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Which teacher or staff member at Commerce Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
534
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALLED LAKE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS·NCES 263516007073
Commerce Elementary School
520 FARR ST, COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, MI 48382 · (248) 956-3900 · Oakland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% 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.
- BBeats 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
19.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
97 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
61.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
63.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Commerce Elementary School
Commerce Elementary School's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commerce Elementary School this school | 534 | 18.2% | 61.5% |
| Keith Elementary School WEST BLOOMFIELD | 542 | 19.9% | 50.1% |
| Country Oaks Elementary School COMMERCE TOWNSHIP | 488 | 21.1% | 47.2% |
| Sequoyah Elementary School MACOMB | 490 | 19.8% | 52.1% |
| Oaktree Elementary School GOODRICH | 547 | 17.7% | 44.9% |
| Bird Elementary School PLYMOUTH | 476 | 17.6% | 61.4% |
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 Commerce Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #178 of 1,085 | #45 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #168 of 1,072 | #43 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #233 of 1,139 | #58 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #199 of 1,630 | #20 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #1,332 of 1,424 | #165 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.3% | #975 of 1,424 | #148 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.2% | #1,417 of 1,563 | #116 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #332 of 979 | #33 of 118 |
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
534
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 534 | 27.1 | 19.7:1 | 18% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 540 | 31.4 | 17.2:1 | 22% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 30.1 | 18.6:1 | 23% (127) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 29 | 18.9:1 | 19% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 646 | 31.8 | 20.3:1 | 14% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 624 | 29 | 21.5:1 | 13% (78) |
| 2010-11 | 536 | 26 | 20.6:1 | 14% (74) |
| 2000-01 | 531 | 29 | 18.3:1 | 6% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 449 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Commerce Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (646 to 534); teachers down 15% (31.8 to 27.1).
About Commerce Elementary School
Located in COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, Michigan, Commerce Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 534 students. It has 45% more students than the average for elementary schools in Michigan (about 369).
Across its 19 schools, Walled Lake Consolidated Schools enrolls 11,640 students. Commerce Elementary School is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Commerce Elementary School, about 87 are White. Smaller groups are 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Oakland County is roughly 69% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 24, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 19.7:1. The school has 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1. In all, 18% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Oakland County averages 32%, higher than here.
Commerce Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 78% of Michigan public elementary schools.
In Michigan, Commerce Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 61.5% actual against a predicted 58.2%.
In Oakland County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $97,760, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 345 public schools and about 169,926 students.
Among nearby public schools, Walled Lake Northern High School is closest at about 1.2 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Commerce Elementary School places 1st of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
For locale, NCES codes Commerce Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 549 (2020-21) to 534 (2024-25).
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Commerce Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
- Walled Lake Northern High SchoolHigh · 1,383 students
- Walled Lake Central High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Walled Lake Western High SchoolHigh · 1,033 students
- Clifford H Smart Middle SchoolMiddle · 888 students
- Walnut Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- James R Geisler Middle SchoolHigh · 620 students
Other schools in COMMERCE TOWNSHIP
- Walled Lake Northern High SchoolHigh · 1,383 students
- Walled Lake Central High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Walled Lake Western High SchoolHigh · 1,033 students
- Clifford H Smart Middle SchoolMiddle · 888 students
- James R Geisler Middle SchoolHigh · 620 students
- Oak Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 531 students
Other Commerce Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Commerce Elementary. Commerce Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Commerce Elementary SchoolCOMMERCE, TX · 430 students
- Commerce Elementary SchoolCommerce, GA · 308 students
Nearby schools
- Walled Lake Northern High School1.2 mi · 1,383
- Clifford H Smart Middle School1.8 mi · 888
- Walled Lake Central High School1.9 mi · 1,182
- Oakley Park Elementary School2.0 mi · 392
- Glengary Elementary School2.1 mi · 311
- Lakewood Elementary School2.5 mi · 434
Frequently asked questions
About Commerce Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Commerce Elementary School?
Commerce Elementary School enrolls approximately 534 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Commerce Elementary School serve?
Commerce Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Commerce Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Commerce Elementary School is approximately 19.7:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Commerce Elementary School?
At Commerce Elementary School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Commerce Elementary School?
Commerce Elementary School is overseen by Walled Lake Consolidated Schools in Oakland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.