Susick Elementary School
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientWhat this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Susick Elementary School
As a reasonably sized primary school in TROY, Michigan, Susick Elementary School educates 391 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Warren Consolidated Schools.
Warren Consolidated Schools comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 12,338 students; Susick Elementary School is among them.
On the student-mix side, Susick Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 15% Asian, 14% Black, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Susick Elementary School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 62% of students at Susick Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Oakland County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, Susick Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.0%; this one delivers 29.5%.
Across the wider county, census data for Oakland County shows median household earnings sit near $97,760, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Oakland County's 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), Susick Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Noor International Academy, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Susick Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.4%.
The campus sits in a downtown setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Susick Elementary School's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 420 (now 391). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 73% to 62%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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