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Enrollment
455
Elementary
DISTRICT 379 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRASER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 261482005177
Salk Elementary School
17601 15 MILE RD, CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI 48035 · (586) 439-6800 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of Michigan public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
16.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
169 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (74).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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 Fraser Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
49.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
41.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Salk Elementary School
Salk Elementary School's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salk Elementary School this school | 455 | 37.1% | 43.4% |
| Erie Elementary School CLINTON TWP | 474 | 36.3% | 36.7% |
| Green Elementary School CHESTERFIELD | 456 | 37.7% | 42.0% |
| Hayes Elementary School WESTLAND | 416 | 36.1% | 50.7% |
| Cherokee Elementary School CLINTON TWP | 526 | 40.3% | 39.3% |
| South River Elementary School HARRISON TOWNSHIP | 515 | 35.3% | 44.3% |
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 Salk Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #622 of 1,085 | #39 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #634 of 1,072 | #44 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #511 of 1,139 | #35 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #427 of 1,630 | #57 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #744 of 1,424 | #43 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.5% | #508 of 1,424 | #61 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.1% | #1,108 of 1,563 | #95 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #547 of 979 | #35 of 75 |
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
455
-23 (-5%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 416
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
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 | 455 | 28.2 | 16.1:1 | 37% (169) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 28.1 | 16.6:1 | 47% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 27.6 | 16.8:1 | 49% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 29 | 16.5:1 | 44% (210) |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 28.4 | 18.0:1 | 43% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 565 | 31 | 18.2:1 | 34% (193) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | 30 | 19.4:1 | 35% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 22 | 21.2:1 | 5% (24) |
| 1990-91 | 416 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Salk Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (512 to 455); teachers down 1% (28.4 to 28.2).
About Salk Elementary School
In CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Michigan, Salk Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Federal data show 455 students enrolled in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Michigan average about 369 students, which makes this school 23% above average.
The district, Fraser Public Schools, has 4,366 students enrolled across 8 schools.
The largest group at Salk Elementary School is White students, at 70%. Other students are 15% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 48%.
Its ratio of 16.1:1 is based on 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Michigan is similar, at 15.8:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 37%. On average, public schools in Macomb County report 52%.
On the allk12 Grade, Salk Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 32% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Salk Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.4%, compared with a predicted 49.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Michigan schools on BeatsExpectations.
The county, Macomb County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $77,837 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Salk Elementary School, Macomb County has 236 public schools.
Salk Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Fraser High School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 43.4% is above the 35.5% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Salk Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 455 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 478.
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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 Fraser Public Schools
- Fraser High SchoolHigh · 1,431 students
- Richards Middle SchoolMiddle · 661 students
- Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
- Thomas A Edison Elem SchoolElementary · 378 students
- Walt Disney Elementary SchoolElementary · 366 students
- Ralph Waldo Emerson Elem SchoolElementary · 345 students
Other schools in CLINTON TOWNSHIP
- Charles C McGlinnen SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Huron Academy Grades 38Middle · 408 students
- Walt Disney Elementary SchoolElementary · 366 students
- Clintondale High SchoolHigh · 360 students
- Tenniswood Elementary SchoolElementary · 356 students
- Robbie Hall Parker SchoolElementary · 337 students
Other Salk Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Salk Elementary. Salk Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Salk Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 494 students
- Salk Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 465 students
Nearby schools
- Fraser High School0.5 mi · 1,431
- Walt Disney Elementary School0.6 mi · 366
- Richards Middle School0.7 mi · 661
- Thomas A Edison Elem School1.0 mi · 378
- Ottawa Elementary School1.4 mi · 519
- Huron Academy Grades 381.4 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About Salk Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Salk Elementary School?
Salk Elementary School enrolls approximately 455 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Salk Elementary School serve?
Salk Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Salk Elementary School?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Salk Elementary School.
How diverse is Salk Elementary School?
Salk Elementary School reports a student body of 70% White, 5% Hispanic, 15% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Salk Elementary School?
Salk Elementary School is overseen by Fraser Public Schools in Macomb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.