Enrollment
243
Elementary
DISTRICT 261 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YALE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 263660007272
Avoca Elementary School
8751 WILLOW ST, KENOCKEE, MI 48006 · (810) 324-2660 · St. Clair County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL243 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
81 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 55%
Community
0
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 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
60.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
54.3%
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 54 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
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Avoca Elementary School
Avoca Elementary School's state test result (51.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avoca Elementary School this school | 243 | 33.3% | 51.6% |
| ClimaxScotts Elementary School SCOTTS | 234 | 31.2% | 41.4% |
| Leonard Elementary School LEONARD | 241 | 29.9% | 34.4% |
| Sycamore Elementary School DORR | 224 | 33.5% | 69.2% |
| Lincoln School PETOSKEY | 237 | 30.4% | 63.8% |
| Indian Lake Elementary School VICKSBURG | 265 | 33.2% | 55.7% |
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 Avoca Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #379 of 1,085 | #8 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #344 of 1,072 | #6 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #264 of 1,139 | #5 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 243 | #1,302 of 1,630 | #22 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #367 of 1,424 | #9 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.9% | #1,102 of 1,424 | #12 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.3% | #1,172 of 1,563 | #19 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #622 of 979 | #8 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
243
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 240
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 243 | 16.8 | 14.5:1 | 33% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 242 | 16.8 | 14.4:1 | 49% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 252 | 17.2 | 14.7:1 | 56% (140) |
| 2020-21 | 244 | 15 | 16.3:1 | 55% (134) |
| 2017-18 | 267 | 16.9 | 15.8:1 | 47% (126) |
| 2015-16 | 273 | 16 | 17.1:1 | 48% (132) |
| 2010-11 | 268 | 16 | 16.8:1 | 42% (112) |
| 2000-01 | 290 | 15 | 19.3:1 | 28% (82) |
| 1990-91 | 240 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Avoca Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (267 to 243); teachers down 1% (16.9 to 16.8).
About Avoca Elementary School
As a low-enrollment elementary school, Avoca Elementary School serves students in KENOCKEE, Michigan. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 243 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Michigan enroll about 369 students on average.
Yale Public Schools has a total of 6 schools and 1,723 students, Avoca Elementary School among them.
White students account for 89% of the school's enrollment. It is also 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among St. Clair County residents, the White share is about 91%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 20, compared with 70 nationally.
With 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.5:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1. Roughly 33% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in St. Clair County average 46%.
Schools in Michigan with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 51.5%. Avoca Elementary School scores 51.6%.
The school's county is St. Clair County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $71,270 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Avoca Elementary School shares St. Clair County with 56 other public schools.
Avoca Elementary School's nearest public school is John F FarrellEmmett Elementary School (about 5.8 miles). The count of other public schools within ten miles is 7. On average proficiency, Avoca Elementary School is 3rd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Avoca Elementary School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Avoca Elementary School was 244 in 2020-21 and 243 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 16.3 to 14.5 over 4 years.
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St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,221
Census ACS
Median income
$71,270
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
20,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yale Public Schools
- Yale Senior High SchoolHigh · 509 students
- Yale Junior High SchoolMiddle · 425 students
- Yale Elementary SchoolElementary · 329 students
- John F FarrellEmmett Elementary SchoolElementary · 211 students
- Phoenix Alternative SchoolHigh · 6 students
Other Avoca Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Avoca Elementary. Avoca Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Avoca ElementaryBristol, TN · 436 students
Nearby schools
- John F FarrellEmmett Elementary School5.8 mi · 211
- Yale Junior High School7.4 mi · 425
- Yale Senior High School7.5 mi · 509
- Phoenix Alternative School7.5 mi · 6
- Yale Elementary School7.5 mi · 329
- Indian Woods Elementary School9.6 mi · 357
Frequently asked questions
About Avoca Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Avoca Elementary School?
Avoca Elementary School enrolls approximately 243 students in grades PK-05.
Is Avoca Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Avoca Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Avoca Elementary School have?
Avoca Elementary School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Avoca Elementary School?
At Avoca Elementary School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Avoca Elementary School public or private?
Avoca Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Yale Public Schools.
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