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If you had an hour of school board time for Seymour Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
498
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FLUSHING COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 261455005147
Seymour Elementary School
3088 N SEYMOUR RD, FLUSHING, MI 48433 · (810) 591-5150 · Genesee County
GRADES 01–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% 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.
- 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
21.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
193 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 90 | 18% |
This year's 1st grade class (75) is 17% smaller than its 6th grade class (90).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
47.0%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
50.0%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
49.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% 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 →
Schools most like Seymour Elementary School
Seymour Elementary School's state test result (49.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seymour Elementary School this school | 498 | 38.8% | 49.6% |
| Erie Elementary School CLINTON TWP | 474 | 36.3% | 36.7% |
| McFall Elementary School MIDDLEVILLE | 506 | 37.9% | N/A |
| Central Grade School TRAVERSE CITY | 510 | 42.4% | 56.5% |
| HT Smith Elementary School FOWLERVILLE | 494 | 37.4% | N/A |
| Francis A Higgins Elem School CHESTERFIELD | 425 | 40.7% | 42.6% |
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 Seymour Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Genesee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #428 of 1,085 | #13 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #433 of 1,072 | #14 of 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #581 of 1,139 | #14 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #284 of 1,630 | #9 of 71 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #1,389 of 1,424 | #55 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.4% | #706 of 1,424 | #38 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.8% | #1,082 of 1,563 | #60 of 69 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #428 of 440 | #17 of 17 |
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
498
+12 (+2%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 597
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 498 | 23.3 | 21.4:1 | 39% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 500 | 25.4 | 19.7:1 | 47% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 24.3 | 19.6:1 | 45% (215) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 24 | 20.3:1 | 47% (229) |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 23.9 | 20.8:1 | 41% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 24 | 21.2:1 | 33% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 22 | 24.6:1 | 29% (154) |
| 2000-01 | 659 | 27 | 24.4:1 | 6% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 597 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Seymour Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (496 to 498); teachers down 2% (23.9 to 23.3).
About Seymour Elementary School
Seymour Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Michigan, with an address in FLUSHING. Students in grades 1 through 6 attend the school, which enrolls 498 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Michigan average about 369 students.
Flushing Community Schools has 4,077 students in 8 schools, and Seymour Elementary School is one of those schools.
Roughly 80% of students at Seymour Elementary School are White. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 2% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 35% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Seymour Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 21.4:1. That is 5.5 students per teacher above the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 39%. The rate at public schools in Genesee County averages 61%, higher than here.
The allk12 Grade for Seymour Elementary School is B. Compared with Michigan public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 56% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Seymour Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (49.6%) and its predicted rate (49.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Michigan schools.
Genesee County has these Census figures: the median household income is $62,281, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Genesee County is home to 158 public schools and about 58,534 public school students.
The closest public school to Seymour Elementary School is Raider Virtual Academy, about 0.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 49.6% is above the 40.6% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (486) to 2024-25 (498). The ratio was 20.3:1 in 2020-21 and 21.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Genesee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
403,305
Census ACS
Median income
$62,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
158
58,534 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Flushing Community Schools
- Flushing High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Flushing Middle SchoolMiddle · 636 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Springview Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
- Elms Elementary SchoolElementary · 356 students
- Flushing Early Childhood CenterElementary · 305 students
Other schools in FLUSHING
- Flushing High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Flushing Middle SchoolMiddle · 636 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Springview Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
- Elms Elementary SchoolElementary · 356 students
- Flushing Early Childhood CenterElementary · 305 students
Other Seymour Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Seymour Elementary. Seymour Elementary School is the largest of the 6.
- SEYMOUR ELEM.SEYMOUR, MO · 310 students
- SEYMOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLRALSTON, NE · 286 students
- Seymour Elementary SchoolSEYMOUR, TX · 249 students
- Seymour Elementary SchoolPayson, IL · 233 students
- Seymour Elementary SchoolSeymour, IA · 98 students
Nearby schools
- Raider Virtual Academy0.8 mi · 98
- Flushing Early Childhood Center1.3 mi · 305
- Central Elementary School1.5 mi · 487
- Flushing High School2.1 mi · 1,229
- Springview Elementary School2.3 mi · 468
- Flushing Middle School2.5 mi · 636
Frequently asked questions
About Seymour Elementary SchoolHow large is Seymour Elementary School?
Seymour Elementary School enrolls approximately 498 students in grades 01-06.
Is Seymour Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Seymour Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-06.
How many students per teacher at Seymour Elementary School?
Approximately 21.4:1 students per teacher at Seymour Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Seymour Elementary School?
Student demographics at Seymour Elementary School are roughly 80% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Seymour Elementary School?
Seymour Elementary School is overseen by Flushing Community Schools in Genesee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.