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If you had an hour of school board time for Orchard Primary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALMONT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 260267001137
Orchard Primary School
4664 KIDDER RD, ALMONT, MI 48003 · (810) 798-7019 · Lapeer County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% 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.
- A+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
17.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
139 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 100 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 27% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 27% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
Based on grade levels within Almont Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
67.0%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
73.2%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 52% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Michigan's top 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 Primary School
Orchard Primary School's state test result (70.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchard Primary School this school | 428 | 32.5% | 70.1% |
| Gilkey Elementary School PLAINWELL | 439 | 32.3% | 40.6% |
| Lakewood Elementary School LAKE ODESSA | 461 | 31.2% | 45.0% |
| Spring Mills Elementary School HIGHLAND | 424 | 30.2% | 46.6% |
| Will L Lee School RICHMOND | 478 | 32.6% | 56.8% |
| Chapman Elementary School ROCKWOOD | 434 | 32.9% | 47.8% |
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 Orchard Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Lapeer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #69 of 1,085 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #63 of 1,072 | #1 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #119 of 1,139 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #534 of 1,630 | #4 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,045 of 1,424 | #6 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.9% | #1,100 of 1,424 | #7 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.5% | #1,185 of 1,563 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #289 of 979 | N/A |
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
428
-64 (-13%) vs 2020
+4% since 2000-01, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 428 | 24.6 | 17.4:1 | 32% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 470 | 25.7 | 18.3:1 | 35% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 557 | 27.3 | 20.4:1 | 29% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 25 | 19.7:1 | 23% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 26 | 20.2:1 | 31% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 27 | 18.5:1 | 29% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 322 | 13 | 24.8:1 | 32% (102) |
| 2000-01 | 413 | 17 | 24.3:1 | 74% (307) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orchard Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (524 to 428); teachers down 5% (26 to 24.6).
About Orchard Primary School
Orchard Primary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in ALMONT, Michigan. Its enrollment is 428 students, spread over pre-K through 3.
Almont Community Schools oversees Orchard Primary School and 2 other schools, with 1,389 students in total.
Orchard Primary School is 89% White by enrollment. Next come 5% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That is in line with Lapeer County, where about 91% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 20%.
There are about 17.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Orchard Primary School, which has 24.6. Elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1, 1.6 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Orchard Primary School is about 32%. Public schools in Lapeer County average 42%.
Orchard Primary School earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 95% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Orchard Primary School is in the top 10% of Michigan schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.9%. The school's actual rate is 70.1%, 18.2 points higher.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Lapeer County show that median household income comes to about $77,306, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Lapeer County counts 27 public schools with about 10,962 students.
Almont Middle School is about 0.1 miles from Orchard Primary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Orchard Primary School holds 3 other public schools. Orchard Primary School comes in 1st of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Orchard Primary School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment fell by 13% across 4 years, from 492 in 2020-21 to 428 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 19.7:1 to 17.4:1.
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Lapeer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
88,837
Census ACS
Median income
$77,306
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
10,962 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Almont Community Schools
- Almont High SchoolHigh · 531 students
- Almont Middle SchoolMiddle · 430 students
Other schools in ALMONT
- Almont High SchoolHigh · 531 students
- Almont Middle SchoolMiddle · 430 students
Nearby schools
- Almont Middle School0.1 mi · 430
- Almont High School0.4 mi · 531
- Dryden Elementary School4.6 mi · 224
- Venture High School5.5 mi · 24
- Dryden High School5.8 mi · 214
- Borland Elementary School6.3 mi · 396
Frequently asked questions
About Orchard Primary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Orchard Primary School?
Orchard Primary School enrolls approximately 428 students in grades PK-03.
What grades does Orchard Primary School serve?
Orchard Primary School serves grades PK-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Orchard Primary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Orchard Primary School is approximately 17.4:1 (25 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Orchard Primary School?
Orchard Primary School reports a student body of 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Orchard Primary School?
Orchard Primary School is overseen by Almont Community Schools in Lapeer County.
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