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Best kept secret at Elms Road Elementary School?
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Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 327 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SWARTZ CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263342006883
Elms Road Elementary School
3259 S ELMS RD, SWARTZ CREEK, MI 48473 · (810) 591-1249 · Genesee County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Michigan public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
20.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
215 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 55%
Community
4
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 142 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 156 | 37% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 29% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
Based on grade levels within Swartz Creek Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
33.1%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
22.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
29.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% 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 Elms Road Elementary School
Elms Road Elementary School's state test result (29.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elms Road Elementary School this school | 420 | 51.2% | 29.2% |
| Douglas Elementary 34 Campus GARDEN CITY | 412 | 52.4% | 34.2% |
| Morrish Elementary School SWARTZ CREEK | 435 | 53.1% | N/A |
| Lincoln Park Elementary School MUSKEGON | 411 | 48.4% | 44.2% |
| Greenwood Elementary School SAINT CLAIR SHORES | 430 | 51.6% | 44.3% |
| Plymouth Elementary School MIDLAND | 406 | 51.2% | 46.4% |
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 Elms Road Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Genesee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #957 of 1,085 | #31 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #1,022 of 1,072 | #33 of 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #930 of 1,139 | #32 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #567 of 1,630 | #18 of 71 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #1,369 of 1,424 | #52 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.5% | #633 of 1,424 | #36 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.2% | #869 of 1,563 | #49 of 69 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #832 of 979 | #46 of 50 |
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
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 420 | 20.3 | 20.7:1 | 51% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 21.8 | 18.7:1 | 62% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 18.4 | 18.8:1 | 54% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 22 | 18.4:1 | 49% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 436 | 23.1 | 18.9:1 | 62% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 24 | 18.3:1 | 57% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | 22 | 18.2:1 | 48% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 344 | 19 | 18.1:1 | 25% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 426 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elms Road Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (436 to 420); teachers down 12% (23.1 to 20.3).
About Elms Road Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Elms Road Elementary School serves students in SWARTZ CREEK, Michigan. Enrollment totals 420 students across grades 3 through 5.
Swartz Creek Community Schools is made up of 8 schools with 3,483 students in all.
Of every 100 students at Elms Road Elementary School, about 77 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 10% Black, 6% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Elms Road Elementary School scores 39%.
Elms Road Elementary School lists 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 20.7 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Michigan, the average ratio is 15.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 51% of the student body. The 61% average for public schools in Genesee County is 10 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Elms Road Elementary School lands at F, ahead of 4% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Elms Road Elementary School is a bottom-10% school in Michigan on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 29.2% against a predicted 43.6%.
For the population of Genesee County, the median household earns about $62,281 a year, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Across Genesee County, 158 public schools serve about 58,534 students.
Randels Elementary School is the nearest public school to Elms Road Elementary School, about 1.6 miles away. Within five miles of Elms Road Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 420, up from 406 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 18.4:1 to 20.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Elms Road Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Genesee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
403,305
Census ACS
Median income
$62,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
158
58,534 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Swartz Creek Community Schools
- Swartz Creek High SchoolHigh · 996 students
- Swartz Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 758 students
- Morrish Elementary SchoolElementary · 435 students
- Syring Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
- Dieck Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Gaines Elementary SchoolElementary · 93 students
Other schools in SWARTZ CREEK
- Swartz Creek High SchoolHigh · 996 students
- Swartz Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 758 students
- Morrish Elementary SchoolElementary · 435 students
- Syring Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
- Dieck Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Rankin Elementary SchoolElementary · 237 students
Nearby schools
- Randels Elementary School1.6 mi · 311
- Transition Center1.7 mi · 39
- Morrish Elementary School2.3 mi · 435
- Swartz Creek High School2.3 mi · 996
- Swartz Creek Virtual Learning Center2.4 mi · 93
- Swartz Creek Middle School2.4 mi · 758
Frequently asked questions
About Elms Road Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Elms Road Elementary School?
Elms Road Elementary School enrolls approximately 420 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Elms Road Elementary School serve?
Elms Road Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many teachers does Elms Road Elementary School have?
Elms Road Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Elms Road Elementary School?
Student demographics at Elms Road Elementary School are roughly 77% White, 6% Hispanic, 10% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Elms Road Elementary School?
Elms Road Elementary School is overseen by Swartz Creek Community Schools in Genesee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.