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Daisy Brook Elementary School
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Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientWhat this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 48 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Daisy Brook Elementary School
Located at 502 N DIVISION AVE, in FREMONT, Michigan, Daisy Brook Elementary School is a moderately sized primary school that teaches 446 students (grades 3 through 5), operated by Fremont Public School District. That puts it 21% above the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.
Across the 5 schools in Fremont Public School District (2,043 students total), Daisy Brook Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Daisy Brook Elementary School lists that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, Daisy Brook Elementary School reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, Daisy Brook Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.2%; this one delivers 46.5%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Newaygo County put the typical household earns roughly $63,304 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Newaygo County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,782 students), of which Daisy Brook Elementary School is one.
The closest other public school is Pathfinder Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in a town-based setting.
Five-year trend. Daisy Brook Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 435 (now 446). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.
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