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What's one thing Barnard Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
400
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TROY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 263426006979
Barnard Elementary School
3601 FORGE DR, TROY, MI 48083 · (248) 823-4300 · Oakland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Michigan public elementary schools
- ATest 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
15.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
71 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
66.9%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
69.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Barnard Elementary School
Barnard Elementary School's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnard Elementary School this school | 400 | 17.8% | 64.3% |
| Orchard Hills Elementary School NOVI | 453 | 18.5% | 65.5% |
| Martell Elementary School TROY | 348 | 11.5% | 62.4% |
| Troy Union Elementary School TROY | 395 | 22.8% | 51.4% |
| Okemos Public MontessoriCentral OKEMOS | 326 | 10.7% | 78.9% |
| Costello Elementary School TROY | 395 | 10.4% | 69.0% |
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 Barnard Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #133 of 1,085 | #34 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #99 of 1,072 | #21 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #122 of 1,139 | #29 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #656 of 1,630 | #99 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #667 of 1,424 | #95 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #179 of 1,424 | #24 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.8% | #1,419 of 1,563 | #117 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #226 of 979 | #19 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
400
-81 (-17%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 478
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 400 | 25.4 | 15.8:1 | 18% (71) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 26.5 | 15.9:1 | 19% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 29 | 14.7:1 | 20% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 481 | 28 | 17.2:1 | 17% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 30.2 | 16.6:1 | 17% (84) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 26 | 18.0:1 | 15% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 504 | 30 | 16.8:1 | 14% (71) |
| 2000-01 | 431 | 23 | 18.7:1 | 4% (19) |
| 1990-91 | 478 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barnard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (502 to 400); teachers down 16% (30.2 to 25.4).
About Barnard Elementary School
Barnard Elementary School is a public medium-sized elementary school in TROY, Michigan. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 400 students.
Across its 21 schools, Troy School District enrolls 11,596 students. Barnard Elementary School is one of those schools.
Enrollment at Barnard Elementary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 47%. The school is also 36% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% Black. That is lower than the 69% White share among all Oakland County residents. By the diversity index, Barnard Elementary School comes in at 65%.
Dividing enrollment by its 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.8:1. Elementary schools in Michigan average about 15.8:1, a similar figure. Barnard Elementary School reports 18% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Oakland County average 32%.
The allk12 Grade for Barnard Elementary School is A-. Compared with Michigan public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 83% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Barnard Elementary School would be expected to post about 58.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 64.3%.
Census estimates describe Oakland County this way: median household income is about $97,760, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Oakland County number 345 and enroll about 169,926.
The nearest other public school, Athens High School, is about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 63.0%; Barnard Elementary School's is 64.3%, ranking 3rd of 6.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 481 to 400. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 17.2:1 to 15.8:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Barnard Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Troy School District
- Troy High SchoolHigh · 2,032 students
- Athens High SchoolHigh · 1,468 students
- Larson Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Boulan Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 839 students
- Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 629 students
- Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 599 students
Other schools in TROY
- Troy High SchoolHigh · 2,032 students
- Athens High SchoolHigh · 1,468 students
- Larson Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Boulan Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 839 students
- Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 629 students
- Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 599 students
Other Barnard Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Barnard Elementary. Barnard Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Barnard Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 573 students
- Barnard ElementarySan Diego, CA · 473 students
- Barnard Elementary SchoolTecumseh, OK · 251 students
Nearby schools
- Athens High School0.7 mi · 1,468
- Baker Middle School0.8 mi · 629
- Troy Center for Transition0.9 mi · 23
- Troy College and Career High School1.0 mi · 188
- Noor International Academy1.0 mi · 186
- Hill Elementary School1.1 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About Barnard Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Barnard Elementary School?
Barnard Elementary School enrolls approximately 400 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Barnard Elementary School serve?
Barnard Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Barnard Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Barnard Elementary School is approximately 15.8:1 (25 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Barnard Elementary School?
Barnard Elementary School reports a student body of 47% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 36% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Barnard Elementary School?
Barnard Elementary School is overseen by Troy School District in Oakland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.