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What do students at Clarkston Elementary School actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
416
Elementary
DISTRICT 428 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARKSTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 260990004473
Clarkston Elementary School
6589 WALDON RD, CLARKSTON, MI 48346 · (248) 623-5100 · Oakland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
60 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 55%
Community
4
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 | 99 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 34% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
56.8%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
58.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Clarkston Elementary School
Clarkston Elementary School's state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkston Elementary School this school | 416 | 14.4% | 58.9% |
| Alto Elementary School ALTO | 417 | 15.6% | 65.8% |
| Isbister Elementary School PLYMOUTH | 422 | 13.5% | 70.3% |
| Alward Elementary School HUDSONVILLE | 435 | 12.6% | 66.3% |
| Clear Lake Elementary School OXFORD | 425 | 17.6% | 48.9% |
| Creekside Elementary School HARTLAND | 408 | 15.4% | 71.3% |
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 Clarkston Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #235 of 1,085 | #55 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #252 of 1,072 | #60 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #324 of 1,139 | #70 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #580 of 1,630 | #87 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #243 of 1,424 | #32 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.0% | #982 of 1,424 | #150 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.4% | #1,463 of 1,563 | #130 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.8% | #162 of 440 | #20 of 48 |
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
416
+157 (+61%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 498
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 416 | 30.1 | 13.8:1 | 14% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 386 | 28.6 | 13.5:1 | 16% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 387 | 28.9 | 13.4:1 | 18% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 259 | 21 | 12.3:1 | 13% (33) |
| 2017-18 | 372 | 24 | 15.5:1 | 19% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 383 | 21 | 18.2:1 | 22% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 360 | 20 | 18.0:1 | 16% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 425 | 25 | 17.0:1 | 4% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 498 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clarkston Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (372 to 416); teachers up 25% (24 to 30.1).
About Clarkston Elementary School
Students in CLARKSTON, Michigan, attend Clarkston Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Total enrollment is 416 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
Clarkston Community School District counts 6,670 students in its 13 schools, and Clarkston Elementary School is one of them.
White students are 87% of those enrolled at Clarkston Elementary School. Other reported shares: 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 69% White among all Oakland County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 24%.
The school's 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. Elementary schools in Michigan have an average ratio of 15.8:1. At Clarkston Elementary School, 14% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is lower than the 32% average for public schools in Oakland County.
Clarkston Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (58.9%) and its predicted rate (59.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Michigan schools.
In the surrounding county, Oakland County, the median household earns about $97,760 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Clarkston Elementary School, Oakland County has 345 public schools.
The closest school to Clarkston Elementary School is Renaissance Alternative High School, located about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Clarkston Elementary School at 4th of 5.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Clarkston Elementary School had 259 students in 2020-21 and 416 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.3:1 in 2020-21, and 13.8:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Clarkston Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Oakland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clarkston Community School District
- Clarkston High SchoolHigh · 1,552 students
- Clarkston Junior High SchoolHigh · 1,007 students
- Sashabaw Middle SchoolMiddle · 933 students
- Bailey Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Springfield Plains Elem SchoolElementary · 495 students
- Pine Knob Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
Other schools in CLARKSTON
- Clarkston High SchoolHigh · 1,552 students
- Clarkston Junior High SchoolHigh · 1,007 students
- Sashabaw Middle SchoolMiddle · 933 students
- Bailey Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Springfield Plains Elem SchoolElementary · 495 students
- Pine Knob Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
Other Clarkston Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Clarkston Elementary. Clarkston Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Clarkston Elementary SchoolTYLER, TX · 394 students
Nearby schools
- Renaissance Alternative High School0.1 mi · 116
- Renaissance Virtual School0.2 mi · 63
- Clarkston Junior High School0.3 mi · 1,007
- Clarkston High School1.0 mi · 1,552
- Pine Knob Elementary School1.8 mi · 487
- Independence Elementary School2.2 mi · 446
Frequently asked questions
About Clarkston Elementary SchoolHow large is Clarkston Elementary School?
Clarkston Elementary School enrolls approximately 416 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Clarkston Elementary School serve?
Clarkston Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Clarkston Elementary School have?
Clarkston Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Clarkston Elementary School?
Student demographics at Clarkston Elementary School are roughly 87% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Clarkston Elementary School in?
Clarkston Elementary School is part of Clarkston Community School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.