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If you could change one rule at Keller Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
470
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROYAL OAK SCHOOLS·NCES 263030002068
Keller Elementary
1505 N CAMPBELL RD, ROYAL OAK, MI 48067 · (248) 542-6500 · Oakland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
88 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 55%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Keller Elementary→Royal Oak Middle School
Based on grade levels within Royal Oak Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
54.0%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
49.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
470
+25 (+6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 17.1:1
% White
78%
was 79%
% Hispanic
3%
was 5%
% Black
9%
was 8%
% Asian
2%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Keller Elementary
Located at 1505 N CAMPBELL RD, in ROYAL OAK, Michigan, Keller Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack primary school that enrolls 470 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Royal Oak Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 27% larger than the state mean of about 369.
Royal Oak Schools comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,727 students; Keller Elementary is among them.
Demographically, Keller Elementary records that 78% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 9% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Keller Elementary has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 19% of students at Keller Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Oakland County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, Keller Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.0%, the actual is 49.1%, a residual of -8.8 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Oakland County put median household earnings sit near $97,760, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Oakland County's 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), Keller Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Lessenger Elementary School, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Keller Elementary at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 47.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Keller Elementary has climbed 6%, going from 445 students in 2018 to 470 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.
On allk12, members of the Keller Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Royal Oak Schools
- Royal Oak High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- Royal Oak Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,058 students
- Northwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Addams Elementary and ECCElementary · 436 students
- Oak Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
- Alfred E Upton Elementary SchoolElementary · 301 students
Other schools in ROYAL OAK
- Royal Oak High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- Royal Oak Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,058 students
- Northwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Addams Elementary and ECCElementary · 436 students
- Oak Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
- Alfred E Upton Elementary SchoolElementary · 301 students
Nearby schools
- Lessenger Elementary School0.8 mi · 259
- Keys Grace Academy0.9 mi · 530
- Churchill Community Ed Center0.9 mi · 77
- Royal Oak Middle School1.2 mi · 1,058
- Edmonson Elementary School1.3 mi · 305
- Oak Ridge Elementary School1.3 mi · 404
Frequently asked questions
About Keller ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Keller Elementary?
Keller Elementary enrolls approximately 470 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Keller Elementary serve?
Keller Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Keller Elementary?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Keller Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Keller Elementary?
Student demographics at Keller Elementary are roughly 78% White, 3% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Keller Elementary?
Keller Elementary is overseen by Royal Oak Schools in Oakland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.