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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Bird Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
476
Elementary
DISTRICT 426 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLYMOUTH-CANTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 262856006406
Bird Elementary School
220 N SHELDON RD, PLYMOUTH, MI 48170 · (734) 416-3100 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL476 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Michigan public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 15.7:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
84 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 93 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
68.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
55.6%
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 56 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
61.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 Bird Elementary School
Bird Elementary School's state test result (61.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bird Elementary School this school | 476 | 17.6% | 61.4% |
| Lorenz C List School FRANKENMUTH | 479 | 17.7% | 56.0% |
| Buchanan Elementary School LIVONIA | 483 | 20.5% | 71.0% |
| Edgerton Trails Elementary ROCKFORD | 454 | 17.6% | N/A |
| Lake Center Elementary School PORTAGE | 494 | 17.2% | 55.6% |
| North Creek Elementary School CHELSEA | 485 | 16.3% | N/A |
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 Bird Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #183 of 1,085 | #21 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #312 of 1,072 | #39 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #100 of 1,139 | #14 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 476 | #347 of 1,630 | #88 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #1,273 of 1,424 | #239 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.0% | #778 of 1,424 | #135 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.6% | #1,423 of 1,563 | #274 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #637 of 979 | #109 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
476
+33 (+7%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 602
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 476 | 25.1 | 19.0:1 | 18% (84) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 25.8 | 17.8:1 | 22% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 26.6 | 16.3:1 | 18% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 27 | 16.4:1 | 16% (70) |
| 2017-18 | 520 | 24.5 | 21.2:1 | 17% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 533 | 27 | 19.7:1 | 14% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 640 | 28 | 22.9:1 | 5% (30) |
| 2000-01 | 515 | 25 | 20.6:1 | 2% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 602 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bird Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (520 to 476); teachers up 2% (24.5 to 25.1).
About Bird Elementary School
Bird Elementary School is one of the public schools in PLYMOUTH, Michigan. It is a medium-sized elementary school. The student body numbers 476 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Michigan) has about 369 students.
Federal data list 25 schools in Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, with 15,978 students enrolled.
The student body at Bird Elementary School is 82% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 49%. Pick two students at random and there is a 32% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.0:1. On average, elementary schools in Michigan have 15.8:1, compared with 19.0:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Bird Elementary School is 18%. The 66% average for public schools in Wayne County is 48 points higher.
Bird Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of Michigan public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 58.5% for Bird Elementary School. The school posts 61.4%, 2.9 points above the prediction.
Among Wayne County residents, the median household income is $60,539, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Besides Bird Elementary School, Wayne County has 572 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Bird Elementary School to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to West Middle School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Bird Elementary School is 4th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Bird Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 443 in 2020-21 to 476 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 16.4:1 to 19.0:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Bird Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Plymouth-Canton Community Schools
- Canton High SchoolHigh · 1,899 students
- Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,871 students
- Plymouth High SchoolHigh · 1,816 students
- Pioneer Middle SchoolMiddle · 827 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 817 students
- Discovery Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
Other schools in PLYMOUTH
- Pioneer Middle SchoolMiddle · 827 students
- Plymouth Scholars Charter AcademyElementary · 823 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 725 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 667 students
- Ivywood Classical AcademyCombined · 613 students
- Isbister Elementary SchoolElementary · 422 students
Nearby schools
- West Middle School0.1 mi · 667
- PCCS Middle Virtual Academy0.5 mi · 39
- PCCS Elementary Virtual Academy0.5 mi · 29
- Smith Elementary School0.9 mi · 364
- Isbister Elementary School1.2 mi · 422
- East Middle School1.2 mi · 725
Frequently asked questions
About Bird Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bird Elementary School?
Bird Elementary School enrolls approximately 476 students in grades KG-05.
Is Bird Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bird Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Bird Elementary School?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at Bird Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Bird Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bird Elementary School are roughly 82% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Bird Elementary School in?
Bird Elementary School is part of Plymouth-Canton Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.