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Miami Elementary School

41290 KENTVALE DR, CLINTON TWP, MI 48038 · (586) 723-6000 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of Michigan public elementary schools
  • CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 369
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
251 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten7416%
Grade 18117%
Grade 28117%
Grade 38518%
Grade 48919%
Grade 56313%

This year's kindergarten class (74) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (63).

Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 56% · US 70%
White
28360%
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
276%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
12126%
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 18% · US 15%
Asian
82%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
347%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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
Male
24552%
Female
22848%

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
38.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
35.3%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Miami Elementary School

Miami Elementary School's state test result (36.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Miami Elementary School this school47353.1%36.9%
Childs Elementary School
YPSILANTI
49353.3%32.7%
PD Graham Elementary School
WESTLAND
42951.5%29.0%
Ottawa Elementary School
CLINTON TWP
51949.9%26.7%
Wildwood Elementary School
WESTLAND
52754.6%22.7%
ParkwoodUpjohn Elementary School
KALAMAZOO
42750.1%42.8%
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 Miami Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MichiganIn Macomb County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
36.9%#786 of 1,085#65 of 100
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
35.3%#792 of 1,072#68 of 98
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
38.6%#800 of 1,139#72 of 105
Enrollment
ranked largest first
473#354 of 1,630#46 of 126
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
18.3:1#1,194 of 1,424#90 of 118
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
56.8%#345 of 1,424#40 of 118
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
53.1%#841 of 1,563#65 of 123
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-8.5%#635 of 979#43 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 2024-25
Enrollment
473
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 642
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 17.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2547325.818.3:153% (251)
2023-2447925.219.0:157% (271)
2022-2348226.718.1:153% (255)
2020-214622617.8:145% (210)
2017-1851724.621.0:145% (234)
2015-165092818.2:139% (198)
2010-114612220.9:133% (151)
2000-014772221.7:115% (70)
1990-91642N/AN/AN/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Miami Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 9% (517 to 473); teachers up 5% (24.6 to 25.8).

About Miami Elementary School

As a mid-sized elementary school, Miami Elementary School serves students in CLINTON TWP, Michigan. It had 473 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Michigan have about 369 students on average; enrollment here is 28% higher.

Miami Elementary School reports to Chippewa Valley Schools, which has 20 schools and 14,504 students.

More than half of enrollment at Miami Elementary School is White: 60%. Next come 26% Black, 7% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. The county population is about 75% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Miami Elementary School scores 57%.

Its staff includes 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 18.3 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Michigan, the average ratio is 15.8:1. Miami Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 53%. Public schools in Macomb County average a similar 52%.

Miami Elementary School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 24% of Michigan public elementary schools.

Miami Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.9% is 5.8 points below the 42.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.

The school's county is Macomb County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $77,837 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Macomb County number 236, with about 115,743 students.

Huron Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Miami Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Miami Elementary School is 5th among 6 schools close by.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is 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 held near 473, starting from 462.

This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Miami Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.

Macomb County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
Miami Elementary School
District
Chippewa Valley Schools
Address
41290 KENTVALE DR, CLINTON TWP, MI 48038
Phone
(586) 723-6000
County
Macomb County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
473
Teachers (FTE)
26
Student–teacher ratio
18.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
251 (53%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
260957004462
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Chippewa Valley Schools
Other schools in CLINTON TWP
Other Miami Elementary schools

3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Miami Elementary. Miami Elementary School is the largest of the 4.

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Frequently asked questions

About Miami Elementary School
How large is Miami Elementary School?
Miami Elementary School enrolls approximately 473 students in grades PK-05.
Is Miami Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Miami Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Miami Elementary School have?
Miami Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Miami Elementary School?
At Miami Elementary School, the student body is approximately 60% White, 6% Hispanic, 26% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Miami Elementary School public or private?
Miami Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chippewa Valley Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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