Enrollment
327
Elementary
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VAN DYKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 263468007052
McKinley Elementary School
13173 TOEPFER RD, WARREN, MI 48089 · (586) 758-8365 · Macomb County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Michigan public elementary schools
- C-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
14.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
312 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Van Dyke Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
34.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
23.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 McKinley Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley Elementary School this school | 327 | 95.4% | 31.6% |
| LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WARREN | 378 | 97.6% | N/A |
| Grand Blanc Academy GRAND BLANC | 279 | 96.4% | N/A |
| Myers Elementary School TAYLOR | 315 | 95.9% | N/A |
| Edison Academy KALAMAZOO | 376 | 96.3% | 27.4% |
| Seminole Academy MOUNT CLEMENS | 407 | 92.4% | 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 McKinley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #912 of 1,085 | #84 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #1,000 of 1,072 | #92 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #891 of 1,139 | #85 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 327 | #982 of 1,630 | #101 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #457 of 1,424 | #23 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #390 of 1,424 | #44 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.4% | #63 of 1,563 | #6 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #411 of 979 | #23 of 75 |
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
327
-25 (-7%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 445
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 20.7:1
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 | 327 | 22 | 14.9:1 | 95% (312) |
| 2023-24 | 326 | 27 | 12.1:1 | 95% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 344 | 26.5 | 13.0:1 | 97% (332) |
| 2020-21 | 352 | 17 | 20.7:1 | 95% (334) |
| 2017-18 | 385 | 21.3 | 18.1:1 | 91% (351) |
| 2015-16 | 389 | 21 | 18.5:1 | 71% (278) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 21 | 17.1:1 | 96% (344) |
| 2000-01 | 394 | 22 | 17.9:1 | 67% (264) |
| 1990-91 | 445 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McKinley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (385 to 327); teachers up 3% (21.3 to 22).
About McKinley Elementary School
Students in WARREN, Michigan, attend McKinley Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 327 students enrolled.
Van Dyke Public Schools oversees McKinley Elementary School and 5 other schools, with 2,026 students in total.
About 64% of the student body at McKinley Elementary School is Black. Other groups include 16% multiracial, 13% White, 4% Asian, and 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Macomb County residents are about 13% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
McKinley Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1, with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 95% at McKinley Elementary School. Across public schools in Macomb County, the average is 52%.
On the allk12 Grade, McKinley Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 38% of Michigan public elementary schools.
In Michigan, McKinley Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 31.6% actual against a predicted 24.0%.
In the surrounding county, Macomb County, the median household earns about $77,837 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting McKinley Elementary School, Macomb County has 236 public schools.
Academy of Warren is the nearest public school to McKinley Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of McKinley Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools.
For locale, NCES codes McKinley Elementary School as City: Mid-size.
In 2020-21, McKinley Elementary School enrolled 352 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 327. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.9:1) than in 2020-21 (20.7:1).
This page collects posts and questions about McKinley Elementary School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Macomb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
879,853
Census ACS
Median income
$77,837
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
236
115,743 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Van Dyke Public Schools
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 489 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 408 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 378 students
- Marjorie Carlson Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Success AcademyHigh · 64 students
Other schools in WARREN
- Warren Mott High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Cousino Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,250 students
- Warren Woods Tower High SchoolHigh · 963 students
- Fitzgerald Senior High SchoolHigh · 861 students
- Academy of WarrenElementary · 817 students
- Great Oaks AcademyElementary · 768 students
Other McKinley Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 19 states are named McKinley Elementary. McKinley Elementary School is the 33rd largest of the 56.
- McKinley Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJ · 917 students
- McKinley ElementaryStockton, CA · 705 students
- McKinley ElementaryFresno, CA · 671 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolBeaverton, OR · 666 students
- McKinley ElementaryHAM LAKE, MN · 636 students
Nearby schools
- Academy of Warren0.6 mi · 817
- Macomb Montessori Academy0.7 mi · 255
- Trix Academy0.9 mi · 302
- Crescentwood Elementary School1.0 mi · 195
- Pulaski ElementaryMiddle School1.5 mi · 296
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 378
Frequently asked questions
About McKinley Elementary SchoolHow large is McKinley Elementary School?
McKinley Elementary School enrolls approximately 327 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does McKinley Elementary School serve?
McKinley Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does McKinley Elementary School have?
McKinley Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
What is the student diversity at McKinley Elementary School?
Student demographics at McKinley Elementary School are roughly 13% White, 3% Hispanic, 64% Black, 4% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is McKinley Elementary School public or private?
McKinley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Van Dyke Public Schools.
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