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What do students at Memorial Elementary School actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
435
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERVIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 262991006563
Memorial Elementary School
13425 COLVIN ST, RIVERVIEW, MI 48193 · (734) 285-4080 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
241 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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 Riverview Community School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
37.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
36.4%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Memorial Elementary School
Memorial Elementary School's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Elementary School this school | 435 | 55.4% | 35.8% |
| Jefferson Elementary School WYANDOTTE | 473 | 54.3% | 31.0% |
| Schoolcraft Elementary School WATERFORD | 398 | 54.5% | 47.3% |
| Memorial Elementary 12 Campus GARDEN CITY | 419 | 53.9% | N/A |
| Lawton Elementary School LAWTON | 397 | 53.9% | 46.8% |
| West MI Academy of Arts and Academics SPRING LAKE | 371 | 57.7% | 35.1% |
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 Memorial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #816 of 1,085 | #102 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #763 of 1,072 | #100 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #825 of 1,139 | #105 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #503 of 1,630 | #120 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #1,304 of 1,424 | #246 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.6% | #629 of 1,424 | #104 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.4% | #795 of 1,563 | #217 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #366 of 440 | #80 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
435
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 24.6:1
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 | 435 | 22.5 | 19.3:1 | 55% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 417 | 23 | 18.1:1 | 65% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 23.2 | 17.8:1 | 64% (263) |
| 2020-21 | 418 | 17 | 24.6:1 | 60% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 425 | 21.5 | 19.8:1 | 58% (248) |
| 2015-16 | 429 | 20 | 21.4:1 | 48% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | 18 | 23.6:1 | 50% (211) |
| 2000-01 | 409 | 20 | 20.4:1 | 21% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 444 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (425 to 435); teachers up 5% (21.5 to 22.5).
About Memorial Elementary School
This page covers Memorial Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in RIVERVIEW, Michigan. Federal data show 435 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Riverview Community School District counts 2,743 students in its 7 schools, and Memorial Elementary School is one of them.
More than half of the students at Memorial Elementary School are White (76%). Next come 13% Hispanic and 8% Black. That compares with about 49% White among all Wayne County residents. The diversity index for Memorial Elementary School is 40%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Memorial Elementary School is 19.3:1, based on 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 66% for public schools in Wayne County.
A school with Memorial Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Michigan is predicted to score 41.7%. Memorial Elementary School scores 35.8%, 5.9 points below that line.
The school's county is Wayne County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $60,539, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. There are 573 public schools in the county, enrolling about 259,786, Memorial Elementary School among them.
Memorial Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Riverview Transition Center, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
In the federal locale system, Memorial Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 418 to 435, a 4% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.6:1 to 19.3:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Memorial Elementary School. 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
Related schools
Other schools in Riverview Community School District
- Riverview Community High SchoolHigh · 854 students
- Seitz Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Forest Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Huntington Elementary SchoolElementary · 328 students
- Riverview Virtual AcademyCombined · 110 students
- Riverview Transition CenterHigh · 15 students
Other schools in RIVERVIEW
- Riverview Community High SchoolHigh · 854 students
- Seitz Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Forest Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Huntington Elementary SchoolElementary · 328 students
- Riverview Virtual AcademyCombined · 110 students
- Riverview Transition CenterHigh · 15 students
Other Memorial Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 10 states are named Memorial Elementary. Memorial Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 22.
- Memorial Elementary SchoolWESLACO, TX · 1,109 students
- MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLARCADIA, FL · 861 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolMcMinnville, OR · 557 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolMontvale, NJ · 532 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 474 students
Nearby schools
- Riverview Transition Center0.1 mi · 15
- Riverview Virtual Academy0.4 mi · 110
- Riverview Community High School0.5 mi · 854
- Huntington Elementary School0.9 mi · 328
- Seitz Middle School0.9 mi · 606
- Madison School0.9 mi · 153
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial Elementary SchoolHow large is Memorial Elementary School?
Memorial Elementary School enrolls approximately 435 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Memorial Elementary School serve?
Memorial Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Memorial Elementary School have?
Memorial Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Memorial Elementary School?
At Memorial Elementary School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 13% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Memorial Elementary School public or private?
Memorial Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Riverview Community School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.