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What's one thing Blissfield Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
528
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLISSFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 260600004230
Blissfield Elementary
640 S LANE ST, BLISSFIELD, MI 49228 · (517) 486-2811 · Lenawee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
183 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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 Blissfield Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
33.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
36.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Blissfield Elementary
Blissfield Elementary's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blissfield Elementary this school | 528 | 34.7% | 33.4% |
| New Lothrop Elementary School NEW LOTHROP | 505 | 36.8% | 47.0% |
| Natalie Kreeger Elementary School FOWLERVILLE | 539 | 33.8% | 41.4% |
| William D Miller Elem School NEW BOSTON | 489 | 33.9% | 40.6% |
| HT Smith Elementary School FOWLERVILLE | 494 | 37.4% | N/A |
| Will L Lee School RICHMOND | 478 | 32.6% | 56.8% |
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 Blissfield Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Lenawee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #874 of 1,085 | #7 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #753 of 1,072 | #4 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #913 of 1,139 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #211 of 1,630 | #4 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,058 of 1,424 | #12 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.0% | #1,154 of 1,424 | #12 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #1,147 of 1,563 | #15 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.1% | #343 of 440 | #4 of 7 |
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
528
+27 (+5%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 608
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 528 | 30.3 | 17.4:1 | 35% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 31.3 | 17.2:1 | 44% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 536 | 32.3 | 16.6:1 | 40% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 32 | 15.7:1 | 45% (225) |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 25.8 | 19.9:1 | 42% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 509 | 29 | 17.6:1 | 35% (179) |
| 2010-11 | 584 | 31 | 18.8:1 | 45% (265) |
| 2000-01 | 594 | 31 | 19.2:1 | 16% (95) |
| 1990-91 | 608 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blissfield Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (512 to 528); teachers up 17% (25.8 to 30.3).
About Blissfield Elementary
Blissfield Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in BLISSFIELD, Michigan, one of the schools in Blissfield Community Schools. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 528 students. Elementary schools in Michigan have about 369 students on average; enrollment here is 43% higher.
Blissfield Community Schools is the district for Blissfield Elementary. It has 3 schools and 1,111 students.
Blissfield Elementary is 90% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Lenawee County, where about 87% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Blissfield Elementary scores 18%.
The school's 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At Blissfield Elementary, 35% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Lenawee County report 44%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Blissfield Elementary would score about 50.9%. It scores 33.4%, a bottom-10% result among Michigan schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Lenawee County, the median household earns about $70,518 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Lenawee County has 47 public schools with about 14,256 students, including Blissfield Elementary.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Blissfield High School, is about 0.2 miles. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Blissfield Elementary is 4th among 5 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's student count increased 5% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher increased from 15.7 to 17.4 over 4 years.
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Lenawee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,415
Census ACS
Median income
$70,518
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
14,256 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Blissfield Community Schools
- Blissfield High SchoolHigh · 320 students
- Blissfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 263 students
Other schools in BLISSFIELD
- Blissfield High SchoolHigh · 320 students
- Blissfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 263 students
Nearby schools
- Blissfield High School0.2 mi · 320
- Blissfield Middle School0.2 mi · 263
- Britton Deerfield SchoolDeerfield Building6.4 mi · 130
- Madison Elementary School8.5 mi · 753
- Madison Middle School8.5 mi · 388
- Madison High School8.5 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Blissfield ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Blissfield Elementary?
Blissfield Elementary enrolls approximately 528 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Blissfield Elementary serve?
Blissfield Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Blissfield Elementary have?
Blissfield Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
How diverse is Blissfield Elementary?
Blissfield Elementary reports a student body of 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Blissfield Elementary?
Blissfield Elementary is overseen by Blissfield Community Schools in Lenawee County.
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