Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALEDONIA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 260762004347
Caledonia Elementary School
9770 DUNCAN LAKE AVE SE, CALEDONIA, MI 49316 · (616) 891-8181 · Kent County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% 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.
- 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
18.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
77 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 55%
Community
0
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 | 119 | 31% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 57% larger than its 4th grade class (76).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
Caledonia Elementary School→Kraft Meadows Intermediate School→Duncan Lake Middle School→Caledonia High School
Based on grade levels within Caledonia Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
73.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
78.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Michigan's top 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 Caledonia Elementary School
Caledonia Elementary School's state test result (76.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia Elementary School this school | 378 | 20.4% | 76.5% |
| North Aurelius Elementary School MASON | 371 | 21.3% | 37.6% |
| Jeffers Elementary School SPRING LAKE | 379 | 22.2% | 77.8% |
| Lakes Elementary School ROCKFORD | 409 | 18.6% | 59.9% |
| Meadow Ridge Elementary School ROCKFORD | 397 | 22.2% | 61.4% |
| Douglas Elementary School DOUGLAS | 366 | 23.0% | 62.9% |
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 Caledonia Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kent County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #27 of 1,085 | #11 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #27 of 1,072 | #9 of 79 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #51 of 1,139 | #15 of 82 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #753 of 1,630 | #56 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #1,172 of 1,424 | #81 of 105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.9% | #802 of 1,424 | #78 of 105 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.4% | #1,382 of 1,563 | #93 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #413 of 979 | #39 of 80 |
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
378
-54 (-12%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 488
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 378 | 20.8 | 18.2:1 | 20% (77) |
| 2023-24 | 308 | 17.3 | 17.8:1 | 20% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 20.1 | 15.5:1 | 22% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 24 | 18.0:1 | 28% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 22.9 | 19.4:1 | 27% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 388 | 21 | 18.5:1 | 24% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 362 | 19 | 19.1:1 | 21% (77) |
| 2000-01 | 337 | 19 | 17.7:1 | 11% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 488 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Caledonia Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (444 to 378); teachers down 9% (22.9 to 20.8).
About Caledonia Elementary School
Caledonia Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in CALEDONIA, Michigan, one of the schools in Caledonia Community Schools. Enrollment totals 378 students across kindergarten through 4.
Caledonia Elementary School sits within Caledonia Community Schools, which has 9 schools and 4,564 students.
White students are 83% of those enrolled at Caledonia Elementary School. The next largest groups are 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black, and 2% Asian. In Kent County overall, about 73% of residents are White. A diversity index of 31% means there is a 31% chance two randomly chosen students at Caledonia Elementary School are from different groups.
Staffing at Caledonia Elementary School comes to 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 18.2:1. Elementary schools in Michigan have an average ratio of 15.8:1. On the income side, 20% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Kent County averages 47%, higher than here.
Caledonia Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 98% of Michigan public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 57.3% for Caledonia Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 76.5%. The 19.2-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Michigan schools.
The county, Kent County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $82,631 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Kent County has 239 public schools with about 97,253 students, including Caledonia Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, Duncan Lake Middle School is about 0.1 miles from Caledonia Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Caledonia Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Caledonia Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 432 students in 2020-21 to 378 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Caledonia Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Kent County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
663,150
Census ACS
Median income
$82,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
239
97,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Caledonia Community Schools
- Caledonia High SchoolHigh · 1,438 students
- Kraft Meadows Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Duncan Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
- Emmons Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
- Kettle Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- Dutton Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
Other schools in CALEDONIA
- Caledonia High SchoolHigh · 1,438 students
- Kraft Meadows Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Duncan Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
- Explorer ElementaryElementary · 556 students
- Emmons Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
- Dutton Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
Other Caledonia Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Caledonia Elementary. Caledonia Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Caledonia ElementaryCaledonia, MS · 1,070 students
- Caledonia Elementary SchoolCaledonia, IL · 449 students
- CALEDONIA ELEMENTARYCALEDONIA, MN · 295 students
- Caledonia Elementary SchoolCleveland Heights, OH · 245 students
- CALEDONIA ELEM.CALEDONIA, MO · 198 students
Nearby schools
- Duncan Lake Middle School0.1 mi · 696
- Kraft Meadows Intermediate School0.6 mi · 703
- Caledonia High School0.8 mi · 1,438
- Duncan Lake Transitions Program0.8 mi · 3
- Emmons Lake Elementary School1.0 mi · 377
- Paris Ridge Elementary3.4 mi · 303
Frequently asked questions
About Caledonia Elementary SchoolHow large is Caledonia Elementary School?
Caledonia Elementary School enrolls approximately 378 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Caledonia Elementary School serve?
Caledonia Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Caledonia Elementary School?
Approximately 18.2:1 students per teacher at Caledonia Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Caledonia Elementary School?
At Caledonia Elementary School, the student body is approximately 83% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Caledonia Elementary School in?
Caledonia Elementary School is part of Caledonia Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.