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Best kept secret at Burns Park Elementary School?
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Enrollment
477
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANN ARBOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 260282004008
Burns Park Elementary School
1414 WELLS ST, ANN ARBOR, MI 48104 · (734) 994-1919 · Washtenaw County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL477 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% 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.
- A-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
16.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
93 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 94 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 47% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
67.1%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
68.6%
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 69 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
68.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% 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 Burns Park Elementary School
Burns Park Elementary School's state test result (68.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burns Park Elementary School this school | 477 | 19.5% | 68.2% |
| Orchard View Elementary School GRAND RAPIDS | 439 | 22.1% | 63.5% |
| Hoben Elementary School CANTON | 443 | 24.6% | 48.7% |
| Clarke School SAINT JOSEPH | 462 | 20.1% | 57.7% |
| Bentley Elementary School CANTON | 479 | 20.5% | 48.5% |
| 12th Street Elementary PORTAGE | 589 | 20.7% | 52.5% |
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 Burns Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Washtenaw County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #84 of 1,085 | #10 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #111 of 1,072 | #11 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #116 of 1,139 | #11 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 477 | #339 of 1,630 | #16 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #817 of 1,424 | #36 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #276 of 1,424 | #27 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.5% | #1,395 of 1,563 | #33 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #639 of 979 | #20 of 32 |
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
477
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 434
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 477 | 29.1 | 16.4:1 | 19% (93) |
| 2023-24 | 497 | 33.7 | 14.8:1 | 19% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 32 | 15.2:1 | 22% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 468 | 32 | 14.6:1 | 16% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 32.1 | 16.3:1 | 17% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 20 | 23.5:1 | 16% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | 21 | 20.5:1 | 17% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 423 | 21 | 20.1:1 | 16% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 434 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burns Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (521 to 477); teachers down 9% (32.1 to 29.1).
About Burns Park Elementary School
Burns Park Elementary School is one of the public schools in ANN ARBOR, Michigan. It is a mid-sized elementary school. Total enrollment is 477 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Michigan have about 369 students on average; enrollment here is 29% higher.
The district, Ann Arbor Public Schools, operates 32 schools serving 16,551 students.
More than half of the students at Burns Park Elementary School are White (61%). Other reported shares: 12% Asian, 11% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 8% Black. That compares with about 69% White among all Washtenaw County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.
Burns Park Elementary School has 29.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. The school has 19% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Washtenaw County average 34%.
Burns Park Elementary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 92% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Schools in Michigan with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 57.6%. Burns Park Elementary School scores 68.2%.
Looking at the county, Washtenaw County, the median household earns about $89,180 a year, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The county has 104 public schools and about 42,861 students.
Burns Park Elementary School's nearest public school is Angell School (about 0.6 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Burns Park Elementary School is 2nd among 5 schools close by.
Burns Park Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (468) to 2024-25 (477). The school's ratio increased from 14.6:1 to 16.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Washtenaw County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
369,822
Census ACS
Median income
$89,180
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
104
42,861 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ann Arbor Public Schools
- Huron High SchoolHigh · 1,696 students
- Pioneer High SchoolHigh · 1,671 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 1,237 students
- Slauson Middle SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Clague Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
- Tappan Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
Other schools in ANN ARBOR
- Huron High SchoolHigh · 1,696 students
- Pioneer High SchoolHigh · 1,671 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 1,237 students
- Washtenaw Technical Middle CollegeHigh · 821 students
- Slauson Middle SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Clague Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
Nearby schools
- Angell School0.6 mi · 294
- Tappan Middle School0.7 mi · 695
- Pattengill School0.9 mi · 206
- Central Academy1.1 mi · 509
- Pioneer High School1.3 mi · 1,671
- Pathways To Success Academic Campus1.4 mi · 162
Frequently asked questions
About Burns Park Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Burns Park Elementary School?
Burns Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 477 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Burns Park Elementary School serve?
Burns Park Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Burns Park Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Burns Park Elementary School is approximately 16.4:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Burns Park Elementary School?
Burns Park Elementary School reports a student body of 61% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% Black, 12% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Burns Park Elementary School public or private?
Burns Park Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ann Arbor Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.