Joseph G Steenland Elementary School

Joseph G Steenland Elementary School operates as a mid-tier primary school in ROSEVILLE, Michigan, one of the schools within Roseville Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 362 students spanning grades K through 5.

Across the 10 schools in Roseville Community Schools (4,060 students total), Joseph G Steenland Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Joseph G Steenland Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 41% Black, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Joseph G Steenland Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Macomb County's rate of about 52%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Joseph G Steenland Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.2%; this one delivers 26.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Macomb County) logs that median household income runs about $77,837, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Macomb County runs 236 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students), of which Joseph G Steenland Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Roseville Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Joseph G Steenland Elementary School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 31.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Joseph G Steenland Elementary School has declined 25%, going from 483 students in 2018 to 362 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 61% to 46% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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