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Enrollment
656
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·L'ANSE CREUSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 262187001379
Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School
27100 24 MILE RD, CHESTERFIELD, MI 48051 · (586) 493-5230 · Macomb County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL656 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% 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.
- DBeats 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
19.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
270 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (120).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
40.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
32.7%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School
Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School this school | 656 | 41.2% | 36.0% |
| Princeton Elementary School SAINT CLAIR SHORES | 652 | 43.4% | 46.1% |
| Ojibwa Elementary School MACOMB | 622 | 42.8% | 37.9% |
| Atwood Elementary School MACOMB | 612 | 35.6% | 44.0% |
| Cherokee Elementary School CLINTON TWP | 526 | 40.3% | 39.3% |
| Rodgers Elementary School SAINT CLAIR SHORES | 534 | 44.0% | 32.9% |
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 Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #811 of 1,085 | #72 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #856 of 1,072 | #73 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #760 of 1,139 | #65 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 656 | #89 of 1,630 | #8 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #1,272 of 1,424 | #103 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.1% | #497 of 1,424 | #57 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.2% | #1,035 of 1,563 | #89 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #748 of 979 | #54 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
656
-20 (-3%) vs 2020
+22% since 2010-11, when it was 538
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 656 | 34.6 | 19.0:1 | 41% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 661 | 32 | 20.6:1 | 48% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 650 | 32 | 20.3:1 | 44% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 676 | 32 | 21.1:1 | 44% (295) |
| 2017-18 | 698 | 30.9 | 22.6:1 | 38% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 683 | 29 | 23.6:1 | 41% (280) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 24 | 22.4:1 | 38% (203) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (698 to 656); teachers up 12% (30.9 to 34.6).
About Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School
Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school, is located in CHESTERFIELD, Michigan. The school counted 656 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. It has 78% more students than the average for elementary schools in Michigan (about 369).
Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School reports to L'Anse Creuse Public Schools, which has 17 schools and 9,090 students.
More than half of the students at Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School are White (70%). The next largest groups are 14% Black, 10% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School scores 48%.
A staff of 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 19.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Michigan, 15.8:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 41%. Across public schools in Macomb County, the average is 52%.
Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 13% of Michigan public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School posts 36.0% against a 48.0% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Michigan.
In the wider Macomb County area, the median household earns about $77,837 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Macomb County, 236 public schools serve about 115,743 students.
A public school about 1.4 miles away, Francis A Higgins Elem School, is the closest to Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's student count fell 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher dropped from 21.1 in 2020-21 to 19.0 in 2024-25.
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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
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Other schools in L'Anse Creuse Public Schools
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- Middle School CentralMiddle · 601 students
Other schools in CHESTERFIELD
- Middle School EastMiddle · 626 students
- Anchor Bay Middle School SouthMiddle · 509 students
- Great Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
- Green Elementary SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Francis A Higgins Elem SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Dean A Naldrett SchoolElementary · 353 students
Nearby schools
- Francis A Higgins Elem School1.4 mi · 425
- Middle School East1.6 mi · 626
- Dean A Naldrett School2.5 mi · 353
- Anchor Bay Middle School South3.0 mi · 509
- Great Oaks Elementary School3.0 mi · 468
- Green Elementary School3.0 mi · 456
Frequently asked questions
About Joseph M Carkenord Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School?
Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School enrolls approximately 656 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School serve?
Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School have?
Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
How diverse is Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School?
Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School reports a student body of 70% White, 4% Hispanic, 14% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School public or private?
Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by L'Anse Creuse Public Schools.
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