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Does Great Oaks Elementary School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
468
Elementary
DISTRICT 393 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHOR BAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 260279000198
Great Oaks Elementary School
32900 24 MILE RD, CHESTERFIELD, MI 48047 · (586) 725-2038 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% 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.
- B-Beats 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
18.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
85 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
61.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
60.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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
58.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Great Oaks Elementary School
Great Oaks Elementary School's state test result (58.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Oaks Elementary School this school | 468 | 18.2% | 58.8% |
| William A Brummer Elementary School SOUTH LYON | 469 | 16.2% | 56.9% |
| South Meadows Elementary School CHELSEA | 476 | 15.5% | 56.7% |
| Hartland Round Elementary School HARTLAND | 460 | 20.4% | 70.3% |
| Lakewood Elementary School WHITE LAKE | 434 | 20.3% | 54.9% |
| Edgerton Trails Elementary ROCKFORD | 454 | 17.6% | N/A |
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 Great Oaks Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #238 of 1,085 | #5 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #205 of 1,072 | #3 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #236 of 1,139 | #4 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #376 of 1,630 | #49 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #1,170 of 1,424 | #88 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.2% | #1,091 of 1,424 | #110 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.2% | #1,418 of 1,563 | #120 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.4% | #252 of 440 | #24 of 43 |
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
468
+47 (+11%) vs 2020
-10% since 2000-01, when it was 521
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 468 | 25.8 | 18.2:1 | 18% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 24.6 | 19.4:1 | 19% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 25 | 18.5:1 | 19% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 16% (69) |
| 2017-18 | 440 | 22.3 | 19.7:1 | 16% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 436 | 21 | 20.8:1 | 12% (53) |
| 2010-11 | 480 | 24 | 20.0:1 | 16% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 521 | 25 | 20.8:1 | 2% (12) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Great Oaks Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (440 to 468); teachers up 15% (22.3 to 25.8).
About Great Oaks Elementary School
In CHESTERFIELD, Michigan, Great Oaks Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 468 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Michigan average about 369 students, which makes this school 27% bigger than average.
Great Oaks Elementary School is in Anchor Bay School District, a district with 5,295 students across 10 schools.
Of every 100 students at Great Oaks Elementary School, about 89 are White. Other students are 4% Black, 4% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. That is higher than the 75% White share among all Macomb County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 20%.
Great Oaks Elementary School reported 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 18.2:1. The school's 18.2:1 compares with an average of 15.8:1 for elementary schools in Michigan. Roughly 18% of students at Great Oaks Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is 34 points below the 52% average for public schools in Macomb County.
Great Oaks Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 69% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Great Oaks Elementary School would be expected to post about 58.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 58.8%.
Macomb County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $77,837 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Great Oaks Elementary School shares Macomb County with 235 other public schools.
Great Oaks Elementary School is about 1.5 miles from Middle School East, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Great Oaks Elementary School ranks 1st of 8 nearby schools, at 58.8% versus a 48.1% average.
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.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 11%, from 421 to 468. By 2024-25, the school had 18.2 students per teacher, compared with 16.8 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 Anchor Bay School District
- Anchor Bay High SchoolHigh · 1,740 students
- Anchor Bay Middle School NorthMiddle · 671 students
- Anchor Bay Middle School SouthMiddle · 509 students
- Ashley Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
- Lighthouse Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
- Dean A Naldrett SchoolElementary · 353 students
Other schools in CHESTERFIELD
- Joseph M Carkenord Elementary SchoolElementary · 656 students
- Middle School EastMiddle · 626 students
- Anchor Bay Middle School SouthMiddle · 509 students
- Green Elementary SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Francis A Higgins Elem SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Dean A Naldrett SchoolElementary · 353 students
Other Great Oaks Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Great Oaks Elementary. Great Oaks Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Great Oaks Elementary SchoolROUND ROCK, TX · 868 students
Nearby schools
- Middle School East1.5 mi · 626
- Francis A Higgins Elem School1.5 mi · 425
- Lottie M Schmidt Elem School1.9 mi · 338
- Lighthouse Elementary School1.9 mi · 441
- Anchor Bay Middle School South1.9 mi · 509
- Ashley Elementary School2.1 mi · 441
Frequently asked questions
About Great Oaks Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Great Oaks Elementary School?
Great Oaks Elementary School enrolls approximately 468 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Great Oaks Elementary School serve?
Great Oaks Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Great Oaks Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Great Oaks Elementary School is approximately 18.2:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Great Oaks Elementary School?
Great Oaks Elementary School reports a student body of 89% White, 2% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Great Oaks Elementary School?
Great Oaks Elementary School is overseen by Anchor Bay School District in Macomb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.