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What's the most underrated thing about Harvest Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
439
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALINE AREA SCHOOLS·NCES 263066001466
Harvest Elementary School
1155 CAMPUS PKWY, SALINE, MI 48176 · (734) 401-4501 · Washtenaw County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% 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.
- 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
16.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
45 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 125 | 28% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 24% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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 Saline Area Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
72.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
78.4%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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
75.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% 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 Harvest Elementary School
Harvest Elementary School's state test result (75.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest Elementary School this school | 439 | 10.3% | 75.5% |
| Meadow Brook Elementary School ROCHESTER HILLS | 428 | 11.0% | 60.3% |
| Wines Elementary School ANN ARBOR | 465 | 9.7% | 69.8% |
| Long Meadow Elementary School ROCHESTER HILLS | 528 | 10.2% | 67.6% |
| Way Elementary School BLOOMFIELD HILLS | 506 | 10.9% | 68.0% |
| Lone Pine Elementary School W BLOOMFIELD | 432 | 11.8% | 67.4% |
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 Harvest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Washtenaw County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #33 of 1,085 | #3 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #30 of 1,072 | #3 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #60 of 1,139 | #5 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 439 | #486 of 1,630 | #21 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #940 of 1,424 | #40 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.9% | #561 of 1,424 | #36 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.3% | #1,512 of 1,563 | #44 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #587 of 979 | #16 of 32 |
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
439
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 497
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 439 | 26 | 16.9:1 | 10% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 10% (41) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 31 | 14.0:1 | 11% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 29 | 14.8:1 | 8% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 9% (45) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 27 | 17.4:1 | 8% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | 25 | 19.9:1 | 9% (44) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harvest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (488 to 439); teachers down 10% (29 to 26).
About Harvest Elementary School
Federal records list Harvest Elementary School as an elementary school in SALINE, Michigan. The school teaches kindergarten through 3 and enrolls 439 students.
Saline Area Schools runs Harvest Elementary School along with 7 other schools, enrolling 4,596 students in total.
About 73% of the student body at Harvest Elementary School is White. The remaining students are 9% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 44, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Harvest Elementary School totals 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Michigan, 15.8:1, is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Harvest Elementary School is about 10%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Washtenaw County is 34%.
Harvest Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 95% of Michigan public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Harvest Elementary School is in the top 10% of Michigan schools: 75.5% actual against 61.7% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Washtenaw County show that the median household earns about $89,180 a year, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Washtenaw County, 104 public schools serve about 42,861 students.
Saline High School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, Harvest Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
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.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 429 in 2020-21 and 439 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 14.8:1 to 16.9:1.
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Washtenaw County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
369,822
Census ACS
Median income
$89,180
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
104
42,861 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Saline Area Schools
- Saline High SchoolHigh · 1,519 students
- Saline Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,017 students
- Heritage SchoolElementary · 646 students
- Pleasant Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Woodland Meadows Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Saline Alternative High SchoolHigh · 31 students
Other schools in SALINE
- Saline High SchoolHigh · 1,519 students
- Saline Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,017 students
- Heritage SchoolElementary · 646 students
- Pleasant Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Woodland Meadows Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Saline Alternative High SchoolHigh · 31 students
Other Harvest Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Harvest Elementary. Harvest Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Harvest ElementaryFresno, CA · 1,010 students
- Harvest ElementaryKerman, CA · 535 students
- Harvest ElementaryDelano, CA · 365 students
Nearby schools
- Saline High School0.2 mi · 1,519
- Saline Middle School1.7 mi · 1,017
- Woodland Meadows Elementary School1.9 mi · 453
- Heritage School2.0 mi · 646
- Saline Alternative High School2.2 mi · 31
- Pleasant Ridge Elementary School2.3 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About Harvest Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Harvest Elementary School?
Harvest Elementary School enrolls approximately 439 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Harvest Elementary School serve?
Harvest Elementary School serves grades KG-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harvest Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harvest Elementary School is approximately 16.9:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Harvest Elementary School?
At Harvest Elementary School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Harvest Elementary School in?
Harvest Elementary School is part of Saline Area Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.