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If you could change one rule at Jack Harvey Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
429
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UTICA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263447006996
Jack Harvey Elementary School
41700 MONTROY DR, STERLING HEIGHTS, MI 48313 · (586) 797-5100 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL429 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Michigan public elementary schools
- CTest 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
14.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
277 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 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (74).
Student demographics
60%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
43.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
26.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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
38.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Jack Harvey Elementary School
Jack Harvey Elementary School's state test result (38.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Harvey Elementary School this school | 429 | 64.6% | 38.4% |
| Allen Elementary School SOUTHGATE | 359 | 63.8% | 45.0% |
| Hampton Elementary School BAY CITY | 399 | 68.7% | 31.4% |
| Garfield Elementary School WYANDOTTE | 418 | 67.5% | 27.4% |
| Dimondale Elementary School DIMONDALE | 381 | 57.2% | 33.6% |
| Grogan Elementary School SOUTHGATE | 353 | 63.5% | 38.7% |
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 Jack Harvey Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #755 of 1,085 | #58 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #966 of 1,072 | #90 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #678 of 1,139 | #54 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 429 | #532 of 1,630 | #66 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #374 of 1,424 | #19 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #262 of 1,424 | #27 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.6% | #600 of 1,563 | #49 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #613 of 979 | #40 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
429
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 685
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 429 | 29.5 | 14.5:1 | 65% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 29.5 | 15.5:1 | 65% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 28.5 | 15.0:1 | 61% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 24 | 18.3:1 | 69% (303) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 23.8 | 19.9:1 | 52% (244) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 24 | 19.6:1 | 49% (228) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 27 | 20.6:1 | 37% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 499 | 28 | 17.8:1 | 4% (21) |
| 1990-91 | 685 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jack Harvey Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (473 to 429); teachers up 24% (23.8 to 29.5).
About Jack Harvey Elementary School
Jack Harvey Elementary School is one of the public schools in STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan. It is a mid-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 429 students.
Utica Community Schools (37 schools, 25,574 students) runs Jack Harvey Elementary School.
The share of White students at Jack Harvey Elementary School is 59%, a majority. It is also 18% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 5% Black. For comparison, the population of Macomb County is roughly 75% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Jack Harvey Elementary School scores 60%.
For every teacher at Jack Harvey Elementary School, there are about 14.5 students; the school has 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 65%. On average, public schools in Macomb County report 52%.
Among Michigan public elementary schools, Jack Harvey Elementary School outscored 37%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.7% for Jack Harvey Elementary School. The school posts 38.4%, within a point of the prediction.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Macomb County show that median household income comes to about $77,837, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 236, with about 115,743 students.
Of the public schools around it, Jack Harvey Elementary School is closest to Havel Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Jack Harvey Elementary School is 7th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Jack Harvey Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 429, starting from 440. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.3:1 to 14.5:1.
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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
- Havel Elementary School0.5 mi · 571
- Henry Ford II High School0.5 mi · 1,663
- Browning Elementary School0.5 mi · 368
- Bemis Junior High School0.5 mi · 742
- Graebner Elementary School1.0 mi · 509
- Dresden Elementary School1.1 mi · 420
Frequently asked questions
About Jack Harvey Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Jack Harvey Elementary School?
Jack Harvey Elementary School enrolls approximately 429 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Jack Harvey Elementary School serve?
Jack Harvey Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Jack Harvey Elementary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Jack Harvey Elementary School.
How diverse is Jack Harvey Elementary School?
Jack Harvey Elementary School reports a student body of 59% White, 18% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Jack Harvey Elementary School?
Jack Harvey 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.