Enrollment
223
Elementary
DISTRICT 250 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROMULUS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263012006612
Hale Creek Elementary School
16200 HARRISON, ROMULUS, MI 48174 · (734) 532-1353 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL223 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Michigan public elementary schools
- CTest 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
15.7:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
201 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 55%
Community
0
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 | 35 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (32).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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 Romulus Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
37.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
42.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
40.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% 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 14 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 Hale Creek Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hale Creek Elementary School this school | 223 | 90.1% | 40.4% |
| Woodward Elementary KALAMAZOO | 242 | 92.6% | N/A |
| Gladys Dillon Elementary School BURTON | 215 | 90.7% | N/A |
| Potter School FLINT | 221 | 94.6% | N/A |
| Northeastern Elementary School KALAMAZOO | 195 | 93.8% | N/A |
| Holmes Elementary YPSILANTI | 191 | 88.5% | 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 Hale Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #708 of 1,085 | #88 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #612 of 1,072 | #82 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #828 of 1,139 | #106 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 223 | #1,361 of 1,630 | #273 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #634 of 1,424 | #117 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.6% | #455 of 1,424 | #79 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.1% | #192 of 1,563 | #95 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.2% | #137 of 979 | #22 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
223
-31 (-12%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 510
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 223 | 14.3 | 15.7:1 | 90% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 245 | 14.8 | 16.6:1 | 88% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 215 | 13.3 | 16.2:1 | 88% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 254 | 17 | 14.9:1 | 80% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 298 | 15.7 | 19.0:1 | 84% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 350 | 16 | 21.9:1 | 73% (254) |
| 2010-11 | 393 | 17 | 23.1:1 | 82% (324) |
| 2000-01 | 450 | 20 | 22.5:1 | 47% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 510 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hale Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (298 to 223); teachers down 9% (15.7 to 14.3).
About Hale Creek Elementary School
Hale Creek Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in ROMULUS, Michigan. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 223 students. Elementary schools in Michigan average about 369 students, which makes this school 40% below average.
The district for Hale Creek Elementary School is Romulus Community Schools, with 7 schools and 2,058 students.
The largest group at Hale Creek Elementary School is Black students, at 66%. Other students are 23% White, 6% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Wayne County residents are about 37% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hale Creek Elementary School scores 51%.
Staffing at Hale Creek Elementary School comes to 14.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.7:1. That is in line with the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. On the income side, 90% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Wayne County is 24 points.
Hale Creek 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 57% of Michigan public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 26.4% for Hale Creek Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 40.4%. The 14.0-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Michigan schools.
In Wayne County, home to about 1,772,259 people, median household income comes to about $60,539, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Hale Creek Elementary School shares Wayne County with 572 other public schools.
Hale Creek Elementary School is about 1.0 miles from Myers Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Hale Creek Elementary School ranks 2nd of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 40.4% against a local average of 34.1%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 12% decrease took enrollment from 254 in 2020-21 to 223 in 2024-25.
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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 Romulus Community Schools
- Romulus Senior High SchoolHigh · 518 students
- Romulus Middle SchoolMiddle · 423 students
- Wick Elementary SchoolElementary · 281 students
- Romulus Elementary SchoolElementary · 262 students
- Barth Elementary SchoolElementary · 233 students
- Romulus Virtual Learning CenterHigh · 118 students
Other schools in ROMULUS
- Brownstown Middle SchoolMiddle · 872 students
- Summit Academy North Elementary SchoolElementary · 642 students
- Summit Academy North High SchoolHigh · 547 students
- Romulus Senior High SchoolHigh · 518 students
- Romulus Middle SchoolMiddle · 423 students
- Metro Charter AcademyElementary · 421 students
Nearby schools
- Myers Elementary School1.0 mi · 315
- Summit Academy North High School1.2 mi · 547
- Summit Academy North Middle School1.2 mi · 385
- Summit Academy North Elementary School1.4 mi · 642
- Brownstown Middle School2.1 mi · 872
- Eureka Heights Elementary School2.1 mi · 248
Frequently asked questions
About Hale Creek Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hale Creek Elementary School?
Hale Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 223 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Hale Creek Elementary School serve?
Hale Creek Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hale Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hale Creek Elementary School is approximately 15.7:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hale Creek Elementary School?
At Hale Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 23% White, 4% Hispanic, 66% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Hale Creek Elementary School public or private?
Hale Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Romulus Community Schools.
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