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Enrollment
765
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT·NCES 260110304692
Davison ElementaryMiddle School
2800 E DAVISON ST, DETROIT, MI 48212 · (313) 252-3118 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL765 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Michigan public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
18.0:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
683 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 68 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 110 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 78 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 87 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (87).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
25.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
26.4%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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
31.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Davison ElementaryMiddle School
Davison ElementaryMiddle School's state test result (31.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davison ElementaryMiddle School this school | 765 | 89.3% | 31.8% |
| Siersma Elementary School WARREN | 494 | 77.1% | 32.6% |
| Lean Elementary School WARREN | 619 | 79.8% | 42.7% |
| Mark C Roose Elementary School WARREN | 369 | 75.9% | 35.8% |
| Hamtramck Academy HAMTRAMCK | 549 | 96.0% | 52.1% |
| Dickinson West Elementary School HAMTRAMCK | 422 | 85.5% | 15.2% |
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 Davison ElementaryMiddle School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #908 of 1,085 | #115 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #967 of 1,072 | #129 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #1,057 of 1,139 | #143 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 765 | #36 of 1,630 | #16 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #1,141 of 1,424 | #215 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #362 of 1,424 | #60 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.3% | #206 of 1,563 | #102 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #884 of 979 | #151 of 177 |
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
765
-60 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 765 | 42.6 | 18.0:1 | 89% (683) |
| 2023-24 | 790 | 43 | 18.4:1 | 90% (710) |
| 2022-23 | 739 | 41.1 | 18.0:1 | 94% (697) |
| 2020-21 | 825 | 45 | 18.3:1 | 88% (727) |
| 2017-18 | 784 | 42.2 | 18.6:1 | 89% (697) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Davison ElementaryMiddle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (784 to 765); teachers up 1% (42.2 to 42.6).
About Davison ElementaryMiddle School
The public elementary school Davison ElementaryMiddle School is located in DETROIT, Michigan. The grade span is pre-K through 8, and enrollment is 765 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Michigan) has about 369 students.
Detroit Public Schools Community District has a total of 103 schools and 48,448 students, Davison ElementaryMiddle School among them.
Davison ElementaryMiddle School's enrollment has no majority group, and Asian students are the largest at 48%. The remaining students are 46% Black, 2% White, and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Wayne County, the Asian share is about 4%. Davison ElementaryMiddle School has a diversity index of 56%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 42.6 full-time equivalents, or about 18.0 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in Michigan, the typical ratio is 15.8:1. About 89% of students, or 683, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Wayne County is 66%.
allk12 grades Davison ElementaryMiddle School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Davison ElementaryMiddle School are 5.1 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (31.8% actual, 26.7% predicted).
Across Wayne County, median household income is about $60,539, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Davison ElementaryMiddle School is among the 573 public schools in Wayne County.
Bridge Academy West is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 4 nearby schools with scores, Davison ElementaryMiddle School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Davison ElementaryMiddle School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 825 to 765 over 4 years.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
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- Martin Luther King Jr Senior High SchoolHigh · 976 students
Nearby schools
- Bridge Academy West0.5 mi · 331
- Frontier International Academy0.6 mi · 737
- Early Childhood Elementary School0.7 mi · 146
- Commonwealth Community Development Academy0.7 mi · 150
- Dickinson West Elementary School0.9 mi · 422
- Kosciuszko School0.9 mi · 279
Frequently asked questions
About Davison ElementaryMiddle SchoolHow large is Davison ElementaryMiddle School?
Davison ElementaryMiddle School enrolls approximately 765 students in grades PK-08.
Is Davison ElementaryMiddle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Davison ElementaryMiddle School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Davison ElementaryMiddle School?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at Davison ElementaryMiddle School.
How diverse is Davison ElementaryMiddle School?
Davison ElementaryMiddle School reports a student body of 2% White, 1% Hispanic, 46% Black, 48% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Davison ElementaryMiddle School public or private?
Davison ElementaryMiddle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Detroit Public Schools Community District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.