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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Harwood Elementary School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
498
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WARREN CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS·NCES 263519007110
Harwood Elementary School
4900 SOUTHLAWN DR, STERLING HEIGHTS, MI 48310 · (586) 825-2650 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% of Michigan public elementary schools
- B-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
15.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
400 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
51.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
46.2%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% 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 15 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 Harwood Elementary School
Harwood Elementary School's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harwood Elementary School this school | 498 | 80.3% | 45.3% |
| Dickinson West Elementary School HAMTRAMCK | 422 | 85.5% | 15.2% |
| Dickinson East Elementary School HAMTRAMCK | 529 | 81.7% | 20.3% |
| Jefferson Elementary School STERLING HEIGHTS | 408 | 79.7% | 42.0% |
| Cromie Elementary School WARREN | 598 | 72.1% | 29.9% |
| Lean Elementary School WARREN | 619 | 79.8% | 42.7% |
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 Harwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #561 of 1,085 | #31 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #525 of 1,072 | #26 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #452 of 1,139 | #26 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #286 of 1,630 | #35 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #682 of 1,424 | #34 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #218 of 1,424 | #18 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.3% | #364 of 1,563 | #28 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +44.8% | #28 of 440 | #3 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
498
+45 (+10%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 333
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
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 | 498 | 31.4 | 15.9:1 | 80% (400) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 31 | 16.9:1 | 86% (451) |
| 2022-23 | 497 | 27.1 | 18.3:1 | 88% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 27 | 16.8:1 | 89% (405) |
| 2017-18 | 344 | 20.3 | 16.9:1 | 79% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 21 | 17.9:1 | 74% (279) |
| 2010-11 | 389 | 22 | 17.7:1 | 66% (256) |
| 2000-01 | 412 | 22 | 18.7:1 | 25% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 333 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 45% (344 to 498); teachers up 55% (20.3 to 31.4).
About Harwood Elementary School
Harwood Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan, (ZIP code 48310). A total of 498 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 369-student average for elementary schools in Michigan, enrollment here is 35% higher.
Harwood Elementary School is among 21 schools run by Warren Consolidated Schools, which serves 12,338 students.
At 52%, White students outnumber all other groups at Harwood Elementary School combined. Smaller groups are 31% Asian, 11% Black, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 75% of Macomb County residents are White. By the diversity index, Harwood Elementary School comes in at 62%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1 at Harwood Elementary School, with 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Michigan average about 15.8:1, a similar figure. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 80% of enrollment. It compares with 52% for public schools in Macomb County.
The allk12 Grade for Harwood Elementary School is B+. Compared with Michigan public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 68% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Harwood Elementary School scores 14.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 45.3% actual versus 30.7% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Michigan schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Macomb County, median household income is about $77,837, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. A total of 236 public schools operate in Macomb County, serving about 115,743 students.
The nearest public school is Warren Consolidated Community High School, at about 0.9 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Harwood Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Harwood Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students climbed from 453 to 498 over 4 years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Harwood Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Warren Consolidated Schools
- Warren Mott High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Sterling Heights Senior HSHigh · 1,262 students
- Cousino Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,250 students
- Grissom Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Carter Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Beer Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
Other schools in STERLING HEIGHTS
- Adlai Stevenson High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Henry Ford II High SchoolHigh · 1,663 students
- Sterling Heights Senior HSHigh · 1,262 students
- Bemis Junior High SchoolMiddle · 742 students
- Frank Jeannette Jr High SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Grissom Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
Other Harwood Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Harwood Elementary. Harwood Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- HARWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLRIGBY, ID · 423 students
- HARWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHarwood, ND · 97 students
Nearby schools
- Warren Consolidated Community High School0.9 mi · 103
- Green Acres Elementary School1.0 mi · 496
- Grissom Middle School1.2 mi · 703
- Michigan Collegiate MiddleHigh School1.2 mi · 560
- New Dawn Academy of Warren1.7 mi · 256
- Lean Elementary School1.7 mi · 619
Frequently asked questions
About Harwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Harwood Elementary School?
Harwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 498 students in grades PK-05.
Is Harwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Harwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Harwood Elementary School have?
Harwood Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Harwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Harwood Elementary School are roughly 52% White, 2% Hispanic, 11% Black, 31% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Harwood Elementary School public or private?
Harwood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Warren Consolidated Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.