Enrollment
337
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALLED LAKE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS·NCES 263516007074
Mary Helen Guest Elementary School
1655 DECKER RD, WALLED LAKE, MI 48390 · (248) 956-3300 · Oakland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Michigan public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
16.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
122 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 68 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 45% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
50.7%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
54.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What 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 55 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
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Mary Helen Guest Elementary School
Mary Helen Guest Elementary School's state test result (55.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Helen Guest Elementary School this school | 337 | 36.2% | 55.4% |
| Walled Lake Elementary School WALLED LAKE | 301 | 44.2% | 61.2% |
| Rosedale Elementary LIVONIA | 301 | 38.9% | 42.0% |
| Deerfield Elementary School ROCHESTER HILLS | 333 | 31.8% | 55.0% |
| Woodland Elementary School TROY | 328 | 33.2% | 45.5% |
| McGregor Elementary School ROCHESTER | 443 | 34.3% | 46.3% |
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 Helen Guest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #303 of 1,085 | #67 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #332 of 1,072 | #73 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #466 of 1,139 | #100 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 337 | #937 of 1,630 | #129 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #799 of 1,424 | #109 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #214 of 1,424 | #35 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.2% | #1,117 of 1,563 | #66 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.2% | #649 of 979 | #73 of 118 |
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
337
-18 (-5%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 337 | 20.7 | 16.3:1 | 36% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 324 | 20.2 | 16.0:1 | 42% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 21.9 | 16.0:1 | 39% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 19 | 18.7:1 | 43% (151) |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 23.4 | 15.7:1 | 39% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 396 | 24 | 16.5:1 | 30% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | 22 | 18.1:1 | 35% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 23 | 19.4:1 | 9% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 471 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary Helen Guest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (367 to 337); teachers down 12% (23.4 to 20.7).
About Mary Helen Guest Elementary School
Mary Helen Guest Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Michigan, located in WALLED LAKE. The school counts 337 students across kindergarten through 5.
Mary Helen Guest Elementary School is run by Walled Lake Consolidated Schools, whose 19 schools enroll 11,640 students.
Mary Helen Guest Elementary School's enrollment is 56% White. Other groups include 17% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Oakland County residents are about 69% White. By the diversity index, Mary Helen Guest Elementary School comes in at 63%.
Mary Helen Guest Elementary School's 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.3:1. Elementary schools in Michigan have a similar average ratio of 15.8:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 36%.
Measured against Michigan public elementary schools, Mary Helen Guest Elementary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Mary Helen Guest Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 55.4% is 5.2 points above the 50.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
County data help place the school in context: in Oakland County, median household income is about $97,760, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Oakland County number 345 and enroll about 169,926.
Walled Lake Central High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Mary Helen Guest Elementary School at 5th of 8.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Mary Helen Guest Elementary School saw enrollment fall 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 18.7 to 16.3 over 4 years.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Mary Helen Guest Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
- Walled Lake Northern High SchoolHigh · 1,383 students
- Walled Lake Central High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Walled Lake Western High SchoolHigh · 1,033 students
- Clifford H Smart Middle SchoolMiddle · 888 students
- Walnut Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- James R Geisler Middle SchoolHigh · 620 students
Other schools in WALLED LAKE
- Walled Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Walled Lake Schools Special ServicesElementary
Nearby schools
- Walled Lake Central High School1.4 mi · 1,182
- Oakley Park Elementary School1.6 mi · 392
- Walled Lake Elementary School1.7 mi · 301
- Walnut Creek Middle School1.9 mi · 641
- Hickory Woods Elementary School1.9 mi · 499
- Glengary Elementary School2.1 mi · 311
Frequently asked questions
About Mary Helen Guest Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Mary Helen Guest Elementary School?
Mary Helen Guest Elementary School enrolls approximately 337 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Mary Helen Guest Elementary School serve?
Mary Helen Guest Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mary Helen Guest Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mary Helen Guest Elementary School is approximately 16.3:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Mary Helen Guest Elementary School?
Mary Helen Guest Elementary School reports a student body of 56% White, 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, 17% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Mary Helen Guest Elementary School?
Mary Helen Guest Elementary School is overseen by Walled Lake Consolidated Schools in Oakland County.
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