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Marshall Elementary School

1756 64TH ST SW, BYRON CENTER, MI 49315 · (616) 878-6300 · Kent County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% 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.
  • A+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
463
Elementary
DISTRICT 431 · STATE 369
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
108 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten9821%
Grade 17817%
Grade 28017%
Grade 311024%
Grade 49721%

This year's kindergarten class (98) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (97).

Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 56% · US 70%
White
34675%
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
419%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
72%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 18% · US 15%
Asian
245%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
4510%
DISTRICT 7% · 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
24152%
Female
22248%

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
86.9%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
85.4%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
86.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.3pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% 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 30 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 Marshall Elementary School

Marshall Elementary School's state test result (86.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Marshall Elementary School this school46323.3%86.3%
Countryside Elementary School
BYRON CENTER
42621.6%84.0%
Bauerwood School
JENISON
48022.1%65.1%
Grandville Century Park Learning Center
WYOMING
41125.3%57.9%
Kent Lake Elementary School
SOUTH LYON
51824.1%52.6%
Wilkshire School
HASLETT
39022.3%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 Marshall Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MichiganIn Kent County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
86.3%#3 of 1,085#2 of 79
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
85.4%#5 of 1,072#2 of 79
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
86.9%#2 of 1,139#2 of 82
Enrollment
ranked largest first
463#395 of 1,630#26 of 115
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
19.4:1#1,315 of 1,424#97 of 105
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
42.1%#590 of 1,424#63 of 105
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
23.3%#1,333 of 1,563#88 of 114
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-12.8%#485 of 979#45 of 80
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
463
-70 (-13%) vs 2020
+403% since 1990-91, when it was 92
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 23.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2546323.819.4:123% (108)
2023-2452828.418.6:126% (137)
2022-2352326.619.7:124% (125)
2020-215332323.2:123% (121)
2017-185312422.1:129% (152)
2015-165112223.2:122% (113)
2010-114081724.0:121% (87)
2000-014782320.8:124% (113)
1990-9192N/AN/AN/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marshall Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 13% (531 to 463); teachers down 1% (24 to 23.8).

About Marshall Elementary School

This page covers Marshall Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in BYRON CENTER, Michigan. The school covers pre-K through 4 and reported 463 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 25% bigger than the 369-student average for elementary schools in Michigan.

Byron Center Public Schools is made up of 7 schools with 4,546 students in all.

Of every 100 students at Marshall Elementary School, about 75 are White. It is also 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. Among Kent County residents, the White share is about 73%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Marshall Elementary School scores 42%.

For every teacher at Marshall Elementary School, there are about 19.4 students; the school has 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 23%. It compares with 47% for public schools in Kent County.

Marshall Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 99% of Michigan public elementary schools.

Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Marshall Elementary School is 56.0%. It actually posts 86.3%, which is 30.3 points higher and in the top 10% of Michigan schools.

For the population of Kent County, median household income comes to about $82,631, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Kent County counts 239 public schools with about 97,253 students.

Marshall Elementary School's nearest public school is Vanguard Charter Academy (about 1.5 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 4 closest schools with test data, this one included, Marshall Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.

Locale data from NCES put Marshall Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).

Enrollment decreased 13% over 4 years, reaching 463 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 23.2:1 to 19.4:1.

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Kent County at a glance

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Population
663,150
Census ACS
Median income
$82,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
239
97,253 students

Quick facts

School name
Marshall Elementary School
District
Byron Center Public Schools
Address
1756 64TH ST SW, BYRON CENTER, MI 49315
Phone
(616) 878-6300
County
Kent County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–04
Total enrollment
463
Teachers (FTE)
24
Student–teacher ratio
19.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
108 (23%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
260756004335
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Byron Center Public Schools
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Other Marshall Elementary schools

21 other US public schools in 15 states are named Marshall Elementary. Marshall Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 22.

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Frequently asked questions

About Marshall Elementary School
What is the total enrollment at Marshall Elementary School?
Marshall Elementary School enrolls approximately 463 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Marshall Elementary School serve?
Marshall Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Marshall Elementary School?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at Marshall Elementary School.
How diverse is Marshall Elementary School?
Marshall Elementary School reports a student body of 75% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Marshall Elementary School?
Marshall Elementary School is overseen by Byron Center Public Schools in Kent County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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