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If you had an hour of school board time for Delta Kelly Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
643
Elementary
DISTRICT 486 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 262994001285
Delta Kelly Elementary School
3880 ADAMS RD, OAKLAND, MI 48363 · (248) 726-3500 · Oakland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL643 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of Michigan public elementary schools
- ATest 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
17.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
20 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 136 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (136).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
66.8%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
74.2%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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
65.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Delta Kelly Elementary School
Delta Kelly Elementary School's state test result (65.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Kelly Elementary School this school | 643 | 3.1% | 65.8% |
| Musson Elementary School ROCHESTER HILLS | 505 | 4.8% | 79.0% |
| Thornton Creek Elementary School NOVI | 531 | 4.7% | 72.6% |
| Amerman Elementary School NORTHVILLE | 504 | 4.2% | 79.8% |
| Farmington STEAM Academy FARMINGTON HILLS | 714 | 9.7% | 64.4% |
| Wass Elementary School TROY | 413 | 8.5% | 70.4% |
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 Delta Kelly Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #112 of 1,085 | #26 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #54 of 1,072 | #10 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #125 of 1,139 | #30 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 643 | #99 of 1,630 | #6 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #1,139 of 1,424 | #148 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #246 of 1,424 | #42 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.1% | #1,562 of 1,563 | #174 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.1% | #222 of 440 | #26 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
643
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+12% since 2010-11, when it was 574
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 643 | 35.9 | 17.9:1 | 3% (20) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 33.5 | 18.5:1 | 6% (38) |
| 2022-23 | 632 | 36.7 | 17.2:1 | 6% (39) |
| 2020-21 | 642 | 32 | 20.1:1 | 5% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 595 | 31.5 | 18.9:1 | 4% (22) |
| 2015-16 | 575 | 31 | 18.6:1 | 3% (17) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | 30 | 19.1:1 | 3% (16) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Delta Kelly Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (595 to 643); teachers up 14% (31.5 to 35.9).
About Delta Kelly Elementary School
A large elementary school in OAKLAND, Michigan, Delta Kelly Elementary School is part of Rochester Community School District. It reported 643 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Michigan enroll about 369 students on average.
Rochester Community School District includes 22 schools. Together they enroll 14,592 students.
White students are 54% of those enrolled at Delta Kelly Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 30% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. In Oakland County overall, about 69% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 61, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.9:1. The school has 35.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Michigan, the average ratio is 15.8:1. Federal data show 3% of students (20) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 32% average for public schools in Oakland County is 29 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Delta Kelly Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 78% of Michigan public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Delta Kelly Elementary School is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 65.8% actual, 64.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Michigan.
The school is in Oakland County, where the median household earns about $97,760 a year, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Oakland County, 345 public schools serve about 169,926 students.
Baldwin Elementary School sits about 1.8 miles from Delta Kelly Elementary School. Delta Kelly Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Delta Kelly Elementary School comes in 3rd of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
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.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 642 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 643. The number of students per teacher dropped from 20.1 to 17.9 over 4 years.
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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 Rochester Community School District
- Rochester High SchoolHigh · 1,682 students
- Rochester Adams High SchoolHigh · 1,521 students
- Stoney Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,478 students
- Hart Middle SchoolHigh · 999 students
- Van Hoosen Middle SchoolHigh · 906 students
- West Middle SchoolHigh · 784 students
Nearby schools
- Baldwin Elementary School1.8 mi · 534
- Lake Orion Community High School2.0 mi · 2,035
- Musson Elementary School2.1 mi · 505
- Community Ed Resource Center2.2 mi · 1
- Learning Options High School2.2 mi · 73
- Scripps Middle School2.3 mi · 446
Frequently asked questions
About Delta Kelly Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Delta Kelly Elementary School?
Delta Kelly Elementary School enrolls approximately 643 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Delta Kelly Elementary School serve?
Delta Kelly Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Delta Kelly Elementary School?
Approximately 17.9:1 students per teacher at Delta Kelly Elementary School.
How diverse is Delta Kelly Elementary School?
Delta Kelly Elementary School reports a student body of 54% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 30% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Delta Kelly Elementary School in?
Delta Kelly Elementary School is part of Rochester Community School District.
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