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Enrollment
475
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRAVERSE CITY AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 263387006940
Eastern Elementary School
1600 EASTERN AVE, TRAVERSE CITY, MI 49686 · (231) 933-5600 · Grand Traverse County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Michigan public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
18.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
96 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 94 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 57% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
57.8%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
48.2%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Eastern Elementary School
Eastern Elementary School's state test result (51.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Elementary School this school | 475 | 20.2% | 51.5% |
| Sequoyah Elementary School MACOMB | 490 | 19.8% | 52.1% |
| Country Oaks Elementary School COMMERCE TOWNSHIP | 488 | 21.1% | 47.2% |
| Commerce Elementary School COMMERCE TOWNSHIP | 534 | 18.2% | 61.5% |
| Lakewood Elementary School WHITE LAKE | 434 | 20.3% | 54.9% |
| Great Oaks Elementary School CHESTERFIELD | 468 | 18.2% | 58.8% |
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 Eastern Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Grand Traverse County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #386 of 1,085 | #7 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #476 of 1,072 | #7 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #307 of 1,139 | #7 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #349 of 1,630 | #3 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #1,229 of 1,424 | #14 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.5% | #1,143 of 1,424 | #7 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.2% | #1,385 of 1,563 | #14 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +72.1% | #11 of 440 | N/A |
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
475
+84 (+21%) vs 2020
+54% since 1990-91, when it was 308
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 475 | 25.6 | 18.6:1 | 20% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 24.5 | 19.6:1 | 22% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 25.2 | 18.0:1 | 27% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 23% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 276 | 14.4 | 19.2:1 | 24% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 277 | 13 | 21.3:1 | 21% (58) |
| 2010-11 | 242 | 13 | 18.6:1 | 24% (57) |
| 2000-01 | 279 | 15 | 18.6:1 | 10% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 308 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eastern Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 72% (276 to 475); teachers up 78% (14.4 to 25.6).
About Eastern Elementary School
Eastern Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan, (ZIP code 49686). The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 475 students. Elementary schools in Michigan average about 369 students, which makes this school 29% larger than average.
Traverse City Area Public Schools has 8,546 students in 16 schools, and Eastern Elementary School is one of those schools.
The share of White students at Eastern Elementary School is 90%. Other groups include 4% Asian, 2% Hispanic, and 2% Black. In Grand Traverse County overall, the White share is about 92%. The diversity index for Eastern Elementary School is 19%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Eastern Elementary School, there are about 18.6 students; the school has 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 20%. Among public schools in Grand Traverse County, the average eligibility rate is 31%.
Eastern Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 49% of Michigan public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Eastern Elementary School is 5.9 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Michigan schools.
Grand Traverse County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $81,647, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 32 public schools in the county, enrolling about 12,069, Eastern Elementary School among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Central High School, is about 0.2 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Federal enrollment counts rose from 391 (2020-21) to 475 (2024-25). There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.6:1) than in 2020-21 (16.3:1).
The discussion board for Eastern Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Grand Traverse County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,166
Census ACS
Median income
$81,647
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
12,069 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Traverse City Area Public Schools
- West Senior HighHigh · 1,384 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,326 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 829 students
- Central Grade SchoolElementary · 510 students
- Willow Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 429 students
Other schools in TRAVERSE CITY
- West Senior HighHigh · 1,384 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,326 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 829 students
- Grand Traverse AcademyCombined · 824 students
- Central Grade SchoolElementary · 510 students
Other Eastern Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 6 states are named Eastern Elementary. Eastern Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 10.
- Eastern ElementaryGreenville, NC · 833 students
- Eastern Elementary SchoolGreentown, IN · 727 students
- Eastern Elementary SchoolGeorgetown, KY · 535 students
- Eastern Elementary SchoolLexington, OH · 504 students
- Eastern ElementaryWashington, NC · 484 students
Nearby schools
- Central High School0.2 mi · 1,326
- North EdBridgeway0.7 mi · 70
- Traverse Heights Elem School1.5 mi · 245
- North EdNew Horizons1.5 mi · 75
- Life Skills Center1.8 mi · 67
- Central Grade School2.2 mi · 510
Frequently asked questions
About Eastern Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Eastern Elementary School?
Eastern Elementary School enrolls approximately 475 students in grades PK-05.
Is Eastern Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eastern Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Eastern Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Eastern Elementary School is approximately 18.6:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Eastern Elementary School?
Eastern Elementary School reports a student body of 90% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian.
Is Eastern Elementary School public or private?
Eastern Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Traverse City Area Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.