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Siersma Elementary School
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Siersma Elementary School is an elementary school of medium-sized scale in WARREN, Michigan, run under Warren Consolidated Schools, serveing 494 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 34% above typical.
Warren Consolidated Schools comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 12,338 students; Siersma Elementary School is among them.
On demographics, Siersma Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is Asian (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 27% White, 22% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 5%.
On the resource side, Siersma Elementary School records 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Siersma Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Macomb County (around 52%), the school's rate is north of typical.
With demographic context factored in, Siersma Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.1%, the actual is 32.6%, a residual of +0.4 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Macomb County) shows that median household earnings sit near $77,837, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Siersma Elementary School is one of 236 public schools in Macomb County (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students).
The closest other public school is Michigan Mathematics and Science Academy Dequindre, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Siersma Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Siersma Elementary School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 30.9%.
The school occupies an urban site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Siersma Elementary School has grew 5%, going from 471 students in 2018 to 494 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 49% to 27% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.
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