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What's the most underrated thing about Snow Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
465
Elementary
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEARBORN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 261160004588
Snow Elementary School
2000 CULVER AVE, DEARBORN, MI 48124 · (313) 827-6250 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
346 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
52.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
54.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 53 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
46.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Snow Elementary School
Snow Elementary School's state test result (46.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Elementary School this school | 465 | 74.4% | 46.2% |
| Bryant School OWOSSO | 431 | 70.5% | 26.8% |
| Clio Intermediate School CLIO | 424 | 69.3% | 35.2% |
| Ella M White Elementary ALPENA | 440 | 68.6% | 33.5% |
| Hillcrest Elementary School ALMA | 400 | 77.3% | 35.7% |
| Lake City Elementary School LAKE CITY | 508 | 68.9% | 45.3% |
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 Snow Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #535 of 1,085 | #63 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #329 of 1,072 | #42 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #417 of 1,139 | #48 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #391 of 1,630 | #100 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #427 of 1,424 | #69 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.9% | #960 of 1,424 | #161 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.4% | #445 of 1,563 | #179 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.7% | #89 of 440 | #20 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
465
+83 (+22%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 465 | 31.5 | 14.8:1 | 74% (346) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 34.7 | 14.1:1 | 74% (362) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 32.6 | 14.0:1 | 71% (325) |
| 2020-21 | 382 | 27 | 14.2:1 | 58% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 27.7 | 13.8:1 | 64% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 23 | 16.4:1 | 53% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 361 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 39% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 337 | 18 | 18.7:1 | 9% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 464 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Snow Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (382 to 465); teachers up 14% (27.7 to 31.5).
About Snow Elementary School
Among the schools in DEARBORN, Michigan, is Snow Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 465 students in pre-K through 5. It has 26% more students than the average for elementary schools in Michigan (about 369).
Dearborn City School District has a total of 37 schools and 19,197 students, Snow Elementary School among them.
The share of students at Snow Elementary School who are White is 86%. Other groups make up 7% Black and 5% Hispanic. County-wide, 49% of Wayne County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 25%.
The school has 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.8 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Michigan have an average ratio of 15.8:1. The school reported 74% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 66% average for public schools in Wayne County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Snow Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Michigan schools: 46.2% actual against 33.3% predicted.
In Wayne County, home to about 1,772,259 people, the median household earns about $60,539 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. Snow Elementary School shares Wayne County with 572 other public schools.
The closest school to Snow Elementary School is Dearborn Public Schools Virtual K12, located about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Snow Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 46.2% is above the 28.1% average for nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Snow Elementary School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 22%.
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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 Dearborn City School District
- Fordson High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Dearborn High SchoolHigh · 1,775 students
- Edsel Ford High SchoolHigh · 1,502 students
- Bryant Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Woodworth Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
- Stout Middle SchoolMiddle · 698 students
Other schools in DEARBORN
- Fordson High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Dearborn High SchoolHigh · 1,775 students
- Edsel Ford High SchoolHigh · 1,502 students
- Advanced Technology AcademyCombined · 1,207 students
- Bryant Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Woodworth Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
Other Snow Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Snow Elementary. Snow Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Snow ElementaryNapa, CA · 402 students
Nearby schools
- Dearborn Public Schools Virtual K120.3 mi · 515
- Edsel Ford High School0.5 mi · 1,502
- Stout Middle School0.6 mi · 698
- Bedford School0.8 mi · 389
- Dearborn Heights Virtual Academy1.1 mi · 42
- Polk Elementary School1.1 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About Snow Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Snow Elementary School?
Snow Elementary School enrolls approximately 465 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Snow Elementary School serve?
Snow Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Snow Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Snow Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Snow Elementary School?
At Snow Elementary School, the student body is approximately 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Snow Elementary School public or private?
Snow Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dearborn City School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.