1
What's the most underrated thing about Dresden Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UTICA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263447006991
Dresden Elementary School
11400 DELVIN DR, STERLING HEIGHTS, MI 48314 · (586) 797-4500 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% of Michigan public elementary schools
- B-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.
- ·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
16.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
262 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 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 13% smaller than its 6th grade class (72).
Student demographics
44%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
50.0%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
36.1%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Dresden Elementary School
Dresden Elementary School's state test result (44.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dresden Elementary School this school | 420 | 62.4% | 44.7% |
| Browning Elementary School STERLING HEIGHTS | 368 | 60.1% | 45.6% |
| Larsen Elementary School COLDWATER | 463 | 66.3% | N/A |
| Gates Elementary School DAVISON | 506 | 62.1% | 52.4% |
| Plumbrook Elementary School STERLING HEIGHTS | 445 | 57.3% | 46.4% |
| Manor Elementary School MONROE | 444 | 61.3% | 29.0% |
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 Dresden Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #581 of 1,085 | #34 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #774 of 1,072 | #65 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #491 of 1,139 | #29 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #568 of 1,630 | #71 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #720 of 1,424 | #39 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.7% | #567 of 1,424 | #71 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.4% | #646 of 1,563 | #52 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #521 of 979 | #33 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
420
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 558
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 420 | 26.2 | 16.0:1 | 62% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 423 | 24.7 | 17.1:1 | 62% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 27.7 | 14.9:1 | 62% (258) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 28 | 14.7:1 | 67% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 29.4 | 16.2:1 | 57% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 30 | 16.9:1 | 47% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 509 | 28 | 18.2:1 | 42% (212) |
| 2000-01 | 609 | 29 | 21.0:1 | 12% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 558 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dresden Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (477 to 420); teachers down 11% (29.4 to 26.2).
About Dresden Elementary School
Dresden Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan. The school covers pre-K through 6 and reported 420 students in 2024-25.
Utica Community Schools operates 37 schools. Combined enrollment is 25,574 students.
The student body at Dresden Elementary School is 74% White. The rest of enrollment is 8% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among Macomb County residents, the White share is about 75%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 44%.
Dresden Elementary School has 26.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 62%. The rate at public schools in Macomb County averages 52%, lower than here.
Dresden Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 56% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Compared with Michigan schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Dresden Elementary School's results are 6.1 points above predicted: 44.7% against 38.6%.
In Macomb County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $77,837 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Dresden Elementary School, Macomb County has 236 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Henry Ford II High School is about 0.7 miles from Dresden Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Dresden Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal data place Dresden Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 411 to 420, a small change. The ratio was 14.7:1 in 2020-21 and 16.0:1 in 2024-25.
This community page is for conversations about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 STERLING HEIGHTS
- Adlai Stevenson High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Henry Ford II High SchoolHigh · 1,663 students
- Sterling Heights Senior HSHigh · 1,262 students
- Bemis Junior High SchoolMiddle · 742 students
- Frank Jeannette Jr High SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Grissom Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
Other Dresden Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Dresden Elementary. Dresden Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Dresden Elementary SchoolChamblee, GA · 606 students
- Dresden Elementary SchoolDresden, OH · 491 students
- Dresden ElementaryDresden, TN · 440 students
- Dresden Elementary SchoolDresden, ME · 74 students
Nearby schools
- Henry Ford II High School0.7 mi · 1,663
- Browning Elementary School0.7 mi · 368
- Bemis Junior High School0.8 mi · 742
- Jack Harvey Elementary School1.1 mi · 429
- Flickinger Elementary School1.1 mi · 422
- Havel Elementary School1.4 mi · 571
Frequently asked questions
About Dresden Elementary SchoolHow large is Dresden Elementary School?
Dresden Elementary School enrolls approximately 420 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Dresden Elementary School serve?
Dresden Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dresden Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dresden Elementary School is approximately 16.0:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Dresden Elementary School?
Student demographics at Dresden Elementary School are roughly 74% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Dresden Elementary School in?
Dresden Elementary School is part of Utica Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.