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Plymouth Elementary School
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientWhat this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Plymouth Elementary School
Located at 1105 E SUGNET RD, in MIDLAND, Michigan, Plymouth Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary-level community that teaches 406 students (grades K through 5), part of Midland Public Schools.
Plymouth Elementary School is one of 13 schools operated by Midland Public Schools, a district that works with 7,380 students overall.
On demographics, Plymouth Elementary School reports that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Midland County's rate of about 39%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Plymouth Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.4%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Midland County shows median household income runs about $77,705, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Midland County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,324 students), Plymouth Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Northeast Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Plymouth Elementary School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.5%.
Plymouth Elementary School operates from an inner-city location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 14%: 474 students in 2018 compared to 406 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 82% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.
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