Enrollment
321
Elementary
DISTRICT 348 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GROSSE POINTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 262574006221
Kerby Elementary School
285 KERBY RD, GROSSE POINTE FARMS, MI 48236 · (313) 432-4200 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Michigan public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
18.2:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
23 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 19% smaller than its 4th grade class (75).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
71.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
82.0%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 13 points, placing it in Michigan's top 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 Kerby Elementary School
Kerby Elementary School's state test result (76.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerby Elementary School this school | 321 | 7.2% | 76.5% |
| Richard Elementary School GROSSE POINTE FARMS | 313 | 8.6% | 75.0% |
| Beverly Elementary School BEVERLY HILLS | 296 | 8.4% | 67.6% |
| Kettle Lake Elementary School ALTO | 349 | 12.0% | 81.5% |
| Ferry Elementary School GROSSE POINTE WOODS | 357 | 11.5% | 56.6% |
| Parke Lane Elementary School GROSSE ILE | 287 | 11.1% | 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 Kerby Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #28 of 1,085 | #5 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #13 of 1,072 | #2 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #73 of 1,139 | #9 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 321 | #1,002 of 1,630 | #215 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #1,171 of 1,424 | #220 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.5% | #930 of 1,424 | #155 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.2% | #1,541 of 1,563 | #289 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #680 of 979 | #114 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 2024-25Enrollment
321
+68 (+27%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 366
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 321 | 17.7 | 18.2:1 | 7% (23) |
| 2023-24 | 295 | 18.2 | 16.2:1 | 7% (21) |
| 2022-23 | 283 | 20.3 | 14.0:1 | 11% (31) |
| 2020-21 | 253 | 22 | 11.5:1 | 16% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 347 | 21.4 | 16.2:1 | 6% (20) |
| 2015-16 | 348 | 22 | 15.8:1 | 3% (10) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 23 | 14.8:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2000-01 | 352 | 21 | 16.8:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 366 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kerby Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (347 to 321); teachers down 17% (21.4 to 17.7).
About Kerby Elementary School
Kerby Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Michigan. The school offers kindergarten through 4 and enrolls 321 students.
Kerby Elementary School falls under Grosse Pointe Public Schools, which has 12 schools enrolling 6,326 students.
White students are 86% of those enrolled at Kerby Elementary School. Next come 5% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Hispanic. That compares with about 49% White among all Wayne County residents. A diversity index of 26% means there is a 26% chance two randomly chosen students at Kerby Elementary School are from different groups.
The school's 17.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At Kerby Elementary School, 7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. It compares with 66% for public schools in Wayne County.
Kerby Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 95% of Michigan public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Kerby Elementary School is in the top 10% of Michigan schools: 76.5% actual against 63.1% predicted.
In the wider Wayne County area, the median household earns about $60,539 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Kerby Elementary School shares Wayne County with 572 other public schools.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Brownell Middle School, is the closest to Kerby Elementary School. Kerby Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 66.9%, lower than Kerby Elementary School's 76.5%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The school's enrollment increased 27% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher increased from 11.5 in 2020-21 to 18.2 in 2024-25.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Grosse Pointe Public Schools
- Grosse Pointe South High SchoolHigh · 1,123 students
- Grosse Pointe North High SchoolHigh · 924 students
- Parcells Middle SchoolMiddle · 671 students
- Brownell Middle SchoolMiddle · 605 students
- Pierce Middle SchoolMiddle · 570 students
- George Defer Elementary SchoolElementary · 460 students
Other schools in GROSSE POINTE FARMS
- Grosse Pointe South High SchoolHigh · 1,123 students
- Brownell Middle SchoolMiddle · 605 students
- Richard Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
Nearby schools
- Brownell Middle School0.3 mi · 605
- Richard Elementary School1.0 mi · 313
- John Monteith Elementary School1.1 mi · 456
- Grosse Pointe South High School1.3 mi · 1,123
- Marquette ElementaryMiddle School1.3 mi · 422
- East English Village Preparatory Academy at Finney1.4 mi · 639
Frequently asked questions
About Kerby Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kerby Elementary School?
Kerby Elementary School enrolls approximately 321 students in grades KG-04.
Is Kerby Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kerby Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Kerby Elementary School have?
Kerby Elementary School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Kerby Elementary School?
Student demographics at Kerby Elementary School are roughly 86% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Kerby Elementary School in?
Kerby Elementary School is part of Grosse Pointe Public Schools.
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