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Does Emmons Lake Elementary School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
377
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALEDONIA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 260762001130
Emmons Lake Elementary School
8950 KRAFT AVE SE, CALEDONIA, MI 49316 · (616) 528-8100 · Kent County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL377 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of Michigan public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
73 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 55%
Community
1
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 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 27% smaller than its 4th grade class (81).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
Emmons Lake Elementary School→Kraft Meadows Intermediate School→Duncan Lake Middle School→Caledonia High School
Based on grade levels within Caledonia Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
73.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
77.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
75.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 58% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Michigan's top 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 Emmons Lake Elementary School
Emmons Lake Elementary School's state test result (75.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmons Lake Elementary School this school | 377 | 19.4% | 75.5% |
| Jamestown Upper Elementary School JAMESTOWN | 327 | 18.7% | 65.7% |
| Farrand Elementary School PLYMOUTH | 402 | 19.2% | 55.4% |
| Woodland Meadows Elementary School SALINE | 453 | 17.0% | 71.0% |
| Caledonia Elementary School CALEDONIA | 378 | 20.4% | 76.5% |
| Thornapple Elementary School GRAND RAPIDS | 361 | 14.7% | 69.8% |
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 Emmons Lake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kent County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #32 of 1,085 | #13 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #35 of 1,072 | #11 of 79 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #53 of 1,139 | #16 of 82 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #759 of 1,630 | #57 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #732 of 1,424 | #51 of 105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.9% | #696 of 1,424 | #70 of 105 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.4% | #1,397 of 1,563 | #94 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #466 of 979 | #43 of 80 |
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
377
-50 (-12%) vs 2020
-6% since 2000-01, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 377 | 23.4 | 16.1:1 | 19% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 23.6 | 17.0:1 | 24% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 23.6 | 17.0:1 | 25% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 16% (69) |
| 2017-18 | 435 | 23.8 | 18.3:1 | 11% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 436 | 23 | 19.0:1 | 12% (54) |
| 2010-11 | 460 | 23 | 20.0:1 | 13% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 401 | 20 | 20.1:1 | 5% (22) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emmons Lake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (435 to 377); teachers down 2% (23.8 to 23.4).
About Emmons Lake Elementary School
Emmons Lake Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in CALEDONIA, Michigan. The school teaches kindergarten through 4 and enrolls 377 students.
Federal data list 9 schools in Caledonia Community Schools, with 4,564 students enrolled.
About 79% of the student body at Emmons Lake Elementary School is White. Smaller groups are 8% multiracial, 6% Asian, 5% Hispanic, and 2% Black. A diversity index of 36% means there is a 36% chance two randomly chosen students at Emmons Lake Elementary School are from different groups.
Emmons Lake Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1, with 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. The school has 19% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Kent County average 47%.
Emmons Lake Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 97% of Michigan public elementary schools.
After accounting for student poverty, Emmons Lake Elementary School is in the top 10% of Michigan schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 75.5% is 17.8 points above the 57.7% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In Kent County, median household income comes to about $82,631, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 239, with about 97,253 students.
Emmons Lake Elementary School's nearest public school is Caledonia High School (about 0.3 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Emmons Lake Elementary School is 3rd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The school's enrollment decreased 12% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Kent County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
663,150
Census ACS
Median income
$82,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
239
97,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Caledonia Community Schools
- Caledonia High SchoolHigh · 1,438 students
- Kraft Meadows Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Duncan Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
- Caledonia Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- Kettle Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- Dutton Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
Other schools in CALEDONIA
- Caledonia High SchoolHigh · 1,438 students
- Kraft Meadows Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Duncan Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
- Explorer ElementaryElementary · 556 students
- Caledonia Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- Dutton Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
Nearby schools
- Caledonia High School0.3 mi · 1,438
- Duncan Lake Transitions Program0.3 mi · 3
- Kraft Meadows Intermediate School0.4 mi · 703
- Caledonia Elementary School1.0 mi · 378
- Duncan Lake Middle School1.0 mi · 696
- Dutton Elementary School3.7 mi · 317
Frequently asked questions
About Emmons Lake Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Emmons Lake Elementary School?
Emmons Lake Elementary School enrolls approximately 377 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Emmons Lake Elementary School serve?
Emmons Lake Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Emmons Lake Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Emmons Lake Elementary School is approximately 16.1:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Emmons Lake Elementary School?
At Emmons Lake Elementary School, the student body is approximately 79% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Emmons Lake Elementary School?
Emmons Lake Elementary School is overseen by Caledonia Community Schools in Kent County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.