Holden Elementary School

Located at 37565 CALKA DR, in STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan, Holden Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school that instructs 341 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by Warren Consolidated Schools.

Within Warren Consolidated Schools, which oversees 21 schools and 12,338 students, Holden Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Holden Elementary School logs that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 14% Asian, 13% Black, 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Holden Elementary School shows 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Macomb County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Holden Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.4%, the actual is 35.2%, a residual of +5.8 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Macomb County indicate median household earnings sit near $77,837, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Holden Elementary School is one of 236 public schools in Macomb County (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students).

The closest other public school is Noor International Academy, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Holden Elementary School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.4%.

Holden Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 11%: 307 students in 2018 compared to 341 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 67% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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