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Enrollment
476
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST BLOOMFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 263582007180
Doherty Elementary School
3575 WALNUT LAKE RD, WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI 48323 · (248) 865-6020 · Oakland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL476 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
132 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Doherty Elementary School→West Bloomfield Middle School
Based on grade levels within West Bloomfield School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
35.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
30.4%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
30.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Doherty Elementary School
Doherty Elementary School's state test result (30.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doherty Elementary School this school | 476 | 27.7% | 30.6% |
| Sheiko Elementary School WEST BLOOMFIELD | 534 | 30.0% | 39.8% |
| Wood Creek Elementary School FARMINGTON HILLS | 434 | 34.6% | 34.4% |
| Beechview Elementary School FARMINGTON HILLS | 366 | 29.5% | 37.3% |
| Kenbrook Elementary School FARMINGTON HILLS | 388 | 26.5% | 47.9% |
| Field Elementary School CANTON | 467 | 35.1% | 40.5% |
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 Doherty Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #935 of 1,085 | #139 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #897 of 1,072 | #135 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #872 of 1,139 | #140 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 476 | #348 of 1,630 | #53 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #612 of 1,424 | #82 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #167 of 1,424 | #20 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.7% | #1,270 of 1,563 | #88 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.3% | #279 of 440 | #35 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
476
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 431
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 476 | 30.6 | 15.6:1 | 28% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 30.3 | 14.9:1 | 41% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 32.7 | 14.7:1 | 36% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 28 | 17.4:1 | 33% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 452 | 29.8 | 15.2:1 | 30% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 29 | 13.3:1 | 27% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 499 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 22% (109) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 3% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 431 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Doherty Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (452 to 476); teachers up 3% (29.8 to 30.6).
About Doherty Elementary School
Doherty Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in WEST BLOOMFIELD, Michigan. Enrollment totals 476 students across pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 29% bigger than the 369-student average for elementary schools in Michigan.
The district, West Bloomfield School District, operates 11 schools serving 4,949 students.
The student body at Doherty Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 41%. Other groups make up 41% Black, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Oakland County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school's share is lower. A diversity index of 65% means there is a 65% chance two randomly chosen students at Doherty Elementary School are from different groups.
Doherty Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1, with 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 28% at Doherty Elementary School.
Doherty Elementary School scores 23.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 30.6% actual versus 54.0% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Michigan schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Oakland County show that median household income comes to about $97,760, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 345, with about 169,926 students.
Of the public schools around it, Doherty Elementary School is closest to West Bloomfield Middle School, about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Doherty Elementary School is 6th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 486 to 476, a small change. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.4:1 in 2020-21, and 15.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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 West Bloomfield School District
- West Bloomfield High SchoolHigh · 1,434 students
- West Bloomfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,008 students
- Scotch Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Sheiko Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Gretchko Elementary SchoolElementary · 331 students
Other schools in WEST BLOOMFIELD
- West Bloomfield High SchoolHigh · 1,434 students
- Walnut Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Scotch Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Keith Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Sheiko Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
- Pleasant Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 461 students
Nearby schools
- West Bloomfield Middle School0.7 mi · 1,008
- West Bloomfield High School0.7 mi · 1,434
- The Laker Opportunity Center0.7 mi · 61
- Sheiko Elementary School0.8 mi · 534
- Lone Pine Elementary School1.3 mi · 432
- West Bloomfield Transition Center1.5 mi · 21
Frequently asked questions
About Doherty Elementary SchoolHow large is Doherty Elementary School?
Doherty Elementary School enrolls approximately 476 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Doherty Elementary School serve?
Doherty Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Doherty Elementary School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Doherty Elementary School.
How diverse is Doherty Elementary School?
Doherty Elementary School reports a student body of 41% White, 4% Hispanic, 41% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Doherty Elementary School in?
Doherty Elementary School is part of West Bloomfield School District.
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