Harmon Elementary School
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Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientWhat this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Harmon Elementary School
Set in SAINT CLAIR SHORES, Michigan, Harmon Elementary School is a medium-sized primary school, part of Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb). It caters to 317 students across grades K through 5.
Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb) comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,124 students; Harmon Elementary School is among them.
In terms of who attends, Harmon Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 58%; the rest comes out to 22% Black, 14% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Harmon Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.2%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Macomb County put median household earnings sit near $77,837, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Macomb County's 236 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students), Harmon Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Princeton Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Harmon Elementary School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 36.8%.
Harmon Elementary School operates from a suburban location.
Over the past 7-year window. Harmon Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 368 (now 317). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 71% to 58%. Class-load math has fell: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.
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