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How has Summit Academy North Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
642
Elementary
DISTRICT 525 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUMMIT ACADEMY NORTH·NCES 260022501444
Summit Academy North Elementary School
28697 SIBLEY RD, ROMULUS, MI 48174 · (734) 789-1428 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL642 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
469 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 114 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
50%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Summit Academy North Elementary School→Summit Academy North Middle School→Summit Academy North High School
Based on grade levels within Summit Academy North. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
28.2%
MI avg 47.7%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Michigan average is about 48 of 100.
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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Summit Academy North Elementary School
Summit Academy North Elementary School's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Academy North Elementary School this school | 642 | 73.1% | 27.9% |
| Taylor Exemplar Academy TAYLOR | 660 | 77.0% | 32.0% |
| Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts KALAMAZOO | 501 | 78.8% | 21.9% |
| David Hicks School INKSTER | 466 | 79.6% | N/A |
| Grand River Academy LIVONIA | 727 | 80.5% | 23.6% |
| East Arbor Charter Academy YPSILANTI | 483 | 68.7% | 37.4% |
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 Summit Academy North Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #973 of 1,085 | #125 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #1,011 of 1,139 | #136 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 642 | #100 of 1,630 | #40 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #736 of 1,424 | #133 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #471 of 1,424 | #81 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.1% | #466 of 1,563 | #186 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #288 of 979 | #48 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
642
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 609
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 642 | 39.9 | 16.1:1 | 73% (469) |
| 2023-24 | 614 | 36.6 | 16.8:1 | 78% (478) |
| 2022-23 | 610 | 40 | 15.2:1 | 77% (467) |
| 2020-21 | 650 | 36 | 18.1:1 | 74% (483) |
| 2017-18 | 786 | 35 | 22.5:1 | 75% (591) |
| 2015-16 | 788 | 38 | 20.7:1 | 72% (567) |
| 2010-11 | 609 | 23 | 26.5:1 | 64% (390) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Summit Academy North Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (786 to 642); teachers up 14% (35 to 39.9).
About Summit Academy North Elementary School
Summit Academy North Elementary School is one of the public schools in ROMULUS, Michigan. It is a large elementary school. Enrollment totals 642 students across kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Michigan, the average enrollment is about 369.
Summit Academy North (3 schools, 1,574 students) runs Summit Academy North Elementary School.
Black students are 66% of those enrolled at Summit Academy North Elementary School. The remaining shares are 26% White and 5% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Wayne County's population at about 37%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
The school has 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.1 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. The school reported 73% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Summit Academy North Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.9% is 6.0 points below the 33.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For the population of Wayne County, the median household earns about $60,539 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Summit Academy North Elementary School shares Wayne County with 572 other public schools.
Summit Academy North Elementary School's nearest public school is Summit Academy North Middle School (about 0.3 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Summit Academy North Elementary School is 4th among 4 schools close by.
Summit Academy North Elementary School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data. Summit Academy North Elementary School is a publicly funded charter school.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 650 in 2020-21 and 642 in 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 18.1:1 to 16.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Summit Academy North
- Summit Academy North High SchoolHigh · 547 students
- Summit Academy North Middle SchoolMiddle · 385 students
Other schools in ROMULUS
- Brownstown Middle SchoolMiddle · 872 students
- Summit Academy North High SchoolHigh · 547 students
- Romulus Senior High SchoolHigh · 518 students
- Romulus Middle SchoolMiddle · 423 students
- Metro Charter AcademyElementary · 421 students
- Summit Academy North Middle SchoolMiddle · 385 students
Nearby schools
- Summit Academy North Middle School0.3 mi · 385
- Summit Academy North High School0.3 mi · 547
- Brownstown Middle School1.1 mi · 872
- Hale Creek Elementary School1.4 mi · 223
- Myers Elementary School1.8 mi · 315
- Wegienka Elementary School2.9 mi · 392
Frequently asked questions
About Summit Academy North Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Summit Academy North Elementary School?
Summit Academy North Elementary School enrolls approximately 642 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Summit Academy North Elementary School serve?
Summit Academy North Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Summit Academy North Elementary School?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Summit Academy North Elementary School.
How diverse is Summit Academy North Elementary School?
Summit Academy North Elementary School reports a student body of 26% White, 5% Hispanic, 66% Black, 2% Asian.
Is Summit Academy North Elementary School public or private?
Summit Academy North Elementary School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Summit Academy North.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.