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Best kept secret at Silver Springs Elementary School?
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Enrollment
403
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 262598006249
Silver Springs Elementary School
19801 SILVER SPRING DR, NORTHVILLE, MI 48167 · (248) 465-2300 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Michigan public elementary schools
- ATest 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
17.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
36 students
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 55%
Community
4
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 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
72.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
78.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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
67.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.3%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Springs Elementary School
Silver Springs Elementary School's state test result (67.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Springs Elementary School this school | 403 | 8.9% | 67.2% |
| University Hills Elem School ROCHESTER HILLS | 379 | 8.4% | 65.0% |
| Hill Elementary School TROY | 363 | 12.7% | 56.6% |
| Hamlin Elementary School ROCHESTER HILLS | 450 | 15.3% | 52.7% |
| Uriah H Lawton School ANN ARBOR | 422 | 14.0% | 73.0% |
| Brewster Elementary School ROCHESTER HILLS | 377 | 4.8% | 66.8% |
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 Springs Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #97 of 1,085 | #13 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.9% | #25 of 1,072 | #4 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #59 of 1,139 | #8 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #641 of 1,630 | #148 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #977 of 1,424 | #179 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #286 of 1,424 | #44 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.9% | #1,525 of 1,563 | #287 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #849 of 979 | #141 of 177 |
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
403
+26 (+7%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 403 | 23.6 | 17.1:1 | 9% (36) |
| 2023-24 | 350 | 21.3 | 16.4:1 | 18% (63) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 21.9 | 16.1:1 | 19% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 23 | 16.4:1 | 17% (63) |
| 2017-18 | 416 | 23.9 | 17.4:1 | 13% (54) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 11% (50) |
| 2010-11 | 477 | 25 | 19.1:1 | 11% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 538 | 30 | 17.9:1 | 3% (17) |
| 1990-91 | 450 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Silver Springs Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (416 to 403); teachers down 1% (23.9 to 23.6).
About Silver Springs Elementary School
Silver Springs Elementary School is an elementary school in NORTHVILLE, Michigan, according to federal school records. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 403 students in 2024-25.
Silver Springs Elementary School reports to Northville Public Schools, which has 10 schools and 7,006 students.
The student body at Silver Springs Elementary School is 59% White. After that, the student body is 23% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Wayne County, the White share is about 49%. A diversity index of 59% means there is a 59% chance two randomly chosen students at Silver Springs Elementary School are from different groups.
Silver Springs Elementary School lists 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 17.1 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Michigan, the average ratio is 15.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 9% of the student body. That is 57 points below the 66% average for public schools in Wayne County.
On the allk12 Grade, Silver Springs Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 83% of Michigan public elementary schools.
The model predicts 62.3% for a school in Michigan with Silver Springs Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Silver Springs Elementary School posts 67.2%.
Wayne County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $60,539 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Silver Springs Elementary School shares Wayne County with 572 other public schools.
About 1.0 miles separate Silver Springs Elementary School from the closest public school, Amerman Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Silver Springs Elementary School is 5th of 5 nearby schools with test data.
NCES assigns Silver Springs Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 26 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Silver Springs Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Northville Public Schools
- Northville High SchoolHigh · 2,441 students
- Hillside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,024 students
- Meads Mill Middle SchoolMiddle · 615 students
- Thornton Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Winchester Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Amerman Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
Other schools in NORTHVILLE
- Northville High SchoolHigh · 2,441 students
- Hillside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,024 students
- Meads Mill Middle SchoolMiddle · 615 students
- Winchester Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Amerman Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Ridge Wood Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
Nearby schools
- Amerman Elementary School1.0 mi · 504
- Hillside Middle School1.0 mi · 1,024
- Cooke School1.3 mi · 122
- Meads Mill Middle School1.7 mi · 615
- Hawthorn Center1.9 mi · 12
- Livonia Transition Program1.9 mi · 40
Frequently asked questions
About Silver Springs Elementary SchoolHow large is Silver Springs Elementary School?
Silver Springs Elementary School enrolls approximately 403 students in grades KG-05.
Is Silver Springs Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Silver Springs Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Silver Springs Elementary School have?
Silver Springs Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Silver Springs Elementary School?
Student demographics at Silver Springs Elementary School are roughly 59% White, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black, 23% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Silver Springs Elementary School in?
Silver Springs Elementary School is part of Northville Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.