Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 348 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GROSSE POINTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 262574006226
Richard Elementary School
176 MCKINLEY AVE, GROSSE POINTE FARMS, MI 48236 · (313) 432-4900 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of Michigan public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
17.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
27 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 76 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 27% larger than its 4th grade class (60).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
76.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
73.7%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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
75.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Richard Elementary School
Richard Elementary School's state test result (75.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Elementary School this school | 313 | 8.6% | 75.0% |
| Kerby Elementary School GROSSE POINTE FARMS | 321 | 7.2% | 76.5% |
| Oxford Elementary School OXFORD | 340 | 10.9% | 50.3% |
| Parke Lane Elementary School GROSSE ILE | 287 | 11.1% | N/A |
| Beverly Elementary School BEVERLY HILLS | 296 | 8.4% | 67.6% |
| Kettle Lake Elementary School ALTO | 349 | 12.0% | 81.5% |
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 Richard Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #36 of 1,085 | #6 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #57 of 1,072 | #7 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.3% | #26 of 1,139 | #4 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #1,033 of 1,630 | #222 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #1,107 of 1,424 | #204 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.5% | #995 of 1,424 | #166 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.6% | #1,528 of 1,563 | #288 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #612 of 979 | #101 of 177 |
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
313
+58 (+23%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 360
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 313 | 17.7 | 17.7:1 | 9% (27) |
| 2023-24 | 295 | 18.8 | 15.7:1 | 11% (33) |
| 2022-23 | 280 | 20.3 | 13.8:1 | 11% (30) |
| 2020-21 | 255 | 20 | 12.8:1 | 8% (21) |
| 2017-18 | 345 | 20.5 | 16.9:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2015-16 | 378 | 21 | 18.0:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 22 | 18.1:1 | 4% (14) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 23 | 19.0:1 | 1% (5) |
| 1990-91 | 360 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (345 to 313); teachers down 14% (20.5 to 17.7).
About Richard Elementary School
Richard Elementary School is an elementary school in GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Michigan, and it is part of Grosse Pointe Public Schools. Students in kindergarten through 4 attend, and enrollment is 313 students.
Grosse Pointe Public Schools includes 12 schools. Together they enroll 6,326 students.
Federal enrollment data show Richard Elementary School is 87% White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 49% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 24% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.7:1, with 17.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Richard Elementary School is 9%. On average, public schools in Wayne County report 66%.
Richard Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 94% of Michigan public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Richard Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Michigan schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 75.0%; the prediction is 62.5%.
Richard Elementary School is located in Wayne County, where the median household income is $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. Richard Elementary School is one of 573 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, Grosse Pointe South High School, is about 0.3 miles from Richard Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Richard Elementary School is 3rd of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 313, a 23% increase from 255 in 2020-21. The ratio was 12.8:1 in 2020-21 and 17.7:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grosse Pointe Public Schools
- Grosse Pointe South High SchoolHigh · 1,123 students
- Grosse Pointe North High SchoolHigh · 924 students
- Parcells Middle SchoolMiddle · 671 students
- Brownell Middle SchoolMiddle · 605 students
- Pierce Middle SchoolMiddle · 570 students
- George Defer Elementary SchoolElementary · 460 students
Other schools in GROSSE POINTE FARMS
- Grosse Pointe South High SchoolHigh · 1,123 students
- Brownell Middle SchoolMiddle · 605 students
- Kerby Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
Other Richard Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Richard Elementary. Richard Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Richard Elementary SchoolChurch Point, LA · 458 students
Nearby schools
- Grosse Pointe South High School0.3 mi · 1,123
- Lewis Maire Elementary School0.8 mi · 252
- Brownell Middle School0.9 mi · 605
- Kerby Elementary School1.0 mi · 321
- East English Village Preparatory Academy at Finney1.5 mi · 639
- Diann BanksWilliamson Educational Center1.5 mi · 109
Frequently asked questions
About Richard Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Richard Elementary School?
Richard Elementary School enrolls approximately 313 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Richard Elementary School serve?
Richard Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Richard Elementary School?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at Richard Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Richard Elementary School?
Student demographics at Richard Elementary School are roughly 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Richard Elementary School?
Richard Elementary School is overseen by Grosse Pointe Public Schools in Wayne County.
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