Enrollment
234
Elementary
DISTRICT 199 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF PETOSKEY·NCES 262793007688
Central Elementary School
410 STATE ST, PETOSKEY, MI 49770 · (231) 348-2111 · Emmet County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL234 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% of Michigan public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
14.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
62 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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 Public Schools of Petoskey. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
59.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
53.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Central Elementary School
Central Elementary School's state test result (51.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Elementary School this school | 234 | 26.5% | 51.3% |
| Sheridan School PETOSKEY | 252 | 27.4% | 52.8% |
| Walden Green Montessori SPRING LAKE | 251 | 25.5% | 74.4% |
| Bushnell Elementary School LOWELL | 253 | 28.1% | N/A |
| Mill Creek Academy WILLIAMSBURG | 233 | 24.5% | N/A |
| Lincoln School PETOSKEY | 237 | 30.4% | 63.8% |
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 Central Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Emmet County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #391 of 1,085 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #348 of 1,072 | #3 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #276 of 1,139 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 234 | #1,331 of 1,630 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #400 of 1,424 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.4% | #974 of 1,424 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.5% | #1,290 of 1,563 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #446 of 979 | N/A |
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
234
-32 (-12%) vs 2020
-19% since 2000-01, when it was 290
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 234 | 16 | 14.6:1 | 26% (62) |
| 2023-24 | 235 | 16 | 14.7:1 | 34% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 249 | 15.5 | 16.1:1 | 33% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 266 | 14 | 19.0:1 | 38% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 272 | 15.3 | 17.7:1 | 40% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 267 | 15 | 17.8:1 | 38% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 289 | 15 | 19.3:1 | 39% (113) |
| 2000-01 | 290 | 15 | 19.3:1 | 23% (66) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (272 to 234); teachers up 4% (15.3 to 16).
About Central Elementary School
Central Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Michigan, located in PETOSKEY. It enrolls 234 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. It has 37% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Michigan (about 369).
Public Schools of Petoskey enrolls 2,416 students, and its 7 schools include Central Elementary School.
Central Elementary School is 86% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 10% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. That is in line with Emmet County, where about 90% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Central Elementary School scores 24%.
Teacher count: 16 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.6:1. The gap from the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan is 1.2 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 26%.
Central Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 52% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Central Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.3% is 3.3 points below the 54.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The county, Emmet County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $78,112 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Central Elementary School, Emmet County has 16 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Central Elementary School is closest to CharEm Alternative Schools, about 0.3 miles away. Central Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 55.7% on proficiency, and Central Elementary School is below that at 51.3%.
The NCES locale for Central Elementary School is Town: Remote, which covers schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
The school's student count fell 12% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher dropped from 19.0 in 2020-21 to 14.6 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Central Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Emmet County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,125
Census ACS
Median income
$78,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
4,138 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Public Schools of Petoskey
- Petoskey High SchoolHigh · 862 students
- Petoskey Middle SchoolMiddle · 561 students
- Sheridan SchoolElementary · 252 students
- Ottawa Elementary SchoolElementary · 250 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 237 students
- Petoskey Montessori Elem SchoolElementary · 20 students
Other schools in PETOSKEY
- Petoskey High SchoolHigh · 862 students
- Petoskey Middle SchoolMiddle · 561 students
- Sheridan SchoolElementary · 252 students
- Ottawa Elementary SchoolElementary · 250 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 237 students
- Concord Academy PetoskeyCombined · 101 students
Other Central Elementary schools
151 other US public schools in 35 states are named Central Elementary. Central Elementary School is the 133rd largest of the 152.
- Central Elementary SchoolDAVISON, MI · 581 students
- Central Elementary SchoolFLUSHING, MI · 487 students
- Central Elementary SchoolPORTAGE, MI · 439 students
- Central Elementary SchoolMUSKEGON, MI · 428 students
- Central Elementary SchoolWHITE PIGEON, MI · 366 students
Nearby schools
- CharEm Alternative Schools0.3 mi · 22
- Sheridan School0.5 mi · 252
- Ottawa Elementary School0.6 mi · 250
- Lincoln School0.7 mi · 237
- Petoskey Montessori Elem School0.8 mi · 20
- Petoskey High School0.9 mi · 862
Frequently asked questions
About Central Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Central Elementary School?
Central Elementary School enrolls approximately 234 students in grades KG-05.
Is Central Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Central Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Central Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Central Elementary School is approximately 14.6:1 (16 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Central Elementary School?
Central Elementary School reports a student body of 86% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Central Elementary School?
Central Elementary School is overseen by Public Schools of Petoskey in Emmet County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.