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What's the most underrated thing about Oakridge Upper Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAKRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 262622006275
Oakridge Upper Elementary School
481 S WOLF LAKE RD, MUSKEGON, MI 49442 · (231) 788-7508 · Muskegon County
GRADES 01–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Michigan public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
21.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
282 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 4 | 137 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 151 | 35% |
| Grade 6 | 149 | 34% |
Student demographics
41%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
Oakridge Upper Elementary School→Oakridge Fusion
Based on grade levels within Oakridge Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
30.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
19.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
26.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Oakridge Upper Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakridge Upper Elementary School this school | 437 | 64.5% | 26.6% |
| Larsen Elementary School COLDWATER | 463 | 66.3% | N/A |
| Jefferson Elementary School COLDWATER | 378 | 64.0% | 41.5% |
| Ellis Elementary School BELDING | 391 | 63.2% | N/A |
| Lakeland Elementary School COLDWATER | 375 | 68.8% | 29.0% |
| Pathfinder Elementary School FREMONT | 418 | 66.3% | N/A |
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 Oakridge Upper Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Muskegon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #997 of 1,085 | #15 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #1,047 of 1,072 | #18 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #976 of 1,139 | #16 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #494 of 1,630 | #10 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #1,388 of 1,424 | #25 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.4% | #599 of 1,424 | #11 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.5% | #601 of 1,563 | #16 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #543 of 979 | #8 of 19 |
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
437
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 510
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 20.7:1
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 | 437 | 20.5 | 21.3:1 | 65% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 23.2 | 19.1:1 | 71% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 421 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 69% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 21 | 20.7:1 | 54% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 492 | 23.8 | 20.7:1 | 71% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 20 | 22.9:1 | 71% (324) |
| 2010-11 | 433 | 23 | 18.8:1 | 67% (289) |
| 2000-01 | 542 | 28 | 19.4:1 | 34% (184) |
| 1990-91 | 510 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakridge Upper Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (492 to 437); teachers down 14% (23.8 to 20.5).
About Oakridge Upper Elementary School
In MUSKEGON, Michigan, Oakridge Upper Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Its 437 students are spread across grades 1 through 6.
Oakridge Upper Elementary School sits within Oakridge Public Schools, which has 5 schools and 1,829 students.
White students account for 75% of enrollment at Oakridge Upper Elementary School. Other students are 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Black. For comparison, Muskegon County is about 77% White. Oakridge Upper Elementary School has a diversity index of 41%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Oakridge Upper Elementary School was 21.3:1. The 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan is lower than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 65%.
Oakridge Upper Elementary School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 4% of Michigan public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Oakridge Upper Elementary School is -11.1 points: 26.6% actual, 37.7% predicted.
Within Muskegon County, median household income is about $65,024, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 71 public schools in Muskegon County, with a combined enrollment of about 25,245.
Oakridge Middle School is the public school closest to Oakridge Upper Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Oakridge Upper Elementary School is 2nd of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
In the federal locale system, Oakridge Upper Elementary School is coded Suburb: Mid-size, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment went from 435 in 2020-21 to 437 in 2024-25, a change of 2 students.
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Muskegon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
175,961
Census ACS
Median income
$65,024
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
71
25,245 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oakridge Public Schools
- Oakridge Lower Elementary SchoolElementary · 549 students
- Oakridge High SchoolHigh · 539 students
- Oakridge Middle SchoolCombined · 271 students
- Oakridge FusionHigh · 33 students
Other schools in MUSKEGON
- Mona Shores High SchoolHigh · 1,268 students
- ReethsPuffer High SchoolHigh · 1,107 students
- Muskegon High SchoolHigh · 1,003 students
- Mona Shores Middle SchoolMiddle · 930 students
- Charles Hackley Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
- Timberland AcademyElementary · 613 students
Nearby schools
- Oakridge Middle School0.3 mi · 271
- Oakridge High School0.3 mi · 539
- Oakridge Fusion0.3 mi · 33
- Oakridge Lower Elementary School0.9 mi · 549
- Orchard View Early Elementary3.4 mi · 331
- Timberland Academy3.7 mi · 613
Frequently asked questions
About Oakridge Upper Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Oakridge Upper Elementary School?
Oakridge Upper Elementary School enrolls approximately 437 students in grades 01-06.
What age range does Oakridge Upper Elementary School serve?
Oakridge Upper Elementary School serves students from grade 01 through grade 06.
How many teachers does Oakridge Upper Elementary School have?
Oakridge Upper Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.3:1.
How diverse is Oakridge Upper Elementary School?
Oakridge Upper Elementary School reports a student body of 75% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Oakridge Upper Elementary School?
Oakridge Upper Elementary School is overseen by Oakridge Public Schools in Muskegon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.