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Enrollment
652
Elementary
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKEVIEW PUBLIC SCHOOLS (MACOMB)·NCES 262088005760
Princeton Elementary School
20300 STATLER ST, SAINT CLAIR SHORES, MI 48081 · (586) 445-4190 · Macomb County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL652 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of Michigan public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
19.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
283 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 125 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 139 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (125) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (139).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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 Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb). Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
47.8%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
46.3%
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 46 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
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Princeton Elementary School
Princeton Elementary School's state test result (46.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton Elementary School this school | 652 | 43.4% | 46.1% |
| Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School CHESTERFIELD | 656 | 41.2% | 36.0% |
| Rodgers Elementary School SAINT CLAIR SHORES | 534 | 44.0% | 32.9% |
| Ojibwa Elementary School MACOMB | 622 | 42.8% | 37.9% |
| Cherokee Elementary School CLINTON TWP | 526 | 40.3% | 39.3% |
| Havel Elementary School STERLING HEIGHTS | 571 | 47.8% | 42.1% |
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 Princeton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #538 of 1,085 | #27 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #521 of 1,072 | #25 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #548 of 1,139 | #41 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 652 | #93 of 1,630 | #9 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #1,296 of 1,424 | #105 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.6% | #516 of 1,424 | #62 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.4% | #998 of 1,563 | #84 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.0% | #147 of 440 | #15 of 43 |
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
652
+180 (+38%) vs 2020
+159% since 1990-91, when it was 252
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 652 | 33.9 | 19.2:1 | 43% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 643 | 34.1 | 18.9:1 | 45% (289) |
| 2022-23 | 622 | 30.3 | 20.5:1 | 46% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 28 | 16.9:1 | 39% (186) |
| 2017-18 | 577 | 25.5 | 22.6:1 | 38% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 539 | 24 | 22.5:1 | 32% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 301 | 15 | 20.1:1 | 43% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 248 | 15 | 16.5:1 | 10% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 252 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Princeton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (577 to 652); teachers up 33% (25.5 to 33.9).
About Princeton Elementary School
Princeton Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in SAINT CLAIR SHORES, Michigan, administered by Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb). The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 652 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Michigan) has about 369 students.
Princeton Elementary School is a school in Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb). The district has 7 schools and 4,124 students.
Princeton Elementary School's enrollment is 71% White. Other groups make up 12% Black, 10% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. The county population is about 75% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, Princeton Elementary School comes in at 47%.
Federal staffing data show 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Princeton Elementary School and a ratio of 19.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1, lower than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 43% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Macomb County averages 52%, higher than here.
The allk12 Grade for Princeton Elementary School is B-. Compared with Michigan public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 48% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Michigan, Princeton Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 46.1% actual against a predicted 47.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Macomb County show that median household income is about $77,837, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Princeton Elementary School is one of 236 public schools in Macomb County, which together enroll about 115,743 students.
The nearest public school is Harmon Elementary School, at about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Princeton Elementary School ranks 1st in a group of 6 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 472 in 2020-21 and 652 in 2024-25, a 38% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.2:1.
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Macomb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
879,853
Census ACS
Median income
$77,837
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
236
115,743 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb)
- Lakeview High SchoolHigh · 1,319 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 990 students
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolElementary · 370 students
- Harmon Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
- Lakeview Virtual SchoolCombined · 46 students
Other schools in SAINT CLAIR SHORES
- Lakeview High SchoolHigh · 1,319 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 990 students
- Lake Shore High SchoolHigh · 914 students
- Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 710 students
- Rodgers Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
- Violet Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
Other Princeton Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Princeton Elementary. Princeton Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 8.
- Princeton ElementaryPrinceton, NC · 770 students
- Princeton Elementary SchoolLithonia, GA · 751 students
- Princeton Elementary SchoolPrinceton, LA · 491 students
- PRINCETON ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 444 students
- Princeton ElementarySuitland, MD · 269 students
Nearby schools
- Harmon Elementary School0.4 mi · 317
- Reach Charter Academy0.6 mi · 528
- Lakeview High School0.9 mi · 1,319
- Eastpointe Middle School0.9 mi · 295
- Jefferson Middle School1.0 mi · 990
- Ruth H Green Elementary School1.0 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About Princeton Elementary SchoolHow large is Princeton Elementary School?
Princeton Elementary School enrolls approximately 652 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Princeton Elementary School serve?
Princeton Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Princeton Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Princeton Elementary School is approximately 19.2:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Princeton Elementary School?
At Princeton Elementary School, the student body is approximately 71% White, 6% Hispanic, 12% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Princeton Elementary School public or private?
Princeton Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb).
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.