Enrollment
250
Elementary
DISTRICT 199 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF PETOSKEY·NCES 262793006371
Ottawa Elementary School
871 KALAMAZOO AVE, PETOSKEY, MI 49770 · (231) 348-2130 · Emmet County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL250 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of Michigan public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
102 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 55%
Community
0
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 | 45 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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 Public Schools of Petoskey. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
47.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
42.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Ottawa Elementary School
Ottawa Elementary School's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Elementary School this school | 250 | 40.8% | 43.8% |
| Barkell Elementary School HANCOCK | 257 | 42.0% | 49.5% |
| Emma Smith Elementary School STOCKBRIDGE | 256 | 41.0% | N/A |
| Beal City Elementary School MOUNT PLEASANT | 265 | 39.6% | 41.6% |
| Norway Elementary School NORWAY | 242 | 40.1% | 62.6% |
| UnionvilleSebewaing Elem School UNIONVILLE | 250 | 41.6% | 48.9% |
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 Ottawa Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Emmet County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #612 of 1,085 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #610 of 1,072 | #5 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #563 of 1,139 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 250 | #1,278 of 1,630 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #68 of 1,424 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.1% | #1,045 of 1,424 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.8% | #1,042 of 1,563 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.6% | #248 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
250
-61 (-20%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 250 | 21 | 11.9:1 | 41% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 242 | 21.5 | 11.3:1 | 57% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 248 | 19.2 | 12.9:1 | 54% (135) |
| 2020-21 | 311 | 18 | 17.3:1 | 53% (164) |
| 2017-18 | 311 | 18.8 | 16.5:1 | 46% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 317 | 18 | 17.6:1 | 43% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 308 | 16 | 19.3:1 | 49% (150) |
| 2000-01 | 395 | 19 | 20.8:1 | 20% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 427 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ottawa Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (311 to 250); teachers up 11% (18.8 to 21).
About Ottawa Elementary School
Students in PETOSKEY, Michigan, attend Ottawa Elementary School, a small elementary school. A federal count lists 250 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Michigan) has about 369 students.
Public Schools of Petoskey serves 2,416 students across 7 schools.
The student body at Ottawa Elementary School is 88% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% multiracial, 3% Native American, and 2% Hispanic. That is close to the 90% White share among all Emmet County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 22% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 21 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.9:1. On average, elementary schools in Michigan have 15.8:1, compared with 11.9:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 41% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 32% for public schools in Emmet County.
Ottawa Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 37% of Michigan public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Ottawa Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 43.8%, compared with a predicted 48.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Michigan schools on BeatsExpectations.
Emmet County census figures show that the median household income is $78,112, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Emmet County is home to 16 public schools and about 4,138 public school students.
The nearest public school is Petoskey High School, at about 0.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Ottawa Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 5 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Ottawa Elementary School is Town: Remote, which covers schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
The school enrolled 250 students in 2024-25, 61 fewer than the 311 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.3:1 to 11.9:1.
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Emmet County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,125
Census ACS
Median income
$78,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
4,138 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Public Schools of Petoskey
- Petoskey High SchoolHigh · 862 students
- Petoskey Middle SchoolMiddle · 561 students
- Sheridan SchoolElementary · 252 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 237 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 234 students
- Petoskey Montessori Elem SchoolElementary · 20 students
Other schools in PETOSKEY
- Petoskey High SchoolHigh · 862 students
- Petoskey Middle SchoolMiddle · 561 students
- Sheridan SchoolElementary · 252 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 237 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 234 students
- Concord Academy PetoskeyCombined · 101 students
Other Ottawa Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Ottawa Elementary. Ottawa Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Ottawa Elementary SchoolCLINTON TWP, MI · 519 students
- Ottawa Elementary SchoolBUCHANAN, MI · 230 students
- Ottawa Elementary SchoolOttawa, OH · 390 students
Nearby schools
- Petoskey High School0.4 mi · 862
- Petoskey Montessori Elem School0.5 mi · 20
- Central Elementary School0.6 mi · 234
- Sheridan School0.6 mi · 252
- Petoskey Middle School0.6 mi · 561
- CharEm Alternative Schools0.7 mi · 22
Frequently asked questions
About Ottawa Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ottawa Elementary School?
Ottawa Elementary School enrolls approximately 250 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ottawa Elementary School serve?
Ottawa Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ottawa Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ottawa Elementary School is approximately 11.9:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Ottawa Elementary School?
Ottawa Elementary School reports a student body of 88% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Ottawa Elementary School?
Ottawa Elementary School is overseen by Public Schools of Petoskey in Emmet County.
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