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Alumni: what's one memory from Shawnee Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
662
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHIPPEWA VALLEY SCHOOLS·NCES 260957001309
Shawnee Elementary School
21555 VESPER DR, MACOMB, MI 48044 · (586) 723-6800 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL662 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
126 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 130 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (130).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
51.1%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
54.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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
50.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Shawnee Elementary School
Shawnee Elementary School's state test result (50.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Elementary School this school | 662 | 19.0% | 50.4% |
| Monroe Road Elementary School LAMBERTVILLE | 595 | 21.2% | 54.8% |
| Charyl Stockwell Academy HOWELL | 696 | 15.1% | 52.3% |
| Freeland Elementary School FREELAND | 755 | 21.1% | 62.5% |
| Beacon Tree Elementary School SHELBY TOWNSHIP | 787 | 16.8% | 48.4% |
| Oaktree Elementary School GOODRICH | 547 | 17.7% | 44.9% |
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 Shawnee Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #407 of 1,085 | #15 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #336 of 1,072 | #10 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #459 of 1,139 | #27 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 662 | #86 of 1,630 | #7 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #1,254 of 1,424 | #100 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.0% | #1,071 of 1,424 | #109 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.0% | #1,400 of 1,563 | #119 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #301 of 979 | #15 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
662
-17 (-3%) vs 2020
-23% since 2010-11, when it was 863
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 662 | 35.2 | 18.8:1 | 19% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 662 | 33.3 | 19.9:1 | 23% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 699 | 34.3 | 20.4:1 | 21% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 679 | 34 | 20.0:1 | 13% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 808 | 36.3 | 22.3:1 | 12% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 859 | 38 | 22.6:1 | 7% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 863 | 33 | 26.1:1 | 12% (106) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shawnee Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (808 to 662); teachers down 3% (36.3 to 35.2).
About Shawnee Elementary School
Shawnee Elementary School, a large elementary school, is located in MACOMB, Michigan. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 662 students. It has 79% more students than the average for elementary schools in Michigan (about 369).
The Chippewa Valley Schools system has 20 schools and 14,504 students.
By race and ethnicity, Shawnee Elementary School is 89% White. Next come 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. The county population is about 75% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 21, compared with 70 nationally.
Shawnee Elementary School lists 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 18.8 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Michigan, the average ratio is 15.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 19% of the student body. Among public schools in Macomb County, the average eligibility rate is 52%.
Shawnee Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Michigan schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 50.4% and a predicted 57.9%.
In Macomb County, home to about 879,853 people, the median household earns about $77,837 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Shawnee Elementary School shares Macomb County with 235 other public schools.
About 1.5 miles separate Shawnee Elementary School from the closest public school, Cheyenne Elementary School. The five-mile area around Shawnee Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Shawnee Elementary School at 2nd of 7.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
A 3% decrease took enrollment from 679 in 2020-21 to 662 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 20.0:1 to 18.8:1.
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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 Chippewa Valley Schools
- Dakota High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
- Chippewa Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,162 students
- Seneca Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,078 students
- Wyandot Middle SchoolMiddle · 844 students
- Iroquois Middle SchoolMiddle · 814 students
- Ojibwa Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
Other schools in MACOMB
- Dakota High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
- High School NorthHigh · 1,545 students
- Seneca Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,078 students
- Iroquois Middle SchoolMiddle · 814 students
- Floyd Ebeling Elementary SchoolElementary · 711 students
- Ojibwa Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
Other Shawnee Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Shawnee Elementary. Shawnee Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- Shawnee Elementary SchoolSpringfield, OH · 983 students
- Shawnee Elementary SchoolEaston, PA · 567 students
- Shawnee Elementary SchoolXenia, OH · 476 students
- Shawnee Elementary SchoolWolf Lake, IL · 136 students
- SHAWNEE ELEM.CHILHOWEE, MO · 50 students
Nearby schools
- Cheyenne Elementary School1.5 mi · 440
- Dakota High School1.6 mi · 2,476
- Seneca Middle School1.7 mi · 1,078
- Ojibwa Elementary School1.9 mi · 622
- Glen H Peters School2.0 mi · 204
- Iroquois Middle School2.2 mi · 814
Frequently asked questions
About Shawnee Elementary SchoolHow large is Shawnee Elementary School?
Shawnee Elementary School enrolls approximately 662 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Shawnee Elementary School serve?
Shawnee Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Shawnee Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Shawnee Elementary School is approximately 18.8:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Shawnee Elementary School?
Shawnee Elementary School reports a student body of 89% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Shawnee Elementary School in?
Shawnee Elementary School is part of Chippewa Valley Schools.
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