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What's the most underrated thing about Kinyon Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
375
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TAYLOR SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 263354006900
Kinyon Elementary School
10455 MONROE BLVD, TAYLOR, MI 48180 · (313) 295-5802 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
291 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 55%
Community
1
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 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
31.9%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
38.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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
30.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Kinyon Elementary School
Kinyon Elementary School's state test result (30.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinyon Elementary School this school | 375 | 77.6% | 30.1% |
| Bedford School DEARBORN HEIGHTS | 389 | 82.3% | 28.0% |
| Pardee School DEARBORN HEIGHTS | 337 | 77.2% | N/A |
| Blair Moody Elementary School TAYLOR | 317 | 79.2% | 29.6% |
| Valley View Elementary School SPRINGFIELD | 434 | 76.0% | N/A |
| Holland Elementary School TAYLOR | 310 | 79.0% | 39.7% |
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 Kinyon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #942 of 1,085 | #119 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #710 of 1,072 | #89 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #950 of 1,139 | #123 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 375 | #771 of 1,630 | #175 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #719 of 1,424 | #129 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #162 of 1,424 | #19 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.6% | #401 of 1,563 | #171 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #447 of 979 | #72 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
375
-28 (-7%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 628
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 375 | 23.4 | 16.0:1 | 78% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 24.9 | 17.3:1 | 92% (395) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 21.9 | 18.8:1 | 82% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 22 | 18.3:1 | 87% (350) |
| 2017-18 | 436 | 21.5 | 20.3:1 | 82% (356) |
| 2015-16 | 428 | 19 | 22.5:1 | 77% (328) |
| 2010-11 | 409 | 18 | 22.7:1 | 67% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 564 | 24 | 23.5:1 | 35% (198) |
| 1990-91 | 628 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kinyon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (436 to 375); teachers up 9% (21.5 to 23.4).
About Kinyon Elementary School
Kinyon Elementary School is an elementary school in TAYLOR, Michigan, according to federal school records. Federal data show 375 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Taylor School District has 12 schools; together they serve 5,572 students.
No group is above 50% at Kinyon Elementary School; the largest is White, at 50%. It is also 25% Black, 16% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Among Wayne County residents, the White share is about 49%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Kinyon Elementary School scores 66%.
Based on 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, Kinyon Elementary School has a ratio of 16.0:1. It is about the same as the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Income data for the school show 78% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Wayne County, the school's rate is higher.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 31.9% at Kinyon Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 30.1%.
In Wayne County, home to about 1,772,259 people, the median household earns about $60,539 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Wayne County number 573, with about 259,786 students.
Among nearby public schools, Robert J West Middle School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Kinyon Elementary School. Kinyon Elementary School places 3rd of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Kinyon Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 7%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 18.3 to 16.0 over 4 years.
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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 Taylor School District
- Taylor High SchoolHigh · 1,371 students
- Robert J West Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Hoover Middle SchoolMiddle · 515 students
- Clarence Randall Elem SchoolElementary · 492 students
- Bernice McDowell Elem SchoolElementary · 341 students
- Taylor Virtual Learning AcademyHigh · 325 students
Other schools in TAYLOR
- Taylor High SchoolHigh · 1,371 students
- Quest Charter AcademyElementary · 683 students
- Taylor Exemplar AcademyElementary · 660 students
- Robert J West Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Trillium AcademyCombined · 641 students
- Hoover Middle SchoolMiddle · 515 students
Nearby schools
- Robert J West Middle School0.1 mi · 641
- Bernice McDowell Elem School1.0 mi · 341
- Clarence Randall Elem School1.0 mi · 492
- Taylor Preparatory High School1.2 mi · 405
- Blair Moody Elementary School1.2 mi · 317
- North Pointe Elementary1.4 mi · 218
Frequently asked questions
About Kinyon Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kinyon Elementary School?
Kinyon Elementary School enrolls approximately 375 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Kinyon Elementary School serve?
Kinyon Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kinyon Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kinyon Elementary School is approximately 16.0:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Kinyon Elementary School?
Student demographics at Kinyon Elementary School are roughly 50% White, 16% Hispanic, 25% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Kinyon Elementary School in?
Kinyon Elementary School is part of Taylor School District.
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