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Savage Road Elementary School

42975 SAVAGE RD, BELLEVILLE, MI 48111 · (734) 699-5050 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
Enrollment
342
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 369
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
144 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten6318%
Grade 17622%
Grade 28425%
Grade 35616%
Grade 46318%
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 56% · US 70%
White
18554%
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
216%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
10932%
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 18% · US 15%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
247%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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
Male
16548%
Female
17752%

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
47.9%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
57.4%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Savage Road Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MichiganIn Wayne County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
52.8%#340 of 1,085#43 of 165
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
57.4%#277 of 1,072#34 of 165
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
47.9%#546 of 1,139#64 of 176
Enrollment
ranked largest first
342#917 of 1,630#198 of 301
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
18.4:1#1,210 of 1,424#227 of 281
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
59.7%#264 of 1,424#39 of 281
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
42.1%#1,020 of 1,563#240 of 294
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-5.0%#788 of 979#135 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.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
342
+30 (+10%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 476
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2534218.618.4:142% (144)
2023-2435120.317.3:150% (175)
2022-2333021.715.2:151% (167)
2020-213122114.9:139% (123)
2017-1836022.316.1:145% (163)
2015-164122317.9:137% (154)
2010-113031520.2:143% (130)
2000-014752717.6:128% (133)
1990-91476N/AN/AN/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Savage Road Elementary School.

About Savage Road Elementary School

Savage Road Elementary School is an elementary school in BELLEVILLE, Michigan, according to federal school records. It reported 342 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25.

Van Buren Public Schools is responsible for 7 schools, Savage Road Elementary School included, with 4,206 students in all.

At Savage Road Elementary School, 54% of students are White. The remaining students are 32% Black, 7% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.

The school's 18.6 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At Savage Road Elementary School, 42% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Wayne County is 66%.

On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Savage Road Elementary School is 5.2 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 52.8% actual, 47.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Michigan.

For the population of Wayne County, the median household earns about $60,539 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Savage Road Elementary School shares Wayne County with 572 other public schools.

Savage Road Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Edgemont Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Savage Road Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Savage Road Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.

The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).

The school's enrollment increased 10% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 14.9:1 to 18.4:1.

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Wayne County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Savage Road Elementary School
District
Van Buren Public Schools
Address
42975 SAVAGE RD, BELLEVILLE, MI 48111
Phone
(734) 699-5050
County
Wayne County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–04
Total enrollment
342
Teachers (FTE)
19
Student–teacher ratio
18.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
144 (42%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
263456007038
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Van Buren Public Schools
Other schools in BELLEVILLE
Nearby schools

Frequently asked questions

About Savage Road Elementary School
How many students attend Savage Road Elementary School?
Savage Road Elementary School enrolls approximately 342 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Savage Road Elementary School serve?
Savage Road Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Savage Road Elementary School?
Approximately 18.4:1 students per teacher at Savage Road Elementary School.
How diverse is Savage Road Elementary School?
Savage Road Elementary School reports a student body of 54% White, 6% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Savage Road Elementary School?
Savage Road Elementary School is overseen by Van Buren Public Schools in Wayne County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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