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What's the most underrated thing about Burr Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
490
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UTICA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263447006990
Burr Elementary School
41460 RYAN RD, STERLING HEIGHTS, MI 48314 · (586) 797-4100 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Michigan public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
397 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (71).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
29.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
20.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
26.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Burr Elementary School
Burr Elementary School's state test result (26.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burr Elementary School this school | 490 | 81.0% | 26.2% |
| Schwarzkoff Elementary School STERLING HEIGHTS | 597 | 76.2% | 39.6% |
| White Cloud Elementary School WHITE CLOUD | 423 | 83.9% | 37.8% |
| Collins Elementary School HOUGHTON LAKE | 489 | 84.0% | 31.7% |
| Clarence Randall Elem School TAYLOR | 492 | 83.9% | 25.1% |
| Snow Elementary School DEARBORN | 465 | 74.4% | 46.2% |
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 Burr Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #1,001 of 1,085 | #92 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #1,043 of 1,072 | #97 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #991 of 1,139 | #92 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #304 of 1,630 | #42 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #708 of 1,424 | #38 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.4% | #585 of 1,424 | #74 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.0% | #352 of 1,563 | #25 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #497 of 979 | #28 of 75 |
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
490
-42 (-8%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 559
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 490 | 30.7 | 16.0:1 | 81% (397) |
| 2023-24 | 514 | 29.8 | 17.3:1 | 81% (418) |
| 2022-23 | 554 | 27.9 | 19.9:1 | 79% (437) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | 27 | 19.7:1 | 75% (400) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 31.5 | 17.8:1 | 71% (398) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 27 | 19.5:1 | 69% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 23 | 20.0:1 | 50% (230) |
| 2000-01 | 419 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 26% (108) |
| 1990-91 | 559 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burr Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (560 to 490); teachers down 3% (31.5 to 30.7).
About Burr Elementary School
Burr Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Michigan, with an address in STERLING HEIGHTS. Classes run from pre-K through 6, and the school has 490 students. Against the 369-student average for elementary schools in Michigan, enrollment here is 33% higher.
Burr Elementary School reports to Utica Community Schools, which has 37 schools and 25,574 students.
Burr Elementary School is 75% White by enrollment. Other students are 10% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 75% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 42%, meaning two students picked at random have a 42% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.0 students per teacher. That matches the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 81%. Compared with the 52% average for public schools in Macomb County, the school's rate is higher.
Burr Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 13% of Michigan public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Burr Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (26.2%) and its predicted rate (30.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Michigan schools.
In the county around the school, Macomb County, the median household income is $77,837, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Macomb County is home to 236 public schools and about 115,743 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Frank Jeannette Jr High School is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. Burr Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Burr Elementary School comes in 8th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Burr Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has fallen by 42 students since 2020-21, to 490. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 16.0:1, from 19.7:1.
Community posts for Burr Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Macomb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
879,853
Census ACS
Median income
$77,837
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
236
115,743 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Utica Community Schools
- Adlai Stevenson High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Henry Ford II High SchoolHigh · 1,663 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 1,625 students
- Utica High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
- Malow Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,084 students
- Shelby Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,073 students
Other schools in STERLING HEIGHTS
- Adlai Stevenson High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Henry Ford II High SchoolHigh · 1,663 students
- Sterling Heights Senior HSHigh · 1,262 students
- Bemis Junior High SchoolMiddle · 742 students
- Frank Jeannette Jr High SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Grissom Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
Other Burr Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Burr Elementary. Burr Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Burr Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 465 students
- Burr Elementary SchoolFairfield, CT · 347 students
Nearby schools
- Frank Jeannette Jr High School0.7 mi · 716
- Schuchard Elementary School1.0 mi · 602
- Hill Elementary School1.5 mi · 363
- Wass Elementary School1.5 mi · 413
- Larson Middle School1.9 mi · 865
- Jefferson Elementary School1.9 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About Burr Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Burr Elementary School?
Burr Elementary School enrolls approximately 490 students in grades PK-06.
Is Burr Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Burr Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Burr Elementary School have?
Burr Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
How diverse is Burr Elementary School?
Burr Elementary School reports a student body of 75% White, 5% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Burr Elementary School in?
Burr Elementary School is part of Utica Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.