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Best kept secret at Northwest Elementary School?
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Enrollment
758
Elementary
DISTRICT 803 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHWEST COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 262601006256
Northwest Elementary School
3757 LANSING AVE, JACKSON, MI 49202 · (517) 817-4704 · Jackson County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL758 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
382 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 269 | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 251 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 238 | 31% |
Student demographics
39%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Northwest Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
30.1%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
23.4%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Northwest Elementary School
Northwest Elementary School's state test result (26.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Elementary School this school | 758 | 50.4% | 26.6% |
| Tri County Elementary School PIERSON | 780 | 50.9% | 36.1% |
| Northwest Early Elementary School JACKSON | 848 | 54.7% | N/A |
| Ludington Elementary School LUDINGTON | 911 | 53.2% | 43.3% |
| Keystone Academy BELLEVILLE | 721 | 53.1% | 57.2% |
| Princeton Elementary School SAINT CLAIR SHORES | 652 | 43.4% | 46.1% |
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 Northwest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #995 of 1,085 | #13 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #1,005 of 1,072 | #13 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #982 of 1,139 | #13 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 758 | #39 of 1,630 | #2 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #1,130 of 1,424 | #16 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.2% | #635 of 1,424 | #9 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.4% | #886 of 1,563 | #17 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #430 of 440 | #9 of 9 |
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
758
-41 (-5%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 676
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 758 | 42.5 | 17.8:1 | 50% (382) |
| 2023-24 | 757 | 45.4 | 16.7:1 | 60% (451) |
| 2022-23 | 778 | 47.2 | 16.5:1 | 53% (410) |
| 2020-21 | 799 | 41 | 19.5:1 | 64% (515) |
| 2017-18 | 755 | 39 | 19.4:1 | 63% (472) |
| 2015-16 | 690 | 36 | 19.2:1 | 46% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 28 | 21.1:1 | 52% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 611 | 32 | 19.1:1 | 34% (205) |
| 1990-91 | 676 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (755 to 758); teachers up 9% (39 to 42.5).
About Northwest Elementary School
Northwest Elementary School is a public elementary school in JACKSON, Michigan. A federal count lists 758 students at the school, in grades 3 through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Michigan) has about 369 students.
Northwest Elementary School is one school in a 5-school district, Northwest Community Schools, which enrolls 3,507 students.
Northwest Elementary School is 77% White by enrollment. Other students are 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 5% Black. The school's diversity index is 39%, meaning two students picked at random have a 39% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 42.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.8:1. On average, elementary schools in Michigan have 15.8:1, compared with 17.8:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 50% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 44.0% for Northwest Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 26.6%. The 17.3-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Michigan schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Jackson County, the median household income is $66,073, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. In all, Jackson County has 68 public schools and roughly 21,681 students.
The closest other public school is Northwest Early Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Northwest Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Small, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Northwest Elementary School's enrollment declined from 799 in 2020-21 to 758 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 19.5 in 2020-21 to 17.8 in 2024-25.
The Northwest Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,060
Census ACS
Median income
$66,073
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
21,681 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northwest Community Schools
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 958 students
- Northwest Early Elementary SchoolElementary · 848 students
- Northwest Kidder Middle SchoolMiddle · 786 students
- Northwest ConnectHigh · 157 students
Other schools in JACKSON
- Jackson High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 958 students
- Northwest Early Elementary SchoolElementary · 848 students
- Northwest Kidder Middle SchoolMiddle · 786 students
- Middle School at ParksideMiddle · 750 students
- Paragon Charter AcademyElementary · 627 students
Other Northwest Elementary schools
28 other US public schools in 18 states are named Northwest Elementary. Northwest Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 29.
- Northwest Elementary SchoolHOWELL, MI · 418 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 959 students
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 658 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolLa Salle, IL · 650 students
- Northwest ElementaryLexington, NC · 625 students
Nearby schools
- Northwest Early Elementary School0.1 mi · 848
- Lyle A Torrant Center0.5 mi · 191
- SAI Camp Cassidy Lake0.8 mi · 1
- Parnall Correctional Facility1.2 mi · 7
- Cotton Correctional Facility1.3 mi · 12
- Da Vinci Schools K51.6 mi · 117
Frequently asked questions
About Northwest Elementary SchoolHow large is Northwest Elementary School?
Northwest Elementary School enrolls approximately 758 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Northwest Elementary School serve?
Northwest Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Northwest Elementary School?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at Northwest Elementary School.
How diverse is Northwest Elementary School?
Northwest Elementary School reports a student body of 77% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Northwest Elementary School public or private?
Northwest Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Northwest Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.