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Enrollment
791
Elementary
STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAURUS ACADEMY·NCES 260029601728
Laurus Academy
24590 LAHSER RD, SOUTHFIELD, MI 48033 · (248) 799-8401 · Oakland County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL791 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% 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.
- C+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
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
44 FTE teachers
STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
660 students
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 | 89 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 82 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 79 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 13% larger than its 8th grade class (79).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
32.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
21.5%
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 22 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
26.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Laurus Academy
Laurus Academy's state test result (26.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurus Academy this school | 791 | 83.4% | 26.0% |
| Westfield Charter Academy REDFORD | 730 | 82.6% | 23.7% |
| Detroit Merit Charter Academy DETROIT | 719 | 82.3% | 24.8% |
| Grand River Academy LIVONIA | 727 | 80.5% | 23.6% |
| Detroit Enterprise Academy DETROIT | 686 | 88.9% | 28.1% |
| Detroit Premier Academy DETROIT | 706 | 90.8% | 20.2% |
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 Laurus Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #1,007 of 1,085 | #145 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #1,032 of 1,072 | #142 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #942 of 1,139 | #142 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 791 | #22 of 1,630 | #1 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #1,142 of 1,424 | #149 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.9% | #1,013 of 1,424 | #152 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.4% | #297 of 1,563 | #8 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.2% | #214 of 440 | #25 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
791
-11 (-1%) vs 2020
+7% since 2010-11, when it was 742
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 791 | 44 | 18.0:1 | 83% (660) |
| 2023-24 | 786 | 27 | 29.1:1 | 86% (673) |
| 2022-23 | 749 | 45 | 16.6:1 | 87% (648) |
| 2020-21 | 802 | 38 | 21.1:1 | 81% (650) |
| 2017-18 | 731 | 37 | 19.8:1 | 76% (557) |
| 2015-16 | 732 | 33 | 22.2:1 | 73% (533) |
| 2010-11 | 742 | 34 | 21.8:1 | 68% (503) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laurus Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (731 to 791); teachers up 19% (37 to 44).
About Laurus Academy
Located in SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, Laurus Academy is a high-enrollment elementary school. The school has 791 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 8. By comparison, elementary schools in Michigan enroll about 369 students on average.
Laurus Academy operates as its own local education agency.
Black students are 87% of those enrolled at Laurus Academy. Other reported shares: 8% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. That compares with about 13% Black among all Oakland County residents. A diversity index of 23% means there is a 23% chance two randomly chosen students at Laurus Academy are from different groups.
The school's 44 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1. Income data for the school show 83% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Oakland County average 32%.
On the allk12 Grade, Laurus Academy lands at C-, ahead of 15% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Laurus Academy's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 26.0% is 3.3 points below the 29.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the wider Oakland County area, the median household earns about $97,760 a year, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Oakland County, 345 public schools serve about 169,926 students.
Of the public schools around it, Laurus Academy is closest to Southfield High School for the Arts and Technology, about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Laurus Academy is 3rd of 4 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Laurus Academy has an NCES locale of City: Small. NCES lists Laurus Academy as a charter school.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 802 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 791. Its ratio of students to teachers was 21.1:1 in 2020-21, and 18.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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 SOUTHFIELD
- Lighthouse Connections AcademyCombined · 2,056 students
- Southfield High School for the Arts and TechnologyHigh · 1,049 students
- Bradford AcademyCombined · 678 students
- Thompson K8 International AcademyElementary · 544 students
- Adlai Stevenson Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
- Dr Joseph F Pollack Academic Center of ExcellenceElementary · 520 students
Nearby schools
- Southfield High School for the Arts and Technology0.1 mi · 1,049
- Crescent Academy Elementary0.4 mi · 265
- Faxon Academy0.8 mi · 150
- Lighthouse Connections Academy1.0 mi · 2,056
- Bradford Academy1.2 mi · 678
- Morris Adler Elementary School1.5 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About Laurus AcademyHow large is Laurus Academy?
Laurus Academy enrolls approximately 791 students in grades KG-08.
Is Laurus Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Laurus Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Laurus Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Laurus Academy is approximately 18.0:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Laurus Academy?
Student demographics at Laurus Academy are roughly 0% White, 3% Hispanic, 87% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Laurus Academy?
Laurus Academy is overseen by Laurus Academy in Oakland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.