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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Oak Ridge Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
404
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROYAL OAK SCHOOLS·NCES 263030006643
Oak Ridge Elementary School
506 E 13 MILE RD, ROYAL OAK, MI 48073 · (248) 588-8353 · Oakland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% 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.
- BBeats 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
15.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
90 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 86 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 43% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Oak Ridge Elementary School→Royal Oak Middle School
Based on grade levels within Royal Oak Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
64.8%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
51.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
60.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Oak Ridge Elementary School
Oak Ridge Elementary School's state test result (60.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Ridge Elementary School this school | 404 | 22.3% | 60.2% |
| Lincoln School SAINT JOSEPH | 423 | 22.9% | 56.9% |
| Addams Elementary and ECC ROYAL OAK | 436 | 18.6% | 47.6% |
| Angell Elementary School BERKLEY | 411 | 19.0% | 53.8% |
| Keller Elementary ROYAL OAK | 470 | 18.7% | 49.1% |
| Caledonia Elementary School CALEDONIA | 378 | 20.4% | 76.5% |
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 Oak Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #210 of 1,085 | #51 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #404 of 1,072 | #87 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #165 of 1,139 | #41 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #638 of 1,630 | #96 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #575 of 1,424 | #77 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.1% | #574 of 1,424 | #94 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.3% | #1,350 of 1,563 | #99 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #709 of 979 | #83 of 118 |
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
404
-35 (-8%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 404 | 26.3 | 15.4:1 | 22% (90) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 24 | 17.0:1 | 29% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 388 | 24.1 | 16.1:1 | 28% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 25 | 17.6:1 | 27% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 434 | 22.6 | 19.2:1 | 25% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 421 | 23 | 18.3:1 | 21% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 443 | 20 | 22.1:1 | 24% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 23 | 18.6:1 | 7% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 527 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (434 to 404); teachers up 16% (22.6 to 26.3).
About Oak Ridge Elementary School
Oak Ridge Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in ROYAL OAK, Michigan. It has an enrollment of 404 students in kindergarten through 5.
Oak Ridge Elementary School is in Royal Oak Schools, a district with 4,727 students across 9 schools.
The share of White students at Oak Ridge Elementary School is 74%, a majority. The remaining students are 11% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 43, compared with 70 nationally.
Oak Ridge Elementary School has 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. That is in line with the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. At Oak Ridge Elementary School, 22% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 32% average for public schools in Oakland County is 10 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Oak Ridge Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 76% of Michigan public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Oak Ridge Elementary School, the prediction is 56.4% and the result is 60.2%.
Looking at the county, Oakland County, the median household earns about $97,760 a year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Oak Ridge Elementary School, Oakland County has 345 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Oak Ridge Elementary School is closest to Churchill Community Ed Center, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Oak Ridge Elementary School is 2nd of 4 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 439 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 404 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.6:1 to 15.4:1.
Oak Ridge Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Royal Oak Schools
- Royal Oak High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- Royal Oak Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,058 students
- Keller ElementaryElementary · 470 students
- Northwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Addams Elementary and ECCElementary · 436 students
- Alfred E Upton Elementary SchoolElementary · 301 students
Other schools in ROYAL OAK
- Royal Oak High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- Royal Oak Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,058 students
- Keller ElementaryElementary · 470 students
- Northwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Addams Elementary and ECCElementary · 436 students
- Alfred E Upton Elementary SchoolElementary · 301 students
Other Oak Ridge Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 8 states are named Oak Ridge Elementary. Oak Ridge Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 11.
- Oak Ridge Elementary SchoolPalos Hills, IL · 774 students
- Oak Ridge ElementaryOak Ridge, NC · 712 students
- Oak Ridge Elementary SchoolLUBBOCK, TX · 678 students
- Oak Ridge Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 608 students
- Oak Ridge ElementaryChino Hills, CA · 521 students
Nearby schools
- Churchill Community Ed Center0.3 mi · 77
- Lessenger Elementary School0.7 mi · 259
- Kenwood Elementary School1.2 mi · 162
- Royal Oak High School1.2 mi · 1,293
- Northwood Elementary School1.3 mi · 446
- Keller Elementary1.3 mi · 470
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Ridge Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Oak Ridge Elementary School?
Oak Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 404 students in grades KG-05.
Is Oak Ridge Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oak Ridge Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Oak Ridge Elementary School have?
Oak Ridge Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Oak Ridge Elementary School?
Student demographics at Oak Ridge Elementary School are roughly 74% White, 4% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Oak Ridge Elementary School public or private?
Oak Ridge Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Royal Oak Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.