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Eastover Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientWhat this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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%.
Schools most like Eastover Elementary School
Eastover Elementary School's state test result (56.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastover Elementary School this school | 589 | 15.1% | 56.4% |
| William A Pearson Elementary SOUTH LYON | 576 | 16.0% | 65.1% |
| Heritage School SALINE | 646 | 13.2% | 64.1% |
| Way Elementary School BLOOMFIELD HILLS | 506 | 10.9% | 68.0% |
| Long Meadow Elementary School ROCHESTER HILLS | 528 | 10.2% | 67.6% |
| Loon Lake Elementary School WIXOM | 496 | 18.3% | 55.5% |
Where Eastover Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #285 of 1,085 | #62 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #226 of 1,072 | #57 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #222 of 1,139 | #54 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 589 | #134 of 1,630 | #8 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #182 of 1,424 | #20 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.7% | #514 of 1,424 | #90 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.1% | #1,455 of 1,563 | #126 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.6% | #46 of 440 | #3 of 48 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 589 | 43.9 | 13.4:1 | 15% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 43.2 | 14.2:1 | 14% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 34.9 | 13.1:1 | 16% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 37 | 11.9:1 | 14% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 441 | 36.1 | 12.2:1 | 15% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 38 | 12.8:1 | 10% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 455 | 35 | 13.0:1 | 16% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 482 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 3% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 433 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 34% (441 to 589); teachers up 22% (36.1 to 43.9).
About Eastover Elementary School
Eastover Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in BLOOMFLD HLS, Michigan, under Bloomfield Hills Schools. The school had 589 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Michigan is roughly 369 students; this school is 60% larger than that.
Bloomfield Hills Schools counts 4,745 students in its 8 schools, and Eastover Elementary School is one of them.
A majority of students at Eastover Elementary School, 72%, are White. The next largest groups are 8% Black, 8% Asian, 7% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, about 69% of residents are White. Eastover Elementary School has a diversity index of 47%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 43.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Eastover Elementary School was 13.4:1. Among elementary schools in Michigan, the typical ratio is 15.8:1. Eastover Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 15%. Among public schools in Oakland County, the average eligibility rate is 32%.
Compared with Michigan schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Eastover Elementary School's results are 3.2 points below predicted: 56.4% against 59.6%.
Census Bureau estimates for Oakland County show that median household income is about $97,760, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Eastover Elementary School is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County, which together enroll about 169,926 students.
The closest other public school is International Academy, about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Eastover Elementary School ranks 3rd of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 56.4% against a local average of 54.0%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 440 in 2020-21 and 589 in 2024-25, a 34% gain. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.9:1 in 2020-21 to 13.4:1 in 2024-25.
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