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What's something Bailey Lake Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
522
Elementary
DISTRICT 428 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARKSTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 260990004472
Bailey Lake Elementary School
8051 PINE KNOB RD, CLARKSTON, MI 48348 · (248) 623-5300 · Oakland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
63 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 109 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 47% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
67.9%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
67.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Bailey Lake Elementary School
Bailey Lake Elementary School's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Lake Elementary School this school | 522 | 12.1% | 63.5% |
| Springfield Plains Elem School CLARKSTON | 495 | 11.5% | 62.0% |
| Herbison Woods Elementary School DEWITT | 469 | 12.4% | 55.3% |
| David Scott Elementary School DEWITT | 473 | 13.1% | 65.5% |
| Hawkins Elementary School BRIGHTON | 551 | 11.8% | 52.8% |
| Hoover Elementary School LIVONIA | 524 | 11.5% | 68.9% |
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 Bailey Lake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #148 of 1,085 | #36 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #119 of 1,072 | #29 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #105 of 1,139 | #26 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #221 of 1,630 | #26 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #307 of 1,424 | #39 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.9% | #957 of 1,424 | #146 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.1% | #1,489 of 1,563 | #139 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #942 of 979 | #114 of 118 |
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
522
+141 (+37%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 639
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 522 | 36.8 | 14.2:1 | 12% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 519 | 33.5 | 15.5:1 | 12% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 495 | 37.5 | 13.2:1 | 12% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 10% (38) |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 30.4 | 17.4:1 | 10% (52) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | 29 | 19.1:1 | 8% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 532 | 27 | 19.7:1 | 12% (62) |
| 2000-01 | 523 | 29 | 18.0:1 | 2% (12) |
| 1990-91 | 639 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bailey Lake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (528 to 522); teachers up 21% (30.4 to 36.8).
About Bailey Lake Elementary School
The public elementary school Bailey Lake Elementary School is located in CLARKSTON, Michigan. The latest federal count shows 522 students in kindergarten through 5. Against the 369-student average for elementary schools in Michigan, enrollment here is 41% higher.
Bailey Lake Elementary School is one of 13 schools in Clarkston Community School District, which enrolls 6,670 students in total.
Bailey Lake Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 86% White. Other reported shares: 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 69% White among all Oakland County residents. Bailey Lake Elementary School has a diversity index of 25%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Bailey Lake Elementary School operates with 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1. About 12% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The rate at public schools in Oakland County averages 32%, higher than here.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 60.9% at Bailey Lake Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 63.5%.
Bailey Lake Elementary School is located in Oakland County, where median household income is about $97,760, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Bailey Lake Elementary School is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County, which together enroll about 169,926 students.
The next-closest public school is Clarkston High School, about 1.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Bailey Lake Elementary School ranks 2nd of 6 nearby schools, at 63.5% versus a 57.2% average.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 522 was 37% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 381. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 14.2:1, from 15.2:1.
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Oakland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clarkston Community School District
- Clarkston High SchoolHigh · 1,552 students
- Clarkston Junior High SchoolHigh · 1,007 students
- Sashabaw Middle SchoolMiddle · 933 students
- Springfield Plains Elem SchoolElementary · 495 students
- Pine Knob Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Independence Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
Other schools in CLARKSTON
- Clarkston High SchoolHigh · 1,552 students
- Clarkston Junior High SchoolHigh · 1,007 students
- Sashabaw Middle SchoolMiddle · 933 students
- Springfield Plains Elem SchoolElementary · 495 students
- Pine Knob Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Independence Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
Nearby schools
- Clarkston High School1.6 mi · 1,552
- Pine Knob Elementary School2.2 mi · 487
- Sashabaw Middle School2.5 mi · 933
- Renaissance Alternative High School2.6 mi · 116
- North Sashabaw Elementary School2.6 mi · 313
- Clarkston Elementary School2.6 mi · 416
Frequently asked questions
About Bailey Lake Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bailey Lake Elementary School?
Bailey Lake Elementary School enrolls approximately 522 students in grades KG-05.
Is Bailey Lake Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bailey Lake Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Bailey Lake Elementary School have?
Bailey Lake Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Bailey Lake Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bailey Lake Elementary School are roughly 86% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Bailey Lake Elementary School in?
Bailey Lake Elementary School is part of Clarkston Community School District.
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