Enrollment
332
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UTICA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263447007437
Messmore Elementary School
8742 DILL DR, STERLING HEIGHTS, MI 48312 · (586) 797-5600 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL332 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
52 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 27% larger than its 6th grade class (41).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
74.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
73.0%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Michigan's top 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 Messmore Elementary School
Messmore Elementary School's state test result (73.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messmore Elementary School this school | 332 | 15.7% | 73.1% |
| Costello Elementary School TROY | 395 | 10.4% | 69.0% |
| Ann L Dolsen Elementary School NEW HUDSON | 427 | 12.2% | 53.1% |
| Logan Elementary School ANN ARBOR | 349 | 16.6% | 65.0% |
| Wass Elementary School TROY | 413 | 8.5% | 70.4% |
| Hill Elementary School TROY | 363 | 12.7% | 56.6% |
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 Messmore Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #44 of 1,085 | #1 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #65 of 1,072 | #1 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #44 of 1,139 | #1 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 332 | #959 of 1,630 | #100 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #985 of 1,424 | #65 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #406 of 1,424 | #49 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.7% | #1,446 of 1,563 | #123 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.2% | #408 of 440 | #41 of 43 |
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
332
+11 (+3%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 332 | 19.4 | 17.1:1 | 16% (52) |
| 2023-24 | 333 | 19 | 17.5:1 | 18% (60) |
| 2022-23 | 341 | 20.3 | 16.8:1 | 14% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 321 | 15 | 21.4:1 | 12% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 328 | 17 | 19.3:1 | 9% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 325 | 19 | 17.1:1 | 4% (13) |
| 2010-11 | 310 | 19 | 16.3:1 | 3% (10) |
| 2000-01 | 310 | 22 | 14.1:1 | 3% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 351 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Messmore Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (328 to 332); teachers up 14% (17 to 19.4).
About Messmore Elementary School
Messmore Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan, (ZIP code 48312). Its grade span covers pre-K through 6, with 332 students on the rolls.
The district for Messmore Elementary School is Utica Community Schools, with 37 schools and 25,574 students.
More than half of enrollment at Messmore Elementary School is White: 61%. The remaining shares are 30% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Macomb County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 53%.
Messmore Elementary School reports a ratio of 17.1 students per teacher, from 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 17.1:1 compares with an average of 15.8:1 for elementary schools in Michigan. Lunch program data show 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 52% average for public schools in Macomb County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Messmore Elementary School is in the top 10% of Michigan schools: 73.1% actual against 59.3% predicted.
Census data for Macomb County show the median household earns about $77,837 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Messmore Elementary School, Macomb County has 236 public schools.
Messmore Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from Davis Junior High School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Messmore Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
In 2020-21, Messmore Elementary School enrolled 321 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 332. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 21.4:1 to 17.1:1.
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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 Utica Community Schools
- Adlai Stevenson High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Henry Ford II High SchoolHigh · 1,663 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 1,625 students
- Utica High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
- Malow Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,084 students
- Shelby Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,073 students
Other schools in STERLING HEIGHTS
- Adlai Stevenson High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Henry Ford II High SchoolHigh · 1,663 students
- Sterling Heights Senior HSHigh · 1,262 students
- Bemis Junior High SchoolMiddle · 742 students
- Frank Jeannette Jr High SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Grissom Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
Nearby schools
- Davis Junior High School0.4 mi · 1,061
- Plumbrook Elementary School0.6 mi · 445
- Huron Academy Grades K20.7 mi · 273
- Heritage Junior High School0.8 mi · 431
- Adlai Stevenson High School0.8 mi · 1,881
- Oakbrook Elementary School0.9 mi · 535
Frequently asked questions
About Messmore Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Messmore Elementary School?
Messmore Elementary School enrolls approximately 332 students in grades PK-06.
Is Messmore Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Messmore Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Messmore Elementary School?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Messmore Elementary School.
How diverse is Messmore Elementary School?
Messmore Elementary School reports a student body of 61% White, 4% Hispanic, 30% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Messmore Elementary School public or private?
Messmore Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Utica Community Schools.
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