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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
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Michigan public elementary schools
- BTest 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
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
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 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 41% larger than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
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 →
Schools most like Keller Elementary
Keller Elementary's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keller Elementary this school | 470 | 18.7% | 49.1% |
| Addams Elementary and ECC ROYAL OAK | 436 | 18.6% | 47.6% |
| Bird Elementary School PLYMOUTH | 476 | 17.6% | 61.4% |
| Angell Elementary School BERKLEY | 411 | 19.0% | 53.8% |
| Great Oaks Elementary School CHESTERFIELD | 468 | 18.2% | 58.8% |
| Lakewood Elementary School WHITE LAKE | 434 | 20.3% | 54.9% |
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 Keller Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #440 of 1,085 | #92 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #443 of 1,072 | #95 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #384 of 1,139 | #83 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #368 of 1,630 | #55 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #722 of 1,424 | #99 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.8% | #664 of 1,424 | #108 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.7% | #1,404 of 1,563 | #110 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.6% | #267 of 440 | #31 of 48 |
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
470
+21 (+5%) vs 2020
+46% since 2010-11, when it was 321
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 470 | 29.3 | 16.0:1 | 19% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 31.2 | 14.4:1 | 23% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 29.3 | 15.0:1 | 23% (102) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 29 | 15.5:1 | 22% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 445 | 26 | 17.1:1 | 23% (102) |
| 2015-16 | 421 | 26 | 16.2:1 | 17% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 321 | 19 | 16.9:1 | 25% (79) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Keller Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (445 to 470); teachers up 13% (26 to 29.3).
About Keller Elementary
Keller Elementary is a public elementary school run by Royal Oak Schools in ROYAL OAK, Michigan. Enrollment is 470 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Michigan is about 369 students, so this school is 27% above average.
Royal Oak Schools has 9 schools; together they serve 4,727 students.
By race and ethnicity, Keller Elementary is 78% White. The rest of enrollment is 9% Black, 8% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Oakland County's population at about 69%. The chance that two students picked at random at Keller Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 38%.
Dividing enrollment by its 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 16.0:1. Across elementary schools in Michigan, the average ratio is about 15.8:1. Eligible students account for 19% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The rate at public schools in Oakland County averages 32%, higher than here.
Keller Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 40% of Michigan public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Michigan schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Keller Elementary's results are 8.8 points below predicted: 49.1% against 58.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Oakland County show that median household income is about $97,760, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Keller Elementary is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County, which together enroll about 169,926 students.
Of nearby public schools, Lessenger Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 47.7%, lower than Keller Elementary's 49.1%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 449 in 2020-21 and 470 in 2024-25, a 5% gain.
To ask about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes, start a discussion on this page. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Other Keller Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Keller Elementary. Keller Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Keller Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 581 students
- Keller Elementary SchoolBROWNSVILLE, TX · 537 students
- Keller Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 326 students
- Keller ElementaryGreen Bay, WI · 160 students
- Keller Elementary SchoolKELLER, WA · 40 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.