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What's the one class at Flickinger Elementary School every student should take?
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Enrollment
422
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UTICA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263447006995
Flickinger Elementary School
45400 VANKER AVE, UTICA, MI 48317 · (586) 797-4900 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
194 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 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 28% smaller than its 6th grade class (78).
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
49.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
37.7%
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 38 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
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Flickinger Elementary School
Flickinger Elementary School's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flickinger Elementary School this school | 422 | 46.0% | 43.2% |
| Fancher School MOUNT PLEASANT | 431 | 46.4% | 32.2% |
| Indian Hill Elementary School GRAND BLANC | 406 | 45.1% | 50.0% |
| Myers Elementary School GRAND BLANC | 479 | 47.4% | 61.3% |
| Chestnut Hill Elementary School MIDLAND | 416 | 42.3% | 40.4% |
| Lincoln Park Elementary School MUSKEGON | 411 | 48.4% | 44.2% |
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 Flickinger Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #633 of 1,085 | #40 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #738 of 1,072 | #58 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #504 of 1,139 | #33 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #563 of 1,630 | #70 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #863 of 1,424 | #51 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.0% | #560 of 1,424 | #69 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.0% | #962 of 1,563 | #81 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #841 of 979 | #63 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
422
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 511
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 422 | 25.5 | 16.6:1 | 46% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 25.9 | 16.5:1 | 52% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 28.7 | 15.4:1 | 48% (212) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | 24 | 18.1:1 | 44% (193) |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 24.6 | 17.8:1 | 43% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | 27 | 17.2:1 | 35% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 479 | 23 | 20.8:1 | 31% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 450 | 26 | 17.3:1 | 10% (44) |
| 1990-91 | 511 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Flickinger Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (437 to 422); teachers up 4% (24.6 to 25.5).
About Flickinger Elementary School
Flickinger Elementary School serves students in UTICA, Michigan, as a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 422 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 6.
Utica Community Schools is made up of 37 schools with 25,574 students in all.
White students are the majority at Flickinger Elementary School, with 74% of enrollment. Other groups make up 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. County-wide, about 75% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 44% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 25.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.6:1. That is higher than the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 46%.
On BeatsExpectations, Flickinger Elementary School is 2.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Michigan schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Macomb County show that the median household income is $77,837, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. There are 236 public schools in Macomb County, enrolling about 115,743 students in all.
Nearest public school: Eppler Junior High School, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Flickinger Elementary School's average proficiency of 43.2% compares with 41.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
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).
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 12 fewer students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 16.6 students per teacher, compared with 18.1 in 2020-21.
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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 UTICA
- Utica High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
- Eppler Junior High SchoolMiddle · 589 students
Nearby schools
- Eppler Junior High School0.7 mi · 589
- Dresden Elementary School1.1 mi · 420
- Wiley Elementary School1.2 mi · 570
- Utica High School1.2 mi · 1,391
- Browning Elementary School1.7 mi · 368
- Bemis Junior High School1.7 mi · 742
Frequently asked questions
About Flickinger Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Flickinger Elementary School?
Flickinger Elementary School enrolls approximately 422 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Flickinger Elementary School serve?
Flickinger Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Flickinger Elementary School?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Flickinger Elementary School.
How diverse is Flickinger Elementary School?
Flickinger Elementary School reports a student body of 74% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Flickinger Elementary School?
Flickinger Elementary School is overseen by Utica Community Schools in Macomb County.
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