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Enrollment
424
Elementary
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HURON VALLEY SCHOOLS·NCES 261899005583
Spring Mills Elementary School
3150 HARVEY LAKE RD, HIGHLAND, MI 48356 · (248) 684-8130 · Oakland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% 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.
- C-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
16.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
128 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 84 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
Spring Mills Elementary School→Lakeland High School
Based on grade levels within Huron Valley Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
54.9%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
45.2%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Spring Mills Elementary School
Spring Mills Elementary School's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Mills Elementary School this school | 424 | 30.2% | 46.6% |
| Edison Elementary School FORT GRATIOT | 404 | 29.7% | 52.4% |
| Orchard Primary School ALMONT | 428 | 32.5% | 70.1% |
| Challenger Elementary School HOWELL | 465 | 29.0% | 45.0% |
| Superior Hills Elementary School MARQUETTE | 405 | 29.6% | 51.9% |
| Gilkey Elementary School PLAINWELL | 439 | 32.3% | 40.6% |
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 Spring Mills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #524 of 1,085 | #104 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #551 of 1,072 | #106 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #364 of 1,139 | #78 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #552 of 1,630 | #83 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #745 of 1,424 | #102 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.6% | #1,200 of 1,424 | #160 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.2% | #1,221 of 1,563 | #78 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #424 of 979 | #47 of 118 |
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
424
+120 (+39%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 596
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 424 | 26.3 | 16.1:1 | 30% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 417 | 23.2 | 18.0:1 | 35% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 22.7 | 17.8:1 | 36% (144) |
| 2020-21 | 304 | 22 | 13.8:1 | 31% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 497 | 28.9 | 17.2:1 | 30% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 23 | 19.6:1 | 20% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 505 | 24 | 21.0:1 | 23% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 21 | 22.5:1 | 11% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 596 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring Mills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (497 to 424); teachers down 9% (28.9 to 26.3).
About Spring Mills Elementary School
Spring Mills Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in HIGHLAND, Michigan. It had 424 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5.
Huron Valley Schools serves 7,372 students across 16 schools.
Of every 100 students at Spring Mills Elementary School, about 92 are White. It is also 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Oakland County is roughly 69% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 16%.
Classroom staffing at Spring Mills Elementary School totals 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.1:1. It is about the same as the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Spring Mills Elementary School is about 30%. Public schools in Oakland County average a similar 32%.
Spring Mills Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 39% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 52.9% at Spring Mills Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 46.6%.
The school's county is Oakland County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $97,760 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Oakland County number 345, with about 169,926 students.
Of the public schools around it, Spring Mills Elementary School is closest to Apollo Center, about 1.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Spring Mills Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 48.4%; Spring Mills Elementary School's is 46.6%, ranking 4th of 5.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 304 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 424 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 13.8 to 16.1 over 4 years.
People who know Spring Mills Elementary School can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Oakland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Huron Valley Schools
- Milford High SchoolHigh · 1,193 students
- Lakeland High SchoolHigh · 1,012 students
- Muir Middle SchoolMiddle · 656 students
- Oak Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 531 students
- White Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
- Country Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
Other schools in HIGHLAND
- Milford High SchoolHigh · 1,193 students
- Heritage Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Apollo CenterCombined · 5 students
- Huron Valley Virtual AcademyCombined
Nearby schools
- Apollo Center1.2 mi · 5
- Highland Elementary School2.2 mi · 292
- Rose Pioneer Elementary School2.4 mi · 270
- Huron Valley Adult Education3.6 mi · 15
- Harbor High School3.6 mi · 133
- Milford High School3.6 mi · 1,193
Frequently asked questions
About Spring Mills Elementary SchoolHow large is Spring Mills Elementary School?
Spring Mills Elementary School enrolls approximately 424 students in grades KG-05.
Is Spring Mills Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Spring Mills Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Spring Mills Elementary School?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Spring Mills Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Spring Mills Elementary School?
At Spring Mills Elementary School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Spring Mills Elementary School?
Spring Mills Elementary School is overseen by Huron Valley Schools in Oakland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.