John F FarrellEmmett Elementary School
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientWhat this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About John F FarrellEmmett Elementary School
John F FarrellEmmett Elementary School, a tight-knit primary school in EMMETT, Michigan, one of the schools within Yale Public Schools, works with 211 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 43% below typical.
Yale Public Schools comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,723 students; John F FarrellEmmett Elementary School is among them.
In terms of who attends, John F FarrellEmmett Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). The remainder comes out to 3% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, John F FarrellEmmett Elementary School records 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting John F FarrellEmmett Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, St. Clair County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, John F FarrellEmmett Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.3%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for St. Clair County put the typical household earns roughly $71,270 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. John F FarrellEmmett Elementary School is one of 57 public schools in St. Clair County (combined enrollment of about 20,511 students).
Nearest neighbor: Avoca Elementary School, around 5.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), John F FarrellEmmett Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 46.3%.
John F FarrellEmmett Elementary School operates from a small-town location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John F FarrellEmmett Elementary School has edged up 4%, going from 203 students in 2018 to 211 in 2025.
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