Enrollment
330
Elementary
DISTRICT 253 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TECUMSEH PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 263372006916
Sutton Early Learning Center
2780 SUTTON RD, ADRIAN, MI 49221 · (517) 423-2367 · Lenawee County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL330 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of Michigan public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
128 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 55%
Community
0
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 | 97 | 29% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 29% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
Based on grade levels within Tecumseh Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
44.1%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
42.0%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Sutton Early Learning Center
Sutton Early Learning Center's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton Early Learning Center this school | 330 | 38.8% | 43.0% |
| Coopersville South Elementary School COOPERSVILLE | 337 | 39.5% | 43.2% |
| Oakview Elementary School SAINT JOHNS | 313 | 37.1% | 54.7% |
| Mar Lee School MARSHALL | 295 | 38.3% | 49.5% |
| Clayton H Symons Elementary School MILAN | 356 | 41.9% | 43.5% |
| Ruth McGregor Elementary School SAND CREEK | 352 | 40.1% | 37.5% |
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 Sutton Early Learning Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Lenawee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #636 of 1,085 | #2 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #621 of 1,072 | #1 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #669 of 1,139 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 330 | #968 of 1,630 | #9 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #32 of 1,424 | #1 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.0% | #842 of 1,424 | #5 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.8% | #1,081 of 1,563 | #12 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +61.0% | #17 of 440 | #1 of 7 |
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
330
+85 (+35%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 325
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 330 | 29.5 | 11.2:1 | 39% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 244 | 22 | 11.1:1 | 42% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 260 | 21 | 12.4:1 | 43% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 245 | 19 | 12.9:1 | 44% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 205 | 18.4 | 11.1:1 | 47% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 324 | 24 | 13.5:1 | 35% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 293 | 18 | 16.3:1 | 26% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 388 | 20 | 19.4:1 | 15% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 325 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sutton Early Learning Center.
Since 2017-18: students up 61% (205 to 330); teachers up 60% (18.4 to 29.5).
About Sutton Early Learning Center
Sutton Early Learning Center runs as a mid-sized elementary school in ADRIAN, Michigan. It offers pre-K through 3 and has 330 students enrolled.
Federal data list 7 schools in Tecumseh Public Schools, with 2,709 students enrolled.
Sutton Early Learning Center is 84% White by enrollment. Next come 9% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. That is in line with Lenawee County, where about 87% of residents are White. The diversity index for Sutton Early Learning Center is 29%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.2:1. The school has 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Michigan, the average ratio is 15.8:1. Federal data show 39% of students (128) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Sutton Early Learning Center lands at C, ahead of 32% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 49.1% for Sutton Early Learning Center. The school posts 43.0%, 6.0 points below the prediction.
For Lenawee County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $70,518 a year, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Lenawee County number 47, with about 14,256 students.
Milton C Porter Ed Center is about 0.1 miles from Sutton Early Learning Center, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment figures show a gain of 85 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.9:1 in 2020-21, and 11.2:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Sutton Early Learning Center lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Lenawee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,415
Census ACS
Median income
$70,518
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
14,256 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tecumseh Public Schools
- Tecumseh Middle SchoolMiddle · 900 students
- Tecumseh High SchoolHigh · 736 students
- Tecumseh Acres Early Learning CenterElementary · 360 students
- Herrick Park Intermediate SchoolElementary · 168 students
- Patterson Intermediate Learning CenterElementary · 154 students
- Tecumseh Virtual AcademyCombined · 61 students
Other schools in ADRIAN
- Adrian High SchoolHigh · 804 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 753 students
- Springbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 612 students
- Alexander Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
- Madison High SchoolHigh · 439 students
- Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 388 students
Nearby schools
- Milton C Porter Ed Center0.1 mi · 105
- Tecumseh Acres Early Learning Center3.4 mi · 360
- JCLISD Academy A Regional Middle College3.6 mi · 46
- Patterson Intermediate Learning Center4.1 mi · 154
- Tecumseh Middle School4.3 mi · 900
- Tecumseh Virtual Academy4.4 mi · 61
Frequently asked questions
About Sutton Early Learning CenterWhat is the total enrollment at Sutton Early Learning Center?
Sutton Early Learning Center enrolls approximately 330 students in grades PK-03.
Is Sutton Early Learning Center an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sutton Early Learning Center is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
How many teachers does Sutton Early Learning Center have?
Sutton Early Learning Center employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sutton Early Learning Center?
At Sutton Early Learning Center, the student body is approximately 84% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Sutton Early Learning Center public or private?
Sutton Early Learning Center is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tecumseh Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.