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Lindemann Elementary School
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Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientWhat this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 51 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Lindemann Elementary School
Lindemann Elementary School is an elementary campus of large scale in ALLEN PARK, Michigan, run under Allen Park Public Schools, works with 639 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 73% above the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.
Allen Park Public Schools runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 3,694 students. Lindemann Elementary School is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Lindemann Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 17% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Wayne County's rate of about 66%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lindemann Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.5%; this one delivers 48.0%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Wayne County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Lindemann Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Bennie Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lindemann Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 40.0%.
Lindemann Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.
Five-year trend. Lindemann Elementary School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 650 (now 639). White enrollment moved from 85% to 77% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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