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Enrollment
556
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST BLOOMFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 263582007586
Scotch Elementary School
5959 COMMERCE RD, WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI 48324 · (248) 865-3280 · Oakland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL556 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of Michigan public elementary schools
- ATest 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
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
131 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 55%
Community
4
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 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (123).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Scotch Elementary School→West Bloomfield Middle School
Based on grade levels within West Bloomfield School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
66.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
66.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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
62.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Scotch Elementary School
Scotch Elementary School's state test result (62.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Elementary School this school | 556 | 23.6% | 62.5% |
| Randolph Elementary School LIVONIA | 532 | 29.9% | 51.5% |
| Kennedy Elementary School LIVONIA | 472 | 28.8% | 60.7% |
| Amberly Elementary School PORTAGE | 513 | 31.4% | 49.1% |
| Coolidge Elementary School LIVONIA | 535 | 18.9% | 63.8% |
| Norup International School OAK PARK | 672 | 20.7% | 58.6% |
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 Scotch Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #161 of 1,085 | #39 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #128 of 1,072 | #32 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #128 of 1,139 | #31 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 556 | #168 of 1,630 | #13 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #946 of 1,424 | #127 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #381 of 1,424 | #65 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.6% | #1,331 of 1,563 | #97 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.7% | #45 of 440 | #2 of 48 |
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
556
+258 (+87%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 652
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 556 | 32.9 | 16.9:1 | 24% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 331 | 27.1 | 12.2:1 | 35% (116) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 27.4 | 11.6:1 | 32% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 26 | 11.5:1 | 36% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 416 | 28.9 | 14.4:1 | 29% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 21% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 721 | 35 | 20.6:1 | 13% (93) |
| 2000-01 | 633 | 34 | 18.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 652 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scotch Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 34% (416 to 556); teachers up 14% (28.9 to 32.9).
About Scotch Elementary School
Scotch Elementary School is a large elementary school in WEST BLOOMFIELD, Michigan, under West Bloomfield School District. The school enrolls 556 students, from pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Michigan is roughly 369 students; this school is 51% above that.
The district for Scotch Elementary School is West Bloomfield School District, with 11 schools and 4,949 students.
At 64%, White students outnumber all other groups at Scotch Elementary School combined. It is also 17% Black, 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Scotch Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 16.9:1, with 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 24%. The average for public schools in Oakland County is 32%.
The allk12 Grade for Scotch Elementary School is A-. Compared with Michigan public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 82% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Scotch Elementary School is 6.7 points above its prediction. Actual: 62.5%. Predicted: 55.8%.
Oakland County census figures show that median household income is about $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Scotch Elementary School is among the 345 public schools in Oakland County.
The next-closest public school is Gretchko Elementary School, about 1.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Scotch Elementary School ranks 1st of 6 nearby schools, at 62.5% versus a 47.7% average.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Scotch Elementary School had 298 students in 2020-21 and 556 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.5:1 to 16.9:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Oakland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Bloomfield School District
- West Bloomfield High SchoolHigh · 1,434 students
- West Bloomfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,008 students
- Sheiko Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
- Doherty Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Gretchko Elementary SchoolElementary · 331 students
Other schools in WEST BLOOMFIELD
- West Bloomfield High SchoolHigh · 1,434 students
- Walnut Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Keith Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Sheiko Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
- Doherty Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Pleasant Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 461 students
Nearby schools
- Gretchko Elementary School1.6 mi · 331
- Pleasant Lake Elementary School1.8 mi · 461
- Keith Elementary School1.8 mi · 542
- Sheiko Elementary School2.6 mi · 534
- The Laker Opportunity Center2.6 mi · 61
- West Bloomfield High School2.6 mi · 1,434
Frequently asked questions
About Scotch Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Scotch Elementary School?
Scotch Elementary School enrolls approximately 556 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Scotch Elementary School serve?
Scotch Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Scotch Elementary School?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Scotch Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Scotch Elementary School?
At Scotch Elementary School, the student body is approximately 64% White, 6% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Scotch Elementary School in?
Scotch Elementary School is part of West Bloomfield School District.
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