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Superior Hills Elementary School
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientWhat 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 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 52% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Superior Hills Elementary School
As a moderately sized elementary-level community in MARQUETTE, Michigan, Superior Hills Elementary School hosts 405 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Marquette Area Public Schools.
Within Marquette Area Public Schools, which oversees 7 schools and 3,209 students, Superior Hills Elementary School is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Superior Hills Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Other groups include 7% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.
On the resource side, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Superior Hills Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.9%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Marquette County shows median household income runs about $65,429, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Superior Hills Elementary School is one of 25 public schools in Marquette County (combined enrollment of about 7,657 students).
Nearest neighbor: Bothwell Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Superior Hills Elementary School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 54.6%.
Superior Hills Elementary School operates from a town-based location.
Over the past 7-year window. Superior Hills Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 12% since 2018, when it stood at 363 (now 405).
On allk12, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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