Enrollment
331
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAGINAW TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263045006695
Hemmeter Elementary School
1890 HEMMETER RD, SAGINAW, MI 48638 · (989) 797-1832 · Saginaw County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL331 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% 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.
- A+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
20.1:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
41 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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 Saginaw Township Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
86.1%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
80.0%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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
79.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 61% 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 19 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 Hemmeter Elementary School
Hemmeter Elementary School's state test result (79.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hemmeter Elementary School this school | 331 | 12.4% | 79.5% |
| Thornapple Elementary School GRAND RAPIDS | 361 | 14.7% | 69.8% |
| Eberwhite School ANN ARBOR | 353 | 15.9% | 68.2% |
| Bach Elementary School ANN ARBOR | 334 | 14.4% | 73.7% |
| Pembroke Elementary School TROY | 324 | 14.8% | 67.8% |
| Ada Elementary School ADA | 293 | 10.9% | 78.3% |
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 Hemmeter Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Saginaw County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #14 of 1,085 | #1 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #21 of 1,072 | #1 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.1% | #3 of 1,139 | #1 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 331 | #963 of 1,630 | #16 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #1,347 of 1,424 | #24 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #643 of 1,424 | #16 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.4% | #1,483 of 1,563 | #31 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #432 of 979 | #11 of 19 |
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
331
+11 (+3%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 387
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 331 | 16.5 | 20.1:1 | 12% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 318 | 14.5 | 22.0:1 | 22% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 323 | 15.7 | 20.6:1 | 21% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 320 | 14 | 22.9:1 | 17% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 387 | 16 | 24.3:1 | 16% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 15 | 26.7:1 | 9% (38) |
| 2010-11 | 311 | 13 | 23.9:1 | 12% (38) |
| 2000-01 | 318 | 16 | 19.9:1 | 5% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 387 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hemmeter Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (387 to 331); teachers up 3% (16 to 16.5).
About Hemmeter Elementary School
Located in SAGINAW, Michigan, Hemmeter Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. The school reports 331 students in pre-K through 5.
Saginaw Township Community Schools serves 4,447 students across 8 schools.
Hemmeter Elementary School's enrollment is 77% White. Enrollment also includes 9% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Hemmeter Elementary School has a diversity index of 39%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Hemmeter Elementary School's 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 20.1:1. That ratio is over the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 12%. The gap from the 59% average for public schools in Saginaw County is 47 points.
The allk12 Grade for Hemmeter Elementary School is A+. Compared with Michigan public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 98% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After accounting for student poverty, Hemmeter Elementary School is in the top 10% of Michigan schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 79.5% is 18.7 points above the 60.8% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Among Saginaw County residents, median household income is about $60,622, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Hemmeter Elementary School is one of 75 public schools in Saginaw County, which together enroll about 25,621 students.
Weiss Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Hemmeter Elementary School places 1st of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 320 to 331. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 22.9:1 to 20.1:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Hemmeter Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Saginaw County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
188,665
Census ACS
Median income
$60,622
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
25,621 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Saginaw Township Community Schools
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,313 students
- White Pine Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Sherwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Arrowwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Weiss Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
- Westdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
Other schools in SAGINAW
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,313 students
- White Pine Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Saginaw United High SchoolHigh · 981 students
- North Saginaw Charter AcademyElementary · 679 students
- Carrollton Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
Nearby schools
- Weiss Elementary School0.6 mi · 357
- Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy0.8 mi · 374
- Handley School0.8 mi · 370
- Thompson Middle School0.9 mi · 585
- Kempton Elementary School1.1 mi · 279
- Chester F Miller School1.2 mi · 247
Frequently asked questions
About Hemmeter Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hemmeter Elementary School?
Hemmeter Elementary School enrolls approximately 331 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Hemmeter Elementary School serve?
Hemmeter Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Hemmeter Elementary School have?
Hemmeter Elementary School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
How diverse is Hemmeter Elementary School?
Hemmeter Elementary School reports a student body of 77% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Hemmeter Elementary School public or private?
Hemmeter Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Saginaw Township Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.