementary School is coded Suburb: Small, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment grew 12% from its 2020-21 level of 424.
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Bay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,008
Census ACS
Median income
$61,763
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
12,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bay City School District
- Bay City Western High SchoolHigh · 1,009 students
- Bay City Central High SchoolHigh · 921 students
- Western Middle SchoolMiddle · 681 students
- Handy Middle SchoolMiddle · 598 students
- Kolb Elementary SchoolElementary · 451 students
- Hampton Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
Other schools in AUBURN
- Bay City Western High SchoolHigh · 1,009 students
- Western Middle SchoolMiddle · 681 students
Other Auburn Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Auburn Elementary. Auburn Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 9.
- Auburn Elementary SchoolAUBURN HILLS, MI · 333 students
- Auburn Elementary SchoolAuburn, KY · 760 students
- Auburn Elementary SchoolAuburn, GA · 678 students
- Auburn Elementary SchoolSalem, OR · 592 students
- Auburn ElementaryRiner, VA · 544 students
Nearby schools
- Bay City Western High School0.6 mi · 1,009
- Western Middle School0.6 mi · 681
- Great Lakes Bay Early College5.1 mi · 200
- McAlearSawden Elem School5.3 mi · 378
- Freeland Middle SchoolHigh School5.7 mi · 897
- Juvenile Justice Center6.0 mi · 11
Frequently asked questions
About Auburn Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Auburn Elementary School?
Auburn Elementary School enrolls approximately 474 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Auburn Elementary School serve?
Auburn Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Auburn Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Auburn Elementary School is approximately 19.0:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Auburn Elementary School?
At Auburn Elementary School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Auburn Elementary School in?
Auburn Elementary School is part of Bay City School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.