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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 486 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 262994007575
Hugger Elementary School
5050 SHELDON RD, ROCHESTER, MI 48306 · (248) 726-3800 · Oakland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% 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.
- 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
19.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
40 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
64.0%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
64.4%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Hugger Elementary School
Hugger Elementary School's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugger Elementary School this school | 512 | 7.8% | 61.3% |
| Knapp Forest Elementary School GRAND RAPIDS | 520 | 5.6% | 82.4% |
| Conant Elementary School BLOOMFIELD HILLS | 504 | 6.7% | 65.7% |
| Pierce Elementary School BIRMINGHAM | 556 | 4.7% | 75.2% |
| Winchester Elementary School NORTHVILLE | 519 | 5.0% | 63.8% |
| Baldwin Elementary School ROCHESTER | 534 | 3.6% | 63.3% |
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 Hugger Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #185 of 1,085 | #46 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #160 of 1,072 | #42 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #179 of 1,139 | #43 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #253 of 1,630 | #36 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #1,288 of 1,424 | #159 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.7% | #781 of 1,424 | #126 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.8% | #1,535 of 1,563 | #159 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #760 of 979 | #94 of 118 |
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
512
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 539
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 512 | 26.8 | 19.1:1 | 8% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 25.8 | 19.8:1 | 9% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 25 | 20.8:1 | 8% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 502 | 27 | 18.6:1 | 6% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 543 | 28 | 19.4:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 28 | 19.2:1 | 3% (18) |
| 2010-11 | 514 | 25 | 20.6:1 | 5% (25) |
| 2000-01 | 551 | 27 | 20.4:1 | 1% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 539 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hugger Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (543 to 512); teachers down 4% (28 to 26.8).
About Hugger Elementary School
Hugger Elementary School, located in ROCHESTER, Michigan, is a medium-sized elementary school. It educates 512 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Michigan is about 369 students.
Hugger Elementary School is a school in Rochester Community School District. The district has 22 schools and 14,592 students.
Most students at Hugger Elementary School are White: 82% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 7% Asian, 5% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Oakland County is roughly 69% White. Hugger Elementary School has a diversity index of 32%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Hugger Elementary School operates with 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 19.1:1. That ratio is over the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Hugger Elementary School reports 8% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 24 points below the 32% average for public schools in Oakland County.
allk12 grades Hugger Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 62.8% for Hugger Elementary School. The school posts 61.3%, 1.5 points below the prediction.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Oakland County show that median household income is about $97,760, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Hugger Elementary School is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County, which together enroll about 169,926 students.
The nearest public school is Hart Middle School, at about 1.8 miles. Hugger Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 63.0%, higher than Hugger Elementary School's 61.3%.
Hugger Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 512, close to the 502 recorded in 2020-21.
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Oakland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rochester Community School District
- Rochester High SchoolHigh · 1,682 students
- Rochester Adams High SchoolHigh · 1,521 students
- Stoney Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,478 students
- Hart Middle SchoolHigh · 999 students
- Van Hoosen Middle SchoolHigh · 906 students
- West Middle SchoolHigh · 784 students
Other schools in ROCHESTER
- Baldwin Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
- McGregor Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
Nearby schools
- Hart Middle School1.8 mi · 999
- Baldwin Elementary School1.9 mi · 534
- Stoney Creek High School2.0 mi · 1,478
- North Hill Elementary School2.3 mi · 512
- Long Meadow Elementary School3.2 mi · 528
- Brewster Elementary School3.4 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About Hugger Elementary SchoolHow large is Hugger Elementary School?
Hugger Elementary School enrolls approximately 512 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hugger Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hugger Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Hugger Elementary School?
Approximately 19.1:1 students per teacher at Hugger Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Hugger Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hugger Elementary School are roughly 82% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Hugger Elementary School in?
Hugger Elementary School is part of Rochester Community School District.
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