Enrollment
286
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRAVERSE CITY AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 263387007469
Silver Lake Elementary School
5858 CULVER RD, TRAVERSE CITY, MI 49685 · (231) 933-3580 · Grand Traverse County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of Michigan public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
108 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 61 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
46.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
38.3%
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 38 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
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Silver Lake Elementary School
Silver Lake Elementary School's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake Elementary School this school | 286 | 37.8% | 43.2% |
| Columbia Elementary School BROOKLYN | 307 | 35.8% | N/A |
| Beal City Elementary School MOUNT PLEASANT | 265 | 39.6% | 41.6% |
| Summerfield Elementary School PETERSBURG | 312 | 35.9% | 44.5% |
| Ubly Community Elementary School UBLY | 308 | 40.3% | 50.1% |
| Walters Elementary MARSHALL | 293 | 37.5% | 65.4% |
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 Silver Lake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Grand Traverse County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #631 of 1,085 | #10 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #722 of 1,072 | #10 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #598 of 1,139 | #10 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #1,144 of 1,630 | #9 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #710 of 1,424 | #6 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.0% | #1,242 of 1,424 | #10 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #1,095 of 1,563 | #6 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #417 of 979 | #6 of 8 |
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
286
-54 (-16%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 362
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 286 | 17.9 | 16.0:1 | 38% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 293 | 17.6 | 16.6:1 | 45% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 306 | 18 | 17.0:1 | 50% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 21 | 16.2:1 | 45% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 336 | 16.1 | 20.9:1 | 50% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 273 | 15 | 18.2:1 | 40% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 275 | 15 | 18.3:1 | 43% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 305 | 17 | 17.9:1 | 24% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 362 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Silver Lake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (336 to 286); teachers up 11% (16.1 to 17.9).
About Silver Lake Elementary School
Silver Lake Elementary School serves students in TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan, as a low-enrollment elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 286 students enrolled. That is 22% below the average of about 369 students for elementary schools in Michigan.
Traverse City Area Public Schools operates 16 schools. Combined enrollment is 8,546 students.
The share of students at Silver Lake Elementary School who are White is 93%. Other students are 3% Hispanic and 2% Native American. Grand Traverse County residents are about 92% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 14% means there is a 14% chance two randomly chosen students at Silver Lake Elementary School are from different groups.
With 17.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Silver Lake Elementary School, 38% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Michigan public elementary schools, Silver Lake Elementary School outscored 32%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Silver Lake Elementary School is 6.4 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 43.2% actual, 49.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Michigan.
Census data for Grand Traverse County show median household income comes to about $81,647, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 32 public schools in the county, enrolling about 12,069, Silver Lake Elementary School among them.
Blair Elementary School is about 2.5 miles from Silver Lake Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Silver Lake Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Small. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 16%.
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Grand Traverse County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,166
Census ACS
Median income
$81,647
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
12,069 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Traverse City Area Public Schools
- West Senior HighHigh · 1,384 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,326 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 829 students
- Central Grade SchoolElementary · 510 students
- Eastern Elementary SchoolElementary · 475 students
Other schools in TRAVERSE CITY
- West Senior HighHigh · 1,384 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,326 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 829 students
- Grand Traverse AcademyCombined · 824 students
- Central Grade SchoolElementary · 510 students
Other Silver Lake Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Silver Lake Elementary. Silver Lake Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 9.
- Silver Lake ElementaryEAGLE MOUNTAIN, UT · 870 students
- Silver Lake Elementary SchoolMiddletown, DE · 552 students
- Silver Lake ElementaryEverett, WA · 550 students
- Silver Lake ElementaryRENO, NV · 491 students
- Silver Lake Elementary SchoolGRAPEVINE, TX · 450 students
Nearby schools
- Blair Elementary School2.5 mi · 202
- West Senior High3.6 mi · 1,384
- West Middle School3.8 mi · 1,081
- Long Lake Elementary School4.0 mi · 364
- Westwoods Elementary School4.1 mi · 365
- TCAPS Montessori School4.1 mi · 331
Frequently asked questions
About Silver Lake Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Silver Lake Elementary School?
Silver Lake Elementary School enrolls approximately 286 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Silver Lake Elementary School serve?
Silver Lake Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Silver Lake Elementary School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Silver Lake Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Silver Lake Elementary School?
At Silver Lake Elementary School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
Is Silver Lake Elementary School public or private?
Silver Lake Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Traverse City Area Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.