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Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHIPPEWA VALLEY SCHOOLS·NCES 260957001070
Cheyenne Elementary School
47600 HEYDENREICH RD, MACOMB, MI 48044 · (586) 723-5000 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
108 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
45.0%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
45.0%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 Cheyenne Elementary School
Cheyenne Elementary School's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheyenne Elementary School this school | 440 | 24.5% | 46.0% |
| Brown School SAINT JOSEPH | 410 | 22.9% | 59.2% |
| Adams Elementary School MIDLAND | 479 | 28.0% | 57.9% |
| Kennedy Elementary School LIVONIA | 472 | 28.8% | 60.7% |
| Mohawk Elementary School MACOMB | 463 | 26.1% | 40.9% |
| Clarke School SAINT JOSEPH | 462 | 20.1% | 57.7% |
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 Cheyenne Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #539 of 1,085 | #28 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #557 of 1,072 | #31 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #633 of 1,139 | #48 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #479 of 1,630 | #63 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #650 of 1,424 | #32 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.1% | #556 of 1,424 | #68 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.5% | #1,312 of 1,563 | #115 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.4% | #148 of 979 | #9 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
440
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-41% since 2000-01, when it was 750
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 440 | 28 | 15.7:1 | 25% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 25.5 | 17.5:1 | 35% (156) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 25 | 18.0:1 | 33% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | 26 | 17.0:1 | 20% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 28.2 | 20.6:1 | 11% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 644 | 29 | 22.2:1 | 9% (55) |
| 2010-11 | 833 | 35 | 23.8:1 | 10% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 750 | 33 | 22.7:1 | 1% (9) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cheyenne Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (582 to 440); teachers down 1% (28.2 to 28).
About Cheyenne Elementary School
Cheyenne Elementary School serves students in MACOMB, Michigan, as a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment totals 440 students across pre-K through 5.
The district, Chippewa Valley Schools, has 14,504 students enrolled across 20 schools.
At Cheyenne Elementary School, 73% of students are White. The school is also 10% Black, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put Macomb County at about 75% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Cheyenne Elementary School is 44%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Cheyenne Elementary School lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.7 students per teacher. That is in line with the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. About 25% of students at Cheyenne Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 52% average for public schools in Macomb County is 27 points higher.
Compared with Michigan schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Cheyenne Elementary School's results are 9.4 points below predicted: 46.0% against 55.4%.
In the surrounding county, Macomb County, median household income comes to about $77,837, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 236, with about 115,743 students.
Seneca Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Cheyenne Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Cheyenne Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 441 in 2020-21 to 440 in 2024-25, a change of 1 student. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.0:1 to 15.7:1.
People who know Cheyenne Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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 Chippewa Valley Schools
- Dakota High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
- Chippewa Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,162 students
- Seneca Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,078 students
- Wyandot Middle SchoolMiddle · 844 students
- Iroquois Middle SchoolMiddle · 814 students
- Shawnee Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
Other schools in MACOMB
- Dakota High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
- High School NorthHigh · 1,545 students
- Seneca Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,078 students
- Iroquois Middle SchoolMiddle · 814 students
- Floyd Ebeling Elementary SchoolElementary · 711 students
- Shawnee Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
Other Cheyenne Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Cheyenne Elementary. Cheyenne Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Cheyenne Elementary SchoolPEORIA, AZ · 554 students
- Cheyenne Elementary SchoolCheyenne, OK · 192 students
- Cheyenne Elementary - 06Hayes, SD · 6 students
Nearby schools
- Seneca Middle School0.2 mi · 1,078
- Dakota High School0.4 mi · 2,476
- Ojibwa Elementary School0.4 mi · 622
- Glen H Peters School0.5 mi · 204
- Mohawk Elementary School1.2 mi · 463
- Iroquois Middle School1.2 mi · 814
Frequently asked questions
About Cheyenne Elementary SchoolHow large is Cheyenne Elementary School?
Cheyenne Elementary School enrolls approximately 440 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cheyenne Elementary School serve?
Cheyenne Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Cheyenne Elementary School have?
Cheyenne Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cheyenne Elementary School?
At Cheyenne Elementary School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 3% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Cheyenne Elementary School public or private?
Cheyenne Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chippewa Valley Schools.
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