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Enrollment
716
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UTICA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263447001311
Richard J Duncan Elementary
14500 26 MILE RD, SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI 48315 · (586) 797-4600 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL716 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% 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
16.9:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
223 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 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 106 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 7% smaller than its 6th grade class (106).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
61.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
46.0%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 61 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
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 J Duncan Elementary
Richard J Duncan Elementary's state test result (51.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard J Duncan Elementary this school | 716 | 31.1% | 51.6% |
| Siebert Elementary School MIDLAND | 643 | 27.1% | 63.0% |
| Mattawan Early Elem School MATTAWAN | 703 | 27.6% | N/A |
| Crissman Elementary School SHELBY TOWNSHIP | 586 | 28.5% | 61.4% |
| Houghton Elementary School HOUGHTON | 618 | 27.8% | 59.8% |
| Woodcrest Elementary School MIDLAND | 600 | 27.7% | 64.0% |
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 J Duncan Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #381 of 1,085 | #12 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #532 of 1,072 | #28 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #241 of 1,139 | #5 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 716 | #55 of 1,630 | #5 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #954 of 1,424 | #61 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.5% | #970 of 1,424 | #105 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.1% | #1,206 of 1,563 | #105 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #380 of 440 | #39 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
716
+56 (+8%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 845
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 716 | 42.3 | 16.9:1 | 31% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 710 | 38 | 18.7:1 | 33% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 701 | 38 | 18.4:1 | 29% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 660 | 33 | 20.0:1 | 22% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 702 | 37.5 | 18.7:1 | 15% (102) |
| 2015-16 | 759 | 36 | 21.1:1 | 11% (84) |
| 2010-11 | 845 | 36 | 23.5:1 | 11% (94) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richard J Duncan Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (702 to 716); teachers up 13% (37.5 to 42.3).
About Richard J Duncan Elementary
A large elementary school in SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Michigan, Richard J Duncan Elementary is part of Utica Community Schools. Students in pre-K through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 716 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Michigan enroll about 369 students on average.
Utica Community Schools includes 37 schools. Together they enroll 25,574 students.
White students are 87% of those enrolled at Richard J Duncan Elementary. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% Asian, 4% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. In Macomb County overall, about 75% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 25, compared with 70 nationally.
Richard J Duncan Elementary lists 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.9 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Michigan, the average ratio is 15.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 31% of the student body. The gap from the 52% average for public schools in Macomb County is 21 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Richard J Duncan Elementary lands at B, ahead of 57% of Michigan public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Richard J Duncan Elementary is 52.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 51.6%.
The school is in Macomb County, where the median household earns about $77,837 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Macomb County, 236 public schools serve about 115,743 students.
A public school about 0.9 miles away, Beacon Tree Elementary School, is the closest to Richard J Duncan Elementary. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Richard J Duncan Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 716, up from 660 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 20.0 to 16.9 over 4 years.
This page is set up for the Richard J Duncan Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Utica Community Schools
- Adlai Stevenson High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Henry Ford II High SchoolHigh · 1,663 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 1,625 students
- Utica High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
- Malow Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,084 students
- Shelby Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,073 students
Other schools in SHELBY TOWNSHIP
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 1,625 students
- Malow Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,084 students
- Shelby Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,073 students
- Beacon Tree Elementary SchoolElementary · 787 students
- Crissman Elementary SchoolElementary · 586 students
- Wiley Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
Nearby schools
- Beacon Tree Elementary School0.9 mi · 787
- Beck Centennial Elem School1.1 mi · 406
- Washington Elementary School2.6 mi · 428
- Crissman Elementary School2.7 mi · 586
- Hevel Elementary3.1 mi · 441
- Sequoyah Elementary School3.1 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Richard J Duncan ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Richard J Duncan Elementary?
Richard J Duncan Elementary enrolls approximately 716 students in grades PK-06.
Is Richard J Duncan Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Richard J Duncan Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Richard J Duncan Elementary?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Richard J Duncan Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Richard J Duncan Elementary?
Student demographics at Richard J Duncan Elementary are roughly 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Richard J Duncan Elementary in?
Richard J Duncan Elementary is part of Utica Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.