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Best kept secret at Chapman Elementary School?
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Enrollment
434
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GIBRALTAR SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 261587005237
Chapman Elementary School
31500 OLMSTEAD RD, ROCKWOOD, MI 48173 · (734) 379-6380 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
143 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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 Gibraltar School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
49.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
41.7%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Chapman Elementary School
Chapman Elementary School's state test result (47.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman Elementary School this school | 434 | 32.9% | 47.8% |
| Churchill Elementary School MUSKEGON | 414 | 33.1% | 51.9% |
| Blanche Sims Elementary School LAKE ORION | 423 | 31.2% | 56.0% |
| Gilkey Elementary School PLAINWELL | 439 | 32.3% | 40.6% |
| Richland Elementary School RICHLAND | 412 | 34.2% | N/A |
| Orchard Primary School ALMONT | 428 | 32.5% | 70.1% |
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 Chapman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #475 of 1,085 | #57 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #626 of 1,072 | #85 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #499 of 1,139 | #58 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #508 of 1,630 | #122 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #721 of 1,424 | #130 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.0% | #844 of 1,424 | #145 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.9% | #1,178 of 1,563 | #258 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #943 of 979 | #167 of 177 |
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
434
+116 (+36%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 416
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 434 | 27.1 | 16.0:1 | 33% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 25.8 | 17.2:1 | 41% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 25.8 | 16.5:1 | 40% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 318 | 21 | 15.1:1 | 25% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 22.7 | 19.3:1 | 28% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 21 | 20.6:1 | 27% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 454 | 22 | 20.6:1 | 27% (124) |
| 2000-01 | 325 | 17 | 19.1:1 | 23% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 416 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chapman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (439 to 434); teachers up 19% (22.7 to 27.1).
About Chapman Elementary School
Chapman Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in ROCKWOOD, Michigan. A federal count lists 434 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
Chapman Elementary School is one of the 7 schools that make up Gibraltar School District (3,615 students in total).
Chapman Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 84% White. The school is also 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 49% White share among all Wayne County residents. By the diversity index, Chapman Elementary School comes in at 29%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.0:1, with 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Michigan average about 15.8:1, a similar figure. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 33% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Wayne County average 66%.
Compared with Michigan schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Chapman Elementary School's results are 3.9 points below predicted: 47.8% against 51.7%.
Census estimates describe Wayne County this way: median household income is about $60,539, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Wayne County number 573 and enroll about 259,786.
Nearby, John M Barnes Elem School is about 1.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 34.3%; Chapman Elementary School's is 47.8%, ranking 2nd of 4.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 36%, from 318 to 434.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gibraltar School District
- Oscar A Carlson High SchoolHigh · 1,104 students
- Shumate Middle SchoolMiddle · 839 students
- Hunter Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Parsons Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Frank E Weiss Elem SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Lakeshore Virtual SchoolCombined · 117 students
Other schools in ROCKWOOD
- Oscar A Carlson High SchoolHigh · 1,104 students
- Shumate Middle SchoolMiddle · 839 students
- Parsons Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
Other Chapman Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Chapman Elementary. Chapman Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- Chapman Elementary SchoolStrongsville, OH · 446 students
- Chapman ElementaryGardena, CA · 406 students
- Chapman Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 353 students
- Chapman ElementaryChico, CA · 311 students
- Chapman ElemChapman, KS · 282 students
Nearby schools
- John M Barnes Elem School1.1 mi · 353
- Thomas Simpson Middle School1.1 mi · 417
- Fred W Ritter Elementary School1.4 mi · 265
- Ethel C Bobcean Elem School1.9 mi · 376
- Flat Rock Academic Virtual Academy1.9 mi · 107
- Hunter Elementary School2.0 mi · 418
Frequently asked questions
About Chapman Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Chapman Elementary School?
Chapman Elementary School enrolls approximately 434 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Chapman Elementary School serve?
Chapman Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Chapman Elementary School have?
Chapman Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Chapman Elementary School?
Student demographics at Chapman Elementary School are roughly 84% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Chapman Elementary School in?
Chapman Elementary School is part of Gibraltar School District.
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