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What's the biggest difference between Meadow Brook Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 486 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 262994006571
Meadow Brook Elementary School
2350 MUNSTER RD, ROCHESTER HILLS, MI 48309 · (248) 726-4100 · Oakland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Michigan public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
17.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
47 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 55%
Community
4
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 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
49%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
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
63.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
61.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Meadow Brook Elementary School
Meadow Brook Elementary School's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Brook Elementary School this school | 428 | 11.0% | 60.3% |
| Harvest Elementary School SALINE | 439 | 10.3% | 75.5% |
| Stadium Drive Elementary School LAKE ORION | 444 | 12.4% | 59.5% |
| North Hill Elementary School ROCHESTER HILLS | 512 | 10.7% | 67.8% |
| Way Elementary School BLOOMFIELD HILLS | 506 | 10.9% | 68.0% |
| Long Meadow Elementary School ROCHESTER HILLS | 528 | 10.2% | 67.6% |
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 Meadow Brook Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #206 of 1,085 | #50 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #197 of 1,072 | #51 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #191 of 1,139 | #45 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #536 of 1,630 | #80 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #1,073 of 1,424 | #141 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.6% | #487 of 1,424 | #87 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.0% | #1,504 of 1,563 | #145 of 175 |
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
428
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 499
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 428 | 24.4 | 17.5:1 | 11% (47) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 22.8 | 17.7:1 | 13% (51) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 23 | 17.2:1 | 14% (56) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 10% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 10% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 25 | 16.3:1 | 8% (31) |
| 2010-11 | 447 | 24 | 18.6:1 | 9% (41) |
| 2000-01 | 422 | 22 | 19.2:1 | 1% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 499 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadow Brook Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (428 to 428); teachers down 6% (26 to 24.4).
About Meadow Brook Elementary School
Meadow Brook Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Rochester Community School District, located in ROCHESTER HILLS, Michigan. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 428 students.
Rochester Community School District is the local district for Meadow Brook Elementary School. It runs 22 schools with 14,592 students.
At Meadow Brook Elementary School, 70% of students are White. Smaller groups are 11% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put Oakland County at about 69% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Meadow Brook Elementary School is 49%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 17.5:1. The gap from the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan is 1.7 students per teacher. The school reported 11% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 21 points below the 32% average for public schools in Oakland County.
Meadow Brook Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 68% of Michigan public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Meadow Brook Elementary School is 1.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Michigan schools.
Census data for Oakland County show median household income comes to about $97,760, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 345 public schools in the county, enrolling about 169,926, Meadow Brook Elementary School among them.
West Middle School, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Meadow Brook Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Meadow Brook Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Meadow Brook Elementary School had 420 students in 2020-21 and 428 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Rochester Community School District
- Rochester High SchoolHigh · 1,682 students
- Rochester Adams High SchoolHigh · 1,521 students
- Stoney Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,478 students
- Hart Middle SchoolHigh · 999 students
- Van Hoosen Middle SchoolHigh · 906 students
- West Middle SchoolHigh · 784 students
Other schools in ROCHESTER HILLS
- Rochester High SchoolHigh · 1,682 students
- Rochester Adams High SchoolHigh · 1,521 students
- Stoney Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,478 students
- Hart Middle SchoolHigh · 999 students
- Van Hoosen Middle SchoolHigh · 906 students
- West Middle SchoolHigh · 784 students
Other Meadow Brook Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Meadow Brook Elementary. Meadow Brook Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Meadow Brook Elementary SchoolGRAND RAPIDS, MI · 431 students
Nearby schools
- West Middle School0.5 mi · 784
- University Hills Elem School0.9 mi · 379
- Rochester High School1.4 mi · 1,682
- Long Meadow Elementary School1.6 mi · 528
- McGregor Elementary School1.7 mi · 443
- Rochester Adams High School1.9 mi · 1,521
Frequently asked questions
About Meadow Brook Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Meadow Brook Elementary School?
Meadow Brook Elementary School enrolls approximately 428 students in grades PK-05.
Is Meadow Brook Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Meadow Brook Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Meadow Brook Elementary School have?
Meadow Brook Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Meadow Brook Elementary School?
Student demographics at Meadow Brook Elementary School are roughly 70% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 11% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Meadow Brook Elementary School?
Meadow Brook Elementary School is overseen by Rochester Community School District in Oakland County.
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