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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Keith Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
542
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALLED LAKE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS·NCES 263516007077
Keith Elementary School
2800 KEITH RD, WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI 48324 · (248) 956-3700 · Oakland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
108 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 19% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
52.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
51.1%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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
50.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 →
Where Keith Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #415 of 1,085 | #89 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #413 of 1,072 | #90 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #414 of 1,139 | #91 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #184 of 1,630 | #18 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #480 of 1,424 | #67 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.9% | #847 of 1,424 | #132 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.9% | #1,389 of 1,563 | #106 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #448 of 979 | #50 of 118 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
542
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 542 | 36.2 | 15.0:1 | 20% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 33.6 | 15.7:1 | 26% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 29.9 | 18.1:1 | 23% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 535 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 19% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 630 | 32.2 | 19.6:1 | 20% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 32 | 20.5:1 | 10% (68) |
| 2010-11 | 577 | 29 | 19.9:1 | 12% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 647 | 35 | 18.5:1 | 2% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 496 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Keith Elementary School.
About Keith Elementary School
Among the schools in WEST BLOOMFIELD, Michigan, is Keith Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 542 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Michigan) has about 369 students.
The Walled Lake Consolidated Schools system has 19 schools and 11,640 students.
Most students at Keith Elementary School are White: 84% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Oakland County is roughly 69% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Keith Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 29%.
The school reports 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 15.0 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 20% of students. It compares with 32% for public schools in Oakland County.
A school with Keith Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Michigan is predicted to score 57.5%. Keith Elementary School scores 50.1%, 7.3 points below that line.
Across Oakland County, median household income is about $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of Oakland County number 345 and enroll about 169,926.
Nearby, Clifford H Smart Middle School is about 1.0 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 55.4%; Keith Elementary School's is 50.1%, ranking 6th of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 535 students in 2020-21 and 542 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Keith Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Oakland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
- Walled Lake Northern High SchoolHigh · 1,383 students
- Walled Lake Central High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Walled Lake Western High SchoolHigh · 1,033 students
- Clifford H Smart Middle SchoolMiddle · 888 students
- Walnut Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- James R Geisler Middle SchoolHigh · 620 students
Other schools in WEST BLOOMFIELD
- West Bloomfield High SchoolHigh · 1,434 students
- Walnut Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Scotch Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Sheiko Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
- Doherty Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Pleasant Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 461 students
Nearby schools
- Clifford H Smart Middle School1.0 mi · 888
- Scotch Elementary School1.8 mi · 556
- Oakley Park Elementary School2.2 mi · 392
- Pleasant Lake Elementary School2.3 mi · 461
- Gretchko Elementary School2.5 mi · 331
- Walled Lake Central High School2.7 mi · 1,182
Frequently asked questions
About Keith Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Keith Elementary School?
Keith Elementary School enrolls approximately 542 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Keith Elementary School serve?
Keith Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Keith Elementary School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Keith Elementary School.
How diverse is Keith Elementary School?
Keith Elementary School reports a student body of 84% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Keith Elementary School in?
Keith Elementary School is part of Walled Lake Consolidated Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.