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What's something Switzer Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
495
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UTICA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263447007004
Switzer Elementary School
53200 SHELBY RD, SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI 48316 · (586) 797-6400 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL495 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% 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
20.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
128 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 84 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (84).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
53.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
43.7%
MI avg 44.8%
What 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 44 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
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Switzer Elementary School
Switzer Elementary School's state test result (46.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzer Elementary School this school | 495 | 25.9% | 46.8% |
| Mohawk Elementary School MACOMB | 463 | 26.1% | 40.9% |
| Dublin Elementary WHITE LAKE | 467 | 23.8% | 52.3% |
| Adams Elementary School MIDLAND | 479 | 28.0% | 57.9% |
| Cherry Creek Elementary School LOWELL | 485 | 29.3% | 51.6% |
| Country Oaks Elementary School COMMERCE TOWNSHIP | 488 | 21.1% | 47.2% |
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 Switzer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #517 of 1,085 | #25 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #589 of 1,072 | #35 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #394 of 1,139 | #20 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 495 | #294 of 1,630 | #38 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #1,345 of 1,424 | #115 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.4% | #883 of 1,424 | #102 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.9% | #1,300 of 1,563 | #114 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #388 of 979 | #20 of 75 |
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
495
-60 (-11%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 670
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 495 | 24.7 | 20.0:1 | 26% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 29 | 18.9:1 | 26% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 556 | 27.4 | 20.3:1 | 24% (135) |
| 2020-21 | 555 | 29 | 19.1:1 | 21% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 586 | 28.5 | 20.6:1 | 18% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 599 | 29 | 20.7:1 | 14% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 587 | 26 | 22.6:1 | 15% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 677 | 33 | 20.5:1 | 2% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 670 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Switzer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (586 to 495); teachers down 13% (28.5 to 24.7).
About Switzer Elementary School
Switzer Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Michigan, one of the schools in Utica Community Schools. The school counted 495 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 6. It has 34% more students than the average for elementary schools in Michigan (about 369).
Utica Community Schools has 25,574 students in 37 schools, and Switzer Elementary School is one of those schools.
Roughly 85% of students at Switzer Elementary School are White. Other students are 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 2% Black. By comparison, Macomb County residents are about 75% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 27%.
The school lists 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 128 students, or 26%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Macomb County, the average is 52%.
On the allk12 Grade, Switzer Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 36% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Switzer Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.8%, compared with a predicted 54.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Michigan schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Macomb County, median household income comes to about $77,837, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Macomb County counts 236 public schools with about 115,743 students.
Morgan Elementary School sits about 0.8 miles from Switzer Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Switzer Elementary School places 6th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The NCES locale for Switzer Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 495, compared with 555 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Switzer Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Macomb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
879,853
Census ACS
Median income
$77,837
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
236
115,743 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Utica Community Schools
- Adlai Stevenson High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Henry Ford II High SchoolHigh · 1,663 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 1,625 students
- Utica High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
- Malow Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,084 students
- Shelby Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,073 students
Other schools in SHELBY TOWNSHIP
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 1,625 students
- Malow Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,084 students
- Shelby Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,073 students
- Beacon Tree Elementary SchoolElementary · 787 students
- Richard J Duncan ElementaryElementary · 716 students
- Crissman Elementary SchoolElementary · 586 students
Nearby schools
- Morgan Elementary School0.8 mi · 563
- Malow Junior High School1.1 mi · 1,084
- Eisenhower High School1.2 mi · 1,625
- Issac Monfort Elementary School1.3 mi · 525
- Roberts Elementary School1.3 mi · 534
- Crissman Elementary School2.1 mi · 586
Frequently asked questions
About Switzer Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Switzer Elementary School?
Switzer Elementary School enrolls approximately 495 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Switzer Elementary School serve?
Switzer Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Switzer Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Switzer Elementary School is approximately 20.0:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Switzer Elementary School?
Student demographics at Switzer Elementary School are roughly 85% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Switzer Elementary School public or private?
Switzer Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Utica Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.