Enrollment
352
Elementary
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAND CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263078006712
Ruth McGregor Elementary School
6850 SAND CREEK HWY, SAND CREEK, MI 49279 · (517) 436-3121 · Lenawee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
141 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 75 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 17% |
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
Ruth McGregor Elementary School→Sand Creek High School
Based on grade levels within Sand Creek Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
32.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
38.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 →
Where Ruth McGregor Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Lenawee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #775 of 1,085 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #717 of 1,072 | #2 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #946 of 1,139 | #10 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 352 | #882 of 1,630 | #8 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #666 of 1,424 | #10 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.9% | #1,157 of 1,424 | #13 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.1% | #1,058 of 1,563 | #11 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #588 of 979 | #6 of 8 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
352
+22 (+7%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 498
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 352 | 22.3 | 15.8:1 | 40% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 23.6 | 15.0:1 | 49% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 23 | 15.5:1 | 52% (185) |
| 2020-21 | 330 | 21 | 15.7:1 | 48% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 391 | 24.5 | 16.0:1 | 57% (222) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | 24 | 16.8:1 | 50% (203) |
| 2010-11 | 468 | 26 | 18.0:1 | 48% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 530 | 29 | 18.3:1 | 23% (122) |
| 1990-91 | 498 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ruth McGregor Elementary School.
About Ruth McGregor Elementary School
Ruth McGregor Elementary School is an elementary school in SAND CREEK, Michigan, reachable at (517) 436-3121. The school's enrollment of 352 students covers pre-K through 5.
Sand Creek Community Schools is the district for Ruth McGregor Elementary School. It has 2 schools and 756 students.
Ruth McGregor Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 90% White. Other reported shares: 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The White share in Lenawee County as a whole is similar, at about 87%. Ruth McGregor Elementary School has a diversity index of 18%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Ruth McGregor Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.8:1. Elementary schools in Michigan have a similar average ratio of 15.8:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 40%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Ruth McGregor Elementary School would score about 48.5%. It scores 37.5%, 11.1 points below that figure.
Ruth McGregor Elementary School is located in Lenawee County, where median household income is about $70,518, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Ruth McGregor Elementary School is one of 47 public schools in Lenawee County, which together enroll about 14,256 students.
The nearest public school is Sand Creek High School, at about 0.3 miles. Ruth McGregor Elementary School has 3 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 38.8%, higher than Ruth McGregor Elementary School's 37.5%.
The federal government classifies Ruth McGregor Elementary School's location as Rural: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 330 to 352.
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Lenawee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,415
Census ACS
Median income
$70,518
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
14,256 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sand Creek Community Schools
- Sand Creek High SchoolHigh · 404 students
Nearby schools
- Sand Creek High School0.3 mi · 404
- Maurice Spear Campus4.4 mi · 21
- Prairie Elementary School4.7 mi · 187
- Madison Elementary School5.5 mi · 753
- Madison Middle School5.5 mi · 388
- Madison High School5.5 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Ruth McGregor Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ruth McGregor Elementary School?
Ruth McGregor Elementary School enrolls approximately 352 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ruth McGregor Elementary School serve?
Ruth McGregor Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Ruth McGregor Elementary School have?
Ruth McGregor Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ruth McGregor Elementary School?
At Ruth McGregor Elementary School, the student body is approximately 90% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Ruth McGregor Elementary School?
Ruth McGregor Elementary School is overseen by Sand Creek Community Schools in Lenawee County.
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