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Enrollment
525
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UTICA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263447007011
Issac Monfort Elementary School
6700 MONTGOMERY DR, SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI 48316 · (586) 797-5700 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL525 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% 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.
- B+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
17.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
226 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 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 15% larger than its 6th grade class (73).
Student demographics
40%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
61.9%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
52.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Issac Monfort Elementary School
Issac Monfort Elementary School's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Issac Monfort Elementary School this school | 525 | 43.0% | 53.6% |
| Central Grade School TRAVERSE CITY | 510 | 42.4% | 56.5% |
| Wiley Elementary School SHELBY TOWNSHIP | 570 | 47.0% | 44.3% |
| Morgan Elementary School SHELBY TOWNSHIP | 563 | 35.7% | 62.5% |
| Havel Elementary School STERLING HEIGHTS | 571 | 47.8% | 42.1% |
| Indian Hill Elementary School GRAND BLANC | 406 | 45.1% | 50.0% |
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 Issac Monfort Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #334 of 1,085 | #10 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #381 of 1,072 | #11 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #224 of 1,139 | #3 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 525 | #218 of 1,630 | #27 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #981 of 1,424 | #63 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.5% | #616 of 1,424 | #81 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.0% | #1,004 of 1,563 | #86 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #931 of 979 | #73 of 75 |
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
525
0 (0%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 525 | 30.7 | 17.1:1 | 43% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 30 | 17.9:1 | 42% (225) |
| 2022-23 | 533 | 28.2 | 18.9:1 | 38% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 27 | 19.4:1 | 36% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 533 | 26.3 | 20.3:1 | 34% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 602 | 31 | 19.4:1 | 29% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 738 | 34 | 21.7:1 | 21% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 503 | 25 | 20.1:1 | 5% (24) |
| 1990-91 | 570 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Issac Monfort Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (533 to 525); teachers up 17% (26.3 to 30.7).
About Issac Monfort Elementary School
This page covers Issac Monfort Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Michigan. The school reports 525 students in pre-K through 6. The school's enrollment is 42% bigger than the 369 average for elementary schools in Michigan.
The 37 schools in Utica Community Schools enroll 25,574 students altogether, Issac Monfort Elementary School among them.
Issac Monfort Elementary School's enrollment is 76% White. Enrollment also includes 8% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 5% Black. The county population is about 75% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Issac Monfort Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 40%.
Federal staffing data show 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Issac Monfort Elementary School and a ratio of 17.1:1. That ratio is over the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 43% of students. Public schools in Macomb County average 52%.
Measured against Michigan public elementary schools, Issac Monfort Elementary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 53.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 47.2%.
Macomb County has about 879,853 residents, and median household income is about $77,837, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Macomb County number 236 and enroll about 115,743.
Nearby, Shelby Junior High School is about 0.9 miles away. Issac Monfort Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Issac Monfort Elementary School's average proficiency of 53.6% compares with 51.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment went from 525 in 2020-21 to 525 in 2024-25, a change of zero students. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.4:1 in 2020-21 to 17.1:1 in 2024-25.
The Issac Monfort Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. 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 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 SHELBY TOWNSHIP
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 1,625 students
- Malow Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,084 students
- Shelby Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,073 students
- Beacon Tree Elementary SchoolElementary · 787 students
- Richard J Duncan ElementaryElementary · 716 students
- Crissman Elementary SchoolElementary · 586 students
Nearby schools
- Shelby Junior High School0.9 mi · 1,073
- Morgan Elementary School1.1 mi · 563
- Switzer Elementary School1.3 mi · 495
- Malow Junior High School1.3 mi · 1,084
- Crissman Elementary School1.4 mi · 586
- Eisenhower High School1.5 mi · 1,625
Frequently asked questions
About Issac Monfort Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Issac Monfort Elementary School?
Issac Monfort Elementary School enrolls approximately 525 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Issac Monfort Elementary School serve?
Issac Monfort Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Issac Monfort Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Issac Monfort Elementary School is approximately 17.1:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Issac Monfort Elementary School?
Student demographics at Issac Monfort Elementary School are roughly 76% White, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Issac Monfort Elementary School?
Issac Monfort Elementary School is overseen by Utica Community Schools in Macomb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.