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Enrollment
416
Elementary
DISTRICT 587 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWELL PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 261872001524
Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary
3503 BIGELOW RD, HOWELL, MI 48855 · (517) 234-6074 · Livingston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Michigan public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
69 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary→Highlander Way Middle School
Based on grade levels within Howell Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
52.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
52.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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
49.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary
Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary's state test result (49.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary this school | 416 | 16.6% | 49.7% |
| Creekside Elementary School HARTLAND | 408 | 15.4% | 71.3% |
| Edgerton Trails Elementary ROCKFORD | 454 | 17.6% | N/A |
| William A Brummer Elementary School SOUTH LYON | 469 | 16.2% | 56.9% |
| Sayre Elementary School SOUTH LYON | 450 | 14.0% | 58.1% |
| Alto Elementary School ALTO | 417 | 15.6% | 65.8% |
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 Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Livingston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #424 of 1,085 | #12 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #375 of 1,072 | #10 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #418 of 1,139 | #10 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #581 of 1,630 | #19 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #389 of 1,424 | #5 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.6% | #1,160 of 1,424 | #7 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.6% | #1,437 of 1,563 | #15 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #507 of 979 | #6 of 13 |
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
416
-62 (-13%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 605
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 416 | 28.5 | 14.6:1 | 17% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 28 | 15.7:1 | 21% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 28.5 | 16.4:1 | 22% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 29 | 16.5:1 | 18% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 26.5 | 17.9:1 | 19% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 536 | 27 | 19.9:1 | 21% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 605 | 32 | 18.9:1 | 17% (105) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (474 to 416); teachers up 8% (26.5 to 28.5).
About Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary
Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary is a public elementary school in HOWELL, Michigan. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 416 students enrolled.
Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary is a school in Howell Public Schools. The district has 10 schools and 7,045 students.
Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary enrolls a student body that is 91% White. Other reported shares: 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The White share in Livingston County as a whole is similar, at about 94%. Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary has a diversity index of 18%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 17%. Across public schools in Livingston County, the average is about the same, 20%.
Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 40% of Michigan public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary is 9.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (49.7% versus 58.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Michigan.
In the county around the school, Livingston County, median household income is about $103,039, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 48 public schools operate in Livingston County, serving about 24,695 students.
Nearby, Northwest Elementary School is about 2.6 miles away. Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary ranks 1st of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 49.7% against a local average of 43.7%.
Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 13%, from 478 to 416. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.5:1 in 2020-21, and 14.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Livingston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
195,833
Census ACS
Median income
$103,039
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
24,695 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Howell Public Schools
- Howell High SchoolHigh · 1,964 students
- Parker Middle SchoolElementary · 1,011 students
- Highlander Way Middle SchoolMiddle · 789 students
- Three Fires ElementaryElementary · 753 students
- Southwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Voyager Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
Other schools in HOWELL
- Howell High SchoolHigh · 1,964 students
- Parker Middle SchoolElementary · 1,011 students
- Highlander Way Middle SchoolMiddle · 789 students
- Three Fires ElementaryElementary · 753 students
- Charyl Stockwell AcademyElementary · 696 students
- Southwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
Nearby schools
- Northwest Elementary School2.6 mi · 418
- Innovation Academy2.8 mi · 186
- Voyager Elementary School3.1 mi · 517
- Howell High School3.4 mi · 1,964
- Challenger Elementary School3.4 mi · 465
- Southwest Elementary School3.4 mi · 526
Frequently asked questions
About Ruahmah J Hutchings ElementaryHow many students attend Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary?
Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary enrolls approximately 416 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary serve?
Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary?
Student demographics at Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary are roughly 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary public or private?
Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Howell Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.