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Keppen School

661 MILL ST, LINCOLN PARK, MI 48146 · (313) 389-0232 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL332 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of Michigan public elementary schools
  • DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B-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

Enrollment
332
Elementary
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 369
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
290 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 55%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten4413%
Grade 15115%
Grade 25918%
Grade 36419%
Grade 44814%
Grade 56620%

This year's kindergarten class (44) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).

Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 56% · US 70%
White
9328%
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
14945%
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
6219%
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 18% · US 15%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
247%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
15848%
Female
17452%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Keppen School→Lincoln Park Middle School→Lincoln Park High School
Based on grade levels within Lincoln Park School District of the City of. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
34.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
23.9%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Keppen School

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Keppen School this school33287.3%29.2%
James Foote School
LINCOLN PARK
30888.0%N/A
Earl F Carr School
LINCOLN PARK
31192.0%43.7%
Parkview Elementary School
WYOMING
29686.8%27.8%
Sibley School
GRAND RAPIDS
30883.8%N/A
Raupp School
LINCOLN PARK
26194.3%N/A
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 Keppen School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MichiganIn Wayne County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
29.2%#956 of 1,085#121 of 165
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
23.9%#999 of 1,072#137 of 165
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
34.3%#887 of 1,139#113 of 176
Enrollment
ranked largest first
332#958 of 1,630#208 of 301
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
17.8:1#1,115 of 1,424#207 of 281
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
68.0%#112 of 1,424#10 of 281
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
87.3%#238 of 1,563#119 of 294
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-12.2%#508 of 979#82 of 177
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 2024-25
Enrollment
332
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 488
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 17.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2533218.717.8:187% (290)
2023-2433018.717.6:192% (304)
2022-2334116.620.5:196% (329)
2020-213251917.1:186% (281)
2017-1837818.320.7:188% (334)
2015-163641622.8:186% (313)
2010-113581819.9:180% (286)
2000-014132020.6:135% (144)
1990-91488N/AN/AN/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Keppen School.

Since 2017-18: students down 12% (378 to 332); teachers up 2% (18.3 to 18.7).

About Keppen School

Keppen School is an elementary school with a street address in LINCOLN PARK, Michigan. In all, 332 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.

Keppen School reports to Lincoln Park School District of the City of, which has 11 schools and 4,846 students.

The largest group at Keppen School is Hispanic students, at 45%. The remaining students are 28% White, 19% Black, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Wayne County is about 7% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Keppen School scores 68%.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.8:1. The school has 18.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan is 1.9 students per teacher. In all, 87% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Wayne County is 21 points.

Among Michigan public elementary schools, Keppen School outscored 26%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.

Keppen 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 29.2% and a predicted 27.6%.

For Wayne County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $60,539, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. There are 573 public schools in the county, enrolling about 259,786, Keppen School among them.

Measured in a straight line, Mixter School is about 0.3 miles from Keppen School. The five-mile area around Keppen School holds at least 8 other public schools.

Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment has been fairly stable: 325 in 2020-21 and 332 in 2024-25.

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Wayne County at a glance

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Population
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students

Quick facts

School name
Keppen School
District
Lincoln Park School District of the City of
Address
661 MILL ST, LINCOLN PARK, MI 48146
Phone
(313) 389-0232
County
Wayne County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
332
Teachers (FTE)
19
Student–teacher ratio
17.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
290 (87%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
262160005863
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Keppen School
How large is Keppen School?
Keppen School enrolls approximately 332 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Keppen School serve?
Keppen School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Keppen School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Keppen School is approximately 17.8:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Keppen School?
Student demographics at Keppen School are roughly 28% White, 45% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Keppen School in?
Keppen School is part of Lincoln Park School District of the City of.
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