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Alumni: what's one memory from Havel Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
571
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UTICA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263447007024
Havel Elementary School
41855 SCHOENHERR RD, STERLING HEIGHTS, MI 48313 · (586) 797-5200 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL571 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Michigan public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
17.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
273 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 12% smaller than its 6th grade class (86).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
50.3%
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 50 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
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Havel Elementary School
Havel Elementary School's state test result (42.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Havel Elementary School this school | 571 | 47.8% | 42.1% |
| Endeavour Elementary and Middle School RAY | 595 | 50.6% | 39.5% |
| Dekeyser Elementary School STERLING HTS | 512 | 49.2% | 47.7% |
| Rodgers Elementary School SAINT CLAIR SHORES | 534 | 44.0% | 32.9% |
| Myers Elementary School GRAND BLANC | 479 | 47.4% | 61.3% |
| Ojibwa Elementary School MACOMB | 622 | 42.8% | 37.9% |
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 Havel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #660 of 1,085 | #45 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #431 of 1,072 | #15 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #451 of 1,139 | #25 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 571 | #149 of 1,630 | #18 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #1,131 of 1,424 | #80 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.7% | #612 of 1,424 | #79 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.8% | #936 of 1,563 | #78 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.1% | #376 of 440 | #38 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
571
+47 (+9%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 702
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 571 | 32 | 17.8:1 | 48% (273) |
| 2023-24 | 557 | 33 | 16.9:1 | 47% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 586 | 31.7 | 18.5:1 | 51% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 524 | 30 | 17.5:1 | 50% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 559 | 29 | 19.3:1 | 45% (253) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 31 | 18.6:1 | 39% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 660 | 34 | 19.4:1 | 34% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 558 | 30 | 18.6:1 | 3% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 702 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Havel Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (559 to 571); teachers up 10% (29 to 32).
About Havel Elementary School
Havel Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan, under Utica Community Schools. Enrollment stands at 571 students, covering pre-K through 6. That puts enrollment 55% larger than the 369-student average for elementary schools in Michigan.
The district for Havel Elementary School is Utica Community Schools, with 37 schools and 25,574 students.
At Havel Elementary School, 76% of students are White. Smaller groups are 11% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put Macomb County at about 75% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Havel Elementary School is 41%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 32 full-time-equivalent teachers at Havel Elementary School, giving a ratio of 17.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1. A total of 273 students, or 48%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Havel Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 36% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Havel Elementary School would score about 45.1%. It scores 42.1%, 3.0 points below that figure.
American Community Survey estimates for Macomb County show that the median household earns about $77,837 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Macomb County, 236 public schools serve about 115,743 students.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Jack Harvey Elementary School, is the closest to Havel Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Havel Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 42.1% is below the 42.7% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Havel Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 9%, from 524 to 571.
The Havel Elementary School discussion page is a place for open houses, carpools, and field trips. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Utica Community Schools
- Adlai Stevenson High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Henry Ford II High SchoolHigh · 1,663 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 1,625 students
- Utica High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
- Malow Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,084 students
- Shelby Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,073 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
Nearby schools
- Jack Harvey Elementary School0.5 mi · 429
- Graebner Elementary School0.5 mi · 509
- Bemis Junior High School0.7 mi · 742
- Browning Elementary School0.7 mi · 368
- Henry Ford II High School0.9 mi · 1,663
- Dresden Elementary School1.4 mi · 420
Frequently asked questions
About Havel Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Havel Elementary School?
Havel Elementary School enrolls approximately 571 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Havel Elementary School serve?
Havel Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Havel Elementary School?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at Havel Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Havel Elementary School?
Student demographics at Havel Elementary School are roughly 76% White, 4% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Havel Elementary School public or private?
Havel Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Utica Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.