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What advice would you give to incoming students at Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School?
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Enrollment
692
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT·NCES 260110304724
Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School
8145 PURITAN ST, DETROIT, MI 48238 · (313) 494-3830 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL692 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Michigan public elementary schools
- FTest 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
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
638 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 76 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 85 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 19% smaller than its 8th grade class (85).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
15.0%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
21.1%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
18.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School this school | 692 | 92.2% | 18.4% |
| Charles Wright Academy of Arts and Science DETROIT | 692 | 92.5% | 21.0% |
| Gompers ElementaryMiddle School DETROIT | 749 | 91.3% | N/A |
| Durfee ElementaryMiddle School DETROIT | 632 | 93.4% | N/A |
| Brenda Scott Academy for Theatre Arts DETROIT | 754 | 95.0% | N/A |
| Fisher Magnet Academy DETROIT | 758 | 95.8% | 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 McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #1,080 of 1,085 | #163 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #1,039 of 1,072 | #149 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #1,133 of 1,139 | #174 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 692 | #72 of 1,630 | #32 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #521 of 1,424 | #90 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.7% | #1,379 of 1,424 | #246 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.2% | #135 of 1,563 | #64 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.4% | #71 of 440 | #18 of 91 |
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
692
+97 (+16%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 692 | 45.6 | 15.2:1 | 92% (638) |
| 2023-24 | 690 | 37 | 18.6:1 | 92% (637) |
| 2022-23 | 706 | 44 | 16.1:1 | 91% (643) |
| 2020-21 | 595 | 36 | 16.5:1 | 88% (524) |
| 2017-18 | 552 | 29 | 19.0:1 | 91% (503) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (552 to 692); teachers up 57% (29 to 45.6).
About Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School
Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School is a public high-enrollment elementary school in DETROIT, Michigan. It teaches 692 students in pre-K through 8. Elementary schools in Michigan have about 369 students on average; enrollment here is 88% higher.
Federal data list 103 schools in Detroit Public Schools Community District, with 48,448 students enrolled.
Black students are 98% of those enrolled at Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School. In Wayne County overall, about 37% of residents are Black. A diversity index of 4% means there is a 4% chance two randomly chosen students at Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School are from different groups.
The school had 45.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Michigan is about 15.8:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 92%. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Wayne County is 26 points.
Among Michigan public elementary schools, Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School outscored 5%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School falls in the middle 80% of Michigan schools: 18.4% actual against 25.4% predicted.
Wayne County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $60,539 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Wayne County number 573, with about 259,786 students.
The School at Marygrove sits about 0.4 miles from Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Enrollment increased 16% over 4 years, reaching 692 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 16.5:1 in 2020-21 to 15.2:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- The School at Marygrove0.4 mi · 606
- Joy Preparatory Academy1.0 mi · 161
- Mumford High School1.1 mi · 850
- Martin Luther King Jr Education Center Academy1.1 mi · 234
- Bagley Elementary School of Journalism and Technology1.1 mi · 374
- Schulze Academy for Technology and Arts1.1 mi · 630
Frequently asked questions
About Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School?
Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School enrolls approximately 692 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School serve?
Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School have?
Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School?
Student demographics at Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School are roughly 0% White, 1% Hispanic, 98% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School?
Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School is overseen by Detroit Public Schools Community District in Wayne County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.