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Enrollment
379
Elementary
DISTRICT 382 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODHAVEN-BROWNSTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 263648507239
Bates Elementary School
22811 GUDITH RD, WOODHAVEN, MI 48183 · (734) 692-2217 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
198 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 55%
Community
1
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 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 12% smaller than its 4th grade class (82).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Woodhaven-Brownstown School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
43.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
41.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Bates Elementary School
Bates Elementary School's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bates Elementary School this school | 379 | 52.2% | 42.6% |
| Erving Elementary School WOODHAVEN | 379 | 51.2% | 42.8% |
| Westlake Elementary School BATTLE CREEK | 349 | 57.9% | 50.1% |
| Sycamore Elementary School HOLT | 348 | 54.3% | 26.0% |
| Wilcox Elementary School HOLT | 413 | 48.2% | 42.2% |
| Dimondale Elementary School DIMONDALE | 381 | 57.2% | 33.6% |
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 Bates Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #649 of 1,085 | #76 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #625 of 1,072 | #84 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #684 of 1,139 | #88 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 379 | #749 of 1,630 | #170 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #593 of 1,424 | #110 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #190 of 1,424 | #27 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.2% | #852 of 1,563 | #228 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.9% | #155 of 979 | #25 of 177 |
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
379
-88 (-19%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 520
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 379 | 24.5 | 15.5:1 | 52% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 28.5 | 16.1:1 | 57% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 30.9 | 15.8:1 | 57% (280) |
| 2020-21 | 467 | 28 | 16.7:1 | 54% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 26.9 | 18.5:1 | 51% (253) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 26 | 17.6:1 | 49% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 22 | 20.5:1 | 35% (160) |
| 2000-01 | 520 | 23 | 22.6:1 | 22% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 520 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bates Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (498 to 379); teachers down 9% (26.9 to 24.5).
About Bates Elementary School
Families in WOODHAVEN, Michigan, are served by Bates Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Total enrollment is 379 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 4.
Woodhaven-Brownstown School District serves 5,296 students across 9 schools.
More than half of the students at Bates Elementary School are White (55%). The rest of enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 15% Black, 10% Asian, and 4% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Bates Elementary School scores 64%.
The school's 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. It is about the same as the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. At Bates Elementary School, 52% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Across public schools in Wayne County, the average is 66%.
On BeatsExpectations, Bates Elementary School is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Michigan schools.
Wayne County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $60,539, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Wayne County's 573 public schools enroll about 259,786 students and include Bates Elementary School.
Erving Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Bates Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 467 to 379, a 19% decline. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.5:1) than in 2020-21 (16.7:1).
The discussion board for Bates Elementary School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Woodhaven-Brownstown School District
- Woodhaven High SchoolHigh · 1,629 students
- Brownstown Middle SchoolMiddle · 872 students
- Woodhaven Upper ElementaryMiddle · 811 students
- Wegienka Elementary SchoolElementary · 392 students
- Gudith Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Erving Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
Other schools in WOODHAVEN
- Woodhaven Upper ElementaryMiddle · 811 students
- Erving Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Yake Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Frank E Weiss Elem SchoolElementary · 285 students
Other Bates Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Bates Elementary. Bates Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Bates ElementaryLouisville, KY · 585 students
- Bates Elementary SchoolJackson, MS · 482 students
- Bates Elementary SchoolRoslindale, MA · 281 students
- Bates ElementaryCourtland, CA · 82 students
Nearby schools
- Erving Elementary School0.8 mi · 379
- Woodhaven Upper Elementary1.0 mi · 811
- Yake Elementary School1.7 mi · 373
- Woodhaven High School1.7 mi · 1,629
- Maple Grove Alternative High School1.7 mi · 76
- Boyd W Arthurs Middle School1.8 mi · 578
Frequently asked questions
About Bates Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bates Elementary School?
Bates Elementary School enrolls approximately 379 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Bates Elementary School serve?
Bates Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bates Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bates Elementary School is approximately 15.5:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bates Elementary School?
At Bates Elementary School, the student body is approximately 55% White, 15% Hispanic, 15% Black, 10% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Bates Elementary School?
Bates Elementary School is overseen by Woodhaven-Brownstown School District in Wayne County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.