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Enrollment
586
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UTICA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263447007017
Crissman Elementary School
53550 WOLF DR, SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI 48316 · (586) 797-4300 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% 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.
- A-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
18.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
167 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (78).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
60.7%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
60.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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
61.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Crissman Elementary School
Crissman Elementary School's state test result (61.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crissman Elementary School this school | 586 | 28.5% | 61.4% |
| Woodcrest Elementary School MIDLAND | 600 | 27.7% | 64.0% |
| Siebert Elementary School MIDLAND | 643 | 27.1% | 63.0% |
| Houghton Elementary School HOUGHTON | 618 | 27.8% | 59.8% |
| Switzer Elementary School SHELBY TOWNSHIP | 495 | 25.9% | 46.8% |
| Adams Elementary School MIDLAND | 479 | 28.0% | 57.9% |
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 Crissman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #184 of 1,085 | #4 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #206 of 1,072 | #4 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #255 of 1,139 | #8 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #136 of 1,630 | #17 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #1,198 of 1,424 | #91 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.0% | #868 of 1,424 | #101 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.5% | #1,255 of 1,563 | #107 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #883 of 979 | #66 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
586
+12 (+2%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 604
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 586 | 32 | 18.3:1 | 28% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 597 | 31.4 | 19.0:1 | 30% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 615 | 31.5 | 19.5:1 | 28% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 574 | 30 | 19.1:1 | 22% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 601 | 29.2 | 20.6:1 | 21% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 30 | 18.6:1 | 16% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 640 | 29 | 22.1:1 | 11% (71) |
| 2000-01 | 684 | 32 | 21.4:1 | 3% (18) |
| 1990-91 | 604 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crissman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (601 to 586); teachers up 10% (29.2 to 32).
About Crissman Elementary School
Crissman Elementary School is a large elementary school. Its address is in SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Michigan. The grade span is pre-K through 6, and enrollment is 586 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Michigan) has about 369 students.
Utica Community Schools includes 37 schools. Together they enroll 25,574 students.
At Crissman Elementary School, White students make up 84% of the student body. After that, the student body is 5% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Among all residents of Macomb County, the White share is about 75%. Crissman Elementary School has a diversity index of 28%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 32 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.3:1. Among elementary schools in Michigan, the typical ratio is 15.8:1. Eligible students account for 28% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The rate at public schools in Macomb County averages 52%, higher than here.
Crissman Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 83% of Michigan public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Crissman Elementary School is 7.7 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Michigan schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Macomb County show that median household income is about $77,837, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Crissman Elementary School is one of 236 public schools in Macomb County, which together enroll about 115,743 students.
The closest other public school is Shelby Junior High School, about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Crissman Elementary School at 2nd of 8.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 574 students in 2020-21 and 586 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Utica Community Schools
- Adlai Stevenson High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Henry Ford II High SchoolHigh · 1,663 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 1,625 students
- Utica High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
- Malow Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,084 students
- Shelby Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,073 students
Other schools in SHELBY TOWNSHIP
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 1,625 students
- Malow Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,084 students
- Shelby Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,073 students
- Beacon Tree Elementary SchoolElementary · 787 students
- Richard J Duncan ElementaryElementary · 716 students
- Wiley Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
Nearby schools
- Shelby Junior High School1.0 mi · 1,073
- Eisenhower High School1.2 mi · 1,625
- Malow Junior High School1.3 mi · 1,084
- Morgan Elementary School1.4 mi · 563
- Issac Monfort Elementary School1.4 mi · 525
- Beacon Tree Elementary School1.7 mi · 787
Frequently asked questions
About Crissman Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Crissman Elementary School?
Crissman Elementary School enrolls approximately 586 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Crissman Elementary School serve?
Crissman Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Crissman Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Crissman Elementary School is approximately 18.3:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Crissman Elementary School?
At Crissman Elementary School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Crissman Elementary School public or private?
Crissman Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Utica Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.