Masonic Heights Elementary School

Masonic Heights Elementary School is a mid-tier primary school in SAINT CLAIR SHORES, Michigan, overseen by Lake Shore Public Schools (Macomb). The school enrolls 466 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 26% larger than typical.

Lake Shore Public Schools (Macomb) comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,219 students; Masonic Heights Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Masonic Heights Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 15% Black, 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. Compared to Macomb County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Masonic Heights Elementary School reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Masonic Heights Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.2%, the actual is 35.1%, a residual of -9.2 points.

Around the school, Macomb County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,837 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Masonic Heights Elementary School is one of 236 public schools in Macomb County (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students).

The closest other public school is Violet Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Masonic Heights Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 6%: 440 students in 2018 compared to 466 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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