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Enrollment
395
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERVIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 262991007574
Forest Elementary School
19400 HAMPTON ST, RIVERVIEW, MI 48193 · (734) 479-2550 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL395 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
147 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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 Riverview Community School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
44.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
29.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% 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 Forest Elementary School
Forest Elementary School's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Elementary School this school | 395 | 37.2% | 32.2% |
| Hollywood Elementary School STEVENSVILLE | 377 | 37.4% | 56.9% |
| Richland Elementary School RICHLAND | 412 | 34.2% | N/A |
| Hunter Elementary School BROWNSTOWN TWP | 418 | 39.0% | 50.5% |
| Hayes Elementary School WESTLAND | 416 | 36.1% | 50.7% |
| Bean Elementary School SPRING ARBOR | 409 | 37.9% | 49.9% |
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 Forest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #896 of 1,085 | #113 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #918 of 1,072 | #118 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #662 of 1,139 | #83 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 395 | #680 of 1,630 | #156 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #1,354 of 1,424 | #256 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.7% | #720 of 1,424 | #125 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.2% | #1,106 of 1,563 | #248 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #404 of 979 | #65 of 177 |
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
395
-48 (-11%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 408
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 395 | 19.5 | 20.3:1 | 37% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 423 | 21.3 | 19.9:1 | 46% (193) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 23.2 | 18.9:1 | 41% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 21 | 21.1:1 | 36% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 23.7 | 19.7:1 | 39% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 443 | 22 | 20.1:1 | 35% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 437 | 20 | 21.9:1 | 27% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 326 | 16 | 20.4:1 | 10% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 408 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (466 to 395); teachers down 18% (23.7 to 19.5).
About Forest Elementary School
Students in RIVERVIEW, Michigan, attend Forest Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 395 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
Riverview Community School District is responsible for 7 schools, Forest Elementary School included, with 2,743 students in all.
White students are the large majority at Forest Elementary School, with 80% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 9% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. In Wayne County overall, about 49% of residents are White. Forest Elementary School has a diversity index of 35%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 20.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1, lower than at this school. Forest Elementary School reports 37% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Wayne County, the average is 66%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Forest Elementary School would score about 49.8%. It scores 32.2%, a bottom-10% result among Michigan schools on BeatsExpectations.
Wayne County has these Census figures: median household income is about $60,539, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Forest Elementary School is among the 573 public schools in Wayne County.
The shortest distance from Forest Elementary School to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to Memorial Elementary School. The five-mile area around Forest Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 36.6% proficiency; Forest Elementary School posts 32.2%.
Federal data place Forest Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 395 was 11% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 443.
Discussions about Forest Elementary School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Riverview Community School District
- Riverview Community High SchoolHigh · 854 students
- Seitz Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 435 students
- Huntington Elementary SchoolElementary · 328 students
- Riverview Virtual AcademyCombined · 110 students
- Riverview Transition CenterHigh · 15 students
Other schools in RIVERVIEW
- Riverview Community High SchoolHigh · 854 students
- Seitz Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 435 students
- Huntington Elementary SchoolElementary · 328 students
- Riverview Virtual AcademyCombined · 110 students
- Riverview Transition CenterHigh · 15 students
Other Forest Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Forest Elementary. Forest Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 8.
- Forest Elementary SchoolFARMINGTON HILLS, MI · 404 students
- Forest ElementaryFOREST, MS · 740 students
- Forest Elementary SchoolDes Plaines, IL · 658 students
- FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWILLIAMSVILLE, NY · 515 students
- FOREST ELEMENTARYCRYSTAL, MN · 464 students
Nearby schools
- Memorial Elementary School0.9 mi · 435
- Seitz Middle School1.0 mi · 606
- Riverview Transition Center1.0 mi · 15
- Huntington Elementary School1.0 mi · 328
- Riverview Community High School1.1 mi · 854
- Jesse L Anderson Elementary School1.2 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About Forest Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Forest Elementary School?
Forest Elementary School enrolls approximately 395 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Forest Elementary School serve?
Forest Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Forest Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Forest Elementary School is approximately 20.3:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Forest Elementary School?
Student demographics at Forest Elementary School are roughly 80% White, 6% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Forest Elementary School in?
Forest Elementary School is part of Riverview Community School District.
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