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Mark Twain Elementary School

30601 CALAHAN RD, ROSEVILLE, MI 48066 · (586) 439-6900 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of Michigan public elementary schools
  • CTest 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

Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 379 · STATE 369
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
165 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Kindergarten5516%
Grade 14313%
Grade 24814%
Grade 34714%
Grade 45416%
Grade 54513%
Grade 64714%

This year's kindergarten class (55) is 17% larger than its 6th grade class (47).

Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 56% · US 70%
White
23670%
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
124%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
5516%
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 18% · US 15%
Asian
41%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
329%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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
17652%
Female
16348%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Mark Twain Elementary School→Richards Middle School→Fraser High School
Based on grade levels within Fraser Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
41.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
30.8%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 38% 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%.

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 Mark Twain Elementary School

Mark Twain Elementary School's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Mark Twain Elementary School this school33948.7%37.9%
Andrews Elementary School
THREE RIVERS
29647.6%50.0%
Ralph Waldo Emerson Elem School
FRASER
34544.3%41.4%
John M Barnes Elem School
FLAT ROCK
35348.7%25.7%
Huntington Elementary School
RIVERVIEW
32845.1%31.7%
Donald J Yacks Elem School
HARRISON TOWNSHIP
30051.3%36.7%
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 Mark Twain Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MichiganIn Macomb County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
37.9%#766 of 1,085#61 of 100
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
30.8%#888 of 1,072#79 of 98
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
41.3%#739 of 1,139#62 of 105
Enrollment
ranked largest first
339#927 of 1,630#96 of 126
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
17.4:1#1,050 of 1,424#71 of 118
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
47.9%#503 of 1,424#59 of 118
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
48.7%#919 of 1,563#77 of 123
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-13.7%#456 of 979#26 of 75
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
339
-18 (-5%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 344
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 17.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2533919.517.4:149% (165)
2023-2432720.715.8:155% (179)
2022-2334021.415.9:160% (203)
2020-213572117.0:157% (205)
2017-1839320.818.9:153% (209)
2015-163892118.5:152% (201)
2010-113782018.9:157% (216)
2000-013191718.8:122% (69)
1990-91344N/AN/AN/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mark Twain Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 14% (393 to 339); teachers down 7% (20.8 to 19.5).

About Mark Twain Elementary School

Mark Twain Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in ROSEVILLE, Michigan. The school has 339 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 6.

Fraser Public Schools has 8 schools and 4,366 students, and Mark Twain Elementary School is one of those schools.

The largest group at Mark Twain Elementary School is White students, at 70%. The remaining students are 16% Black, 9% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. The diversity index for Mark Twain Elementary School is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

On staff are 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.4:1. Across elementary schools in Michigan, the average ratio is 15.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 49% of the student body. The figure for public schools in Macomb County is close, at 52%.

Mark Twain Elementary School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 24% of Michigan public elementary schools.

Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Mark Twain Elementary School would score about 44.7%. It scores 37.9%, 6.8 points below that figure.

For the population of Macomb County, the median household earns about $77,837 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Macomb County, 236 public schools serve about 115,743 students.

Mark Twain Elementary School is about 0.8 miles from Pinewood Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 37.9% is below the 39.2% average for nearby schools.

Federal data place Mark Twain Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

A 5% drop took enrollment from 357 in 2020-21 to 339 in 2024-25.

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Macomb County at a glance

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Population
879,853
Census ACS
Median income
$77,837
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
236
115,743 students

Quick facts

School name
Mark Twain Elementary School
District
Fraser Public Schools
Address
30601 CALAHAN RD, ROSEVILLE, MI 48066
Phone
(586) 439-6900
County
Macomb County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–06
Total enrollment
339
Teachers (FTE)
19
Student–teacher ratio
17.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
165 (49%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
261482005180
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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30 other US public schools in 13 states are named Mark Twain Elementary. Mark Twain Elementary School is the 19th largest of the 31.

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Frequently asked questions

About Mark Twain Elementary School
How many students attend Mark Twain Elementary School?
Mark Twain Elementary School enrolls approximately 339 students in grades PK-06.
Is Mark Twain Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mark Twain Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Mark Twain Elementary School have?
Mark Twain Elementary School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Mark Twain Elementary School?
Student demographics at Mark Twain Elementary School are roughly 70% White, 4% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Mark Twain Elementary School public or private?
Mark Twain Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fraser Public Schools.
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