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What's something Orchard Hills Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NOVI COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 262613006262
Orchard Hills Elementary School
41900 QUINCE DR, NOVI, MI 48375 · (248) 449-1400 · Oakland County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of Michigan public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
15.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
84 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 24% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 21% smaller than its 4th grade class (107).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
63.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
67.7%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Orchard Hills Elementary School
Orchard Hills Elementary School's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchard Hills Elementary School this school | 453 | 18.5% | 65.5% |
| Barnard Elementary School TROY | 400 | 17.8% | 64.3% |
| Troy Union Elementary School TROY | 395 | 22.8% | 51.4% |
| Thurston Elementary School ANN ARBOR | 506 | 20.2% | 59.9% |
| Ann L Dolsen Elementary School NEW HUDSON | 427 | 12.2% | 53.1% |
| Martell Elementary School TROY | 348 | 11.5% | 62.4% |
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 Orchard Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #119 of 1,085 | #28 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #116 of 1,072 | #26 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #189 of 1,139 | #44 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #434 of 1,630 | #62 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #542 of 1,424 | #73 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #117 of 1,424 | #11 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.5% | #1,408 of 1,563 | #112 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.8% | #77 of 440 | #6 of 48 |
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
453
+78 (+21%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 432
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 453 | 29.7 | 15.3:1 | 19% (84) |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 23.8 | 17.8:1 | 25% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 24.5 | 16.7:1 | 24% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 28 | 13.4:1 | 18% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 363 | 25.5 | 14.2:1 | 16% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 353 | 26 | 13.6:1 | 10% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 418 | 25 | 16.7:1 | 16% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 525 | 28 | 18.8:1 | 2% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 432 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orchard Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (363 to 453); teachers up 16% (25.5 to 29.7).
About Orchard Hills Elementary School
A medium-sized elementary school in NOVI, Michigan, Orchard Hills Elementary School is part of Novi Community School District. The grade span is kindergarten through 4, and enrollment is 453 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Michigan is about 369, so this school runs 23% bigger than that.
Novi Community School District (10 schools, 6,732 students) runs Orchard Hills Elementary School.
Orchard Hills Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 44%. Beyond that, enrollment is 33% Asian, 12% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. In Oakland County overall, about 69% of residents are White. Orchard Hills Elementary School's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Orchard Hills Elementary School was 15.3:1. That matches the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan fairly closely. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 19%. Among public schools in Oakland County, the average eligibility rate is 32%.
Orchard Hills Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 86% of Michigan public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Orchard Hills Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Michigan is predicted to score 58.1%. Orchard Hills Elementary School scores 65.5%, 7.5 points above that line.
In Oakland County (population about 1,279,825), the median household income is $97,760, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. There are 345 public schools in Oakland County, enrolling about 169,926 students in all.
Nearest public school: Village Oaks Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Orchard Hills Elementary School is 3rd of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Enrollment grew 21% from its 2020-21 level of 375. The ratio was 13.4:1 in 2020-21 and 15.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Novi Community School District
- Novi High SchoolHigh · 2,141 students
- Novi Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,086 students
- Novi Meadows SchoolMiddle · 1,048 students
- Parkview Elementary SchoolElementary · 515 students
- Village Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Novi Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
Other schools in NOVI
- Novi High SchoolHigh · 2,141 students
- Novi Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,086 students
- Novi Meadows SchoolMiddle · 1,048 students
- Thornton Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Meadowbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
- Parkview Elementary SchoolElementary · 515 students
Other Orchard Hills Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Orchard Hills Elementary. Orchard Hills Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Orchard Hills ElementaryNorwalk, IA · 558 students
Nearby schools
- Village Oaks Elementary School0.8 mi · 499
- Career Preparation1.4 mi · 26
- Novi Adult Transition Center1.4 mi · 9
- Novi High School1.5 mi · 2,141
- Oakland FlexTech High School1.9 mi · 162
- Novi Woods Elementary School2.0 mi · 496
Frequently asked questions
About Orchard Hills Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Orchard Hills Elementary School?
Orchard Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 453 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Orchard Hills Elementary School serve?
Orchard Hills Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Orchard Hills Elementary School have?
Orchard Hills Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is Orchard Hills Elementary School?
Orchard Hills Elementary School reports a student body of 44% White, 4% Hispanic, 12% Black, 33% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Orchard Hills Elementary School?
Orchard Hills Elementary School is overseen by Novi Community School District in Oakland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.