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How has Mary D Mitchell School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
372
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANN ARBOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 260282004019
Mary D Mitchell School
3550 PITTSVIEW DR, ANN ARBOR, MI 48108 · (734) 997-1216 · Washtenaw County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL372 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% 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.
- FBeats 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
13.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
215 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 73 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 52% larger than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
29.8%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
23.4%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Mary D Mitchell School
Mary D Mitchell School's state test result (26.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary D Mitchell School this school | 372 | 57.8% | 26.5% |
| Weiss Elementary School SAGINAW | 357 | 60.5% | 29.3% |
| Arrowwood Elementary School SAGINAW | 445 | 58.7% | 28.6% |
| Winans Elementary School LANSING | 392 | 62.5% | 19.5% |
| Dimondale Elementary School DIMONDALE | 381 | 57.2% | 33.6% |
| Mars Elementary School BERRIEN SPRINGS | 338 | 60.1% | 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 Mary D Mitchell School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Washtenaw County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #998 of 1,085 | #37 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #1,004 of 1,072 | #36 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #988 of 1,139 | #35 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 372 | #780 of 1,630 | #27 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #167 of 1,424 | #13 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.4% | #30 of 1,424 | #3 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.8% | #742 of 1,563 | #12 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #677 of 979 | #22 of 32 |
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
372
-63 (-14%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 277
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 372 | 28.1 | 13.2:1 | 58% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 34 | 11.6:1 | 54% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 432 | 37.8 | 11.4:1 | 54% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 39 | 11.2:1 | 58% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 402 | 31.7 | 12.7:1 | 63% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 317 | 24 | 13.2:1 | 62% (197) |
| 2010-11 | 255 | 22 | 11.6:1 | 68% (173) |
| 2000-01 | 282 | 18 | 15.7:1 | 30% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 277 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary D Mitchell School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (402 to 372); teachers down 11% (31.7 to 28.1).
About Mary D Mitchell School
In ANN ARBOR, Michigan, part of Washtenaw County, Mary D Mitchell School is an elementary school. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 372 students on the rolls.
Mary D Mitchell School is among 32 schools run by Ann Arbor Public Schools, which serves 16,551 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Mary D Mitchell School is White, with 37% of students. The remaining shares are 23% Hispanic, 23% Black, 15% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Washtenaw County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 73%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.2:1. The school has 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan is 2.6 students per teacher. In all, 58% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Washtenaw County is 34%.
Mary D Mitchell School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 3% of Michigan public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mary D Mitchell School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan schools: 26.5% actual against 40.7% predicted.
Washtenaw County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $89,180, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 59%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Washtenaw County's 104 public schools enroll about 42,861 students and include Mary D Mitchell School.
Mary D Mitchell School is about 0.1 miles from Scarlett Middle School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Mary D Mitchell School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
In 2020-21, Mary D Mitchell School enrolled 435 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 372. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.2:1 to 13.2:1.
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Washtenaw County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
369,822
Census ACS
Median income
$89,180
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
104
42,861 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ann Arbor Public Schools
- Huron High SchoolHigh · 1,696 students
- Pioneer High SchoolHigh · 1,671 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 1,237 students
- Slauson Middle SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Clague Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
- Tappan Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
Other schools in ANN ARBOR
- Huron High SchoolHigh · 1,696 students
- Pioneer High SchoolHigh · 1,671 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 1,237 students
- Washtenaw Technical Middle CollegeHigh · 821 students
- Slauson Middle SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Clague Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
Nearby schools
- Scarlett Middle School0.1 mi · 616
- Pittsfield School0.9 mi · 230
- Clifford E Bryant Comm School1.2 mi · 200
- Carpenter School1.2 mi · 363
- John Allen School1.3 mi · 401
- Washtenaw County Youth Center Educational Programs1.4 mi · 16
Frequently asked questions
About Mary D Mitchell SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mary D Mitchell School?
Mary D Mitchell School enrolls approximately 372 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Mary D Mitchell School serve?
Mary D Mitchell School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Mary D Mitchell School have?
Mary D Mitchell School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mary D Mitchell School?
At Mary D Mitchell School, the student body is approximately 37% White, 23% Hispanic, 23% Black, 2% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Mary D Mitchell School public or private?
Mary D Mitchell School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ann Arbor Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.