Enrollment
327
Elementary
DISTRICT 313 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHGATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 263234006795
Shelters Elementary School
12600 FORDLINE ST, SOUTHGATE, MI 48195 · (734) 246-4631 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of Michigan public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
220 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 71 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Shelters Elementary School→Davidson Middle School
Based on grade levels within Southgate Community School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
43.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
47.7%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Shelters Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelters Elementary School this school | 327 | 67.3% | 44.7% |
| Riverside Elementary School WATERFORD | 291 | 64.9% | N/A |
| Orchard View Early Elementary MUSKEGON | 331 | 69.5% | N/A |
| Grogan Elementary School SOUTHGATE | 353 | 63.5% | 38.7% |
| Allen Elementary School SOUTHGATE | 359 | 63.8% | 45.0% |
| Fordline Elementary School SOUTHGATE | 308 | 74.0% | N/A |
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 Shelters Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #583 of 1,085 | #69 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #488 of 1,072 | #65 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #680 of 1,139 | #87 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 327 | #981 of 1,630 | #213 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #196 of 1,424 | #32 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #180 of 1,424 | #25 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.3% | #557 of 1,563 | #199 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.2% | #373 of 440 | #81 of 91 |
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
327
+88 (+37%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 327 | 24.3 | 13.5:1 | 67% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 292 | 22.2 | 13.2:1 | 69% (202) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 18.8 | 14.5:1 | 58% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 239 | 18 | 13.3:1 | 51% (121) |
| 2017-18 | 320 | 18.1 | 17.7:1 | 56% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 345 | 19 | 18.2:1 | 46% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 386 | 21 | 18.4:1 | 60% (232) |
| 2000-01 | 366 | 18 | 20.3:1 | 12% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 426 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shelters Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (320 to 327); teachers up 34% (18.1 to 24.3).
About Shelters Elementary School
In SOUTHGATE, Michigan, Shelters Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 327 students in pre-K through 5.
A total of 9 schools make up Southgate Community School District, with 3,857 students enrolled.
About 54% of the student body at Shelters Elementary School is White. The remaining students are 17% Hispanic, 17% Black, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
Its staff includes 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.5 students per teacher. Compared with the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 67% of students at Shelters Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Wayne County is similar, at 66%.
Among Michigan public elementary schools, Shelters Elementary School outscored 61%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Michigan schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Shelters Elementary School's results are 8.2 points above predicted: 44.7% against 36.5%.
Looking at the county, Wayne County, the median household earns about $60,539 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Wayne County has 573 public schools with about 259,786 students, including Shelters Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, Creative Montessori Academy is about 0.4 miles from Shelters Elementary School. The five-mile area around Shelters Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 37.8%, lower than Shelters Elementary School's 44.7%.
Shelters Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Shelters Elementary School enrolled 239 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 327.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Southgate Community School District
- Southgate Anderson High SchoolHigh · 1,052 students
- Davidson Middle SchoolMiddle · 663 students
- Asher SchoolHigh · 462 students
- Allen Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Grogan Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- Fordline Elementary SchoolElementary · 308 students
Other schools in SOUTHGATE
- Southgate Anderson High SchoolHigh · 1,052 students
- Creative Montessori AcademyElementary · 759 students
- Davidson Middle SchoolMiddle · 663 students
- Asher SchoolHigh · 462 students
- Allen Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Grogan Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
Nearby schools
- Creative Montessori Academy0.4 mi · 759
- Beacon Day Treatment Center0.4 mi · 115
- Beacon Day Treatment Center0.4 mi · 106
- Grogan Elementary School0.6 mi · 353
- Fordline Elementary School1.1 mi · 308
- Hoover School1.2 mi · 287
Frequently asked questions
About Shelters Elementary SchoolHow large is Shelters Elementary School?
Shelters Elementary School enrolls approximately 327 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Shelters Elementary School serve?
Shelters Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Shelters Elementary School?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Shelters Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Shelters Elementary School?
At Shelters Elementary School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 17% Hispanic, 17% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Shelters Elementary School public or private?
Shelters Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Southgate Community School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.