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What's one thing Keicher Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
402
Elementary
DISTRICT 362 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MICHIGAN CENTER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 262379006049
Keicher Elementary School
137 BROAD ST, MICHIGAN CENTER, MI 49254 · (517) 764-5200 · Jackson County
GRADES 01–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Michigan public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
15.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
223 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 26% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 25% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 97 | 24% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Keicher Elementary School→Michigan Center JrSr High School
Based on grade levels within Michigan Center School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
35.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
24.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Keicher Elementary School
Keicher Elementary School's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keicher Elementary School this school | 402 | 55.5% | 34.7% |
| East Jordan Elementary School EAST JORDAN | 393 | 57.8% | 42.3% |
| Gladwin Intermediate School GLADWIN | 386 | 56.2% | 29.9% |
| Patterson Elementary School HOLLY | 408 | 56.9% | 39.7% |
| Emerson School OWOSSO | 421 | 53.7% | 35.0% |
| North Elementary School NEWPORT | 366 | 56.3% | 25.1% |
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 Keicher Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #840 of 1,085 | #11 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #990 of 1,072 | #12 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #866 of 1,139 | #11 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #643 of 1,630 | #11 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #685 of 1,424 | #7 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.8% | #988 of 1,424 | #16 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.5% | #792 of 1,563 | #15 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #787 of 979 | #9 of 13 |
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
402
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 402 | 25.3 | 15.9:1 | 55% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 24.8 | 15.8:1 | 61% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 22.8 | 17.6:1 | 62% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 52% (209) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 56% (237) |
| 2015-16 | 411 | 24 | 17.1:1 | 50% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 402 | 25 | 16.1:1 | 58% (233) |
| 2000-01 | 471 | 24 | 19.6:1 | 43% (204) |
| 1990-91 | 390 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Keicher Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (423 to 402); teachers down 6% (27 to 25.3).
About Keicher Elementary School
The public elementary school Keicher Elementary School is located in MICHIGAN CENTER, Michigan. It enrolls 402 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 1 through 6.
Keicher Elementary School sits within Michigan Center School District, which has 3 schools and 1,423 students.
At Keicher Elementary School, 87% of students are White. Smaller groups are 8% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. Census estimates put Jackson County at about 83% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Keicher Elementary School is 24%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Michigan is about 15.8:1. A total of 223 students, or 55%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 53% average for public schools in Jackson County.
Among Michigan public elementary schools, Keicher Elementary School outscored 18%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Keicher Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Michigan schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 34.7% and a predicted 41.7%.
The school is in Jackson County, where the median household earns about $66,073 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Keicher Elementary School shares Jackson County with 67 other public schools.
Keicher Elementary School's nearest public school is Michigan Center JrSr High School (about 0.8 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Small: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 402, close to the 400 recorded in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 14.8 in 2020-21 to 15.9 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Keicher Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,060
Census ACS
Median income
$66,073
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
21,681 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Michigan Center School District
- Michigan Center JrSr High SchoolHigh · 700 students
- Arnold Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
Other schools in MICHIGAN CENTER
- Michigan Center JrSr High SchoolHigh · 700 students
- Arnold Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
Nearby schools
- Michigan Center JrSr High School0.8 mi · 700
- Arnold Elementary School1.1 mi · 321
- East Jackson Secondary School2.2 mi · 359
- WAY East Jackson2.9 mi · 16
- Youth Home Jackson ISD4.0 mi · 22
- Vandercook Lake High School4.0 mi · 258
Frequently asked questions
About Keicher Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Keicher Elementary School?
Keicher Elementary School enrolls approximately 402 students in grades 01-06.
Is Keicher Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Keicher Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-06.
How many teachers does Keicher Elementary School have?
Keicher Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
How diverse is Keicher Elementary School?
Keicher Elementary School reports a student body of 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Keicher Elementary School?
Keicher Elementary School is overseen by Michigan Center School District in Jackson County.
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