Enrollment
348
Elementary
DISTRICT 391 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOLT PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 261848005532
Sycamore Elementary School
4429 SYCAMORE ST, HOLT, MI 48842 · (517) 699-2185 · Ingham County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL348 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
189 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 73 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (72).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
28.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
23.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Sycamore Elementary School
Sycamore Elementary School's state test result (26.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sycamore Elementary School this school | 348 | 54.3% | 26.0% |
| Dimondale Elementary School DIMONDALE | 381 | 57.2% | 33.6% |
| Carpenter School ANN ARBOR | 363 | 54.5% | 33.4% |
| Erving Elementary School WOODHAVEN | 379 | 51.2% | 42.8% |
| Wilcox Elementary School HOLT | 413 | 48.2% | 42.2% |
| Mars Elementary School BERRIEN SPRINGS | 338 | 60.1% | N/A |
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 Sycamore Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Ingham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #1,008 of 1,085 | #27 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #1,007 of 1,072 | #27 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #1,004 of 1,139 | #27 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 348 | #894 of 1,630 | #25 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #707 of 1,424 | #28 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #85 of 1,424 | #15 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.3% | #819 of 1,563 | #22 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #449 of 979 | #13 of 25 |
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
348
-21 (-6%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 348 | 21.8 | 16.0:1 | 54% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 352 | 25.5 | 13.8:1 | 63% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 344 | 27.5 | 12.5:1 | 60% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | 27 | 13.7:1 | 49% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 404 | 23.6 | 17.1:1 | 55% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 405 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 53% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 354 | 20 | 17.7:1 | 58% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 343 | 20 | 17.1:1 | 26% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 486 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sycamore Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (404 to 348); teachers down 8% (23.6 to 21.8).
About Sycamore Elementary School
HOLT, Michigan, is home to Sycamore Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 4 and has 348 students enrolled.
Sycamore Elementary School reports to Holt Public Schools, which has 9 schools and 4,699 students.
White students make up 47% of enrollment at Sycamore Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Black, 16% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. In Ingham County overall, about 69% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Michigan is about 15.8:1. Of all students at Sycamore Elementary School, 54% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Sycamore Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10% of Michigan schools. It scores 26.0%; the prediction is 42.2%.
The school is in Ingham County, where the median household earns about $65,526 a year, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Ingham County, 100 public schools serve about 37,914 students.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Holt Junior High School, is the closest to Sycamore Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 35.1% proficiency; Sycamore Elementary School posts 26.0%.
Under the NCES locale system, Sycamore Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 348 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 369. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.7:1 to 16.0:1 over the same years.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Sycamore Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Ingham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
283,913
Census ACS
Median income
$65,526
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
100
37,914 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Holt Public Schools
- Holt Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- Holt Junior High SchoolMiddle · 713 students
- Elliott Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- Wilcox Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Dimondale Elementary SchoolElementary · 381 students
- Horizon Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
Other schools in HOLT
- Holt Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- Holt Junior High SchoolMiddle · 713 students
- Elliott Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- Wilcox Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Horizon Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
- Washington Woods Middle SchoolMiddle · 346 students
Other Sycamore Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 7 states are named Sycamore Elementary. Sycamore Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 14.
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolDORR, MI · 224 students
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolSugar Hill, GA · 751 students
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolCorona de Tucson, AZ · 640 students
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolCollierville, TN · 580 students
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolAvon, IN · 512 students
Nearby schools
- Holt Junior High School0.1 mi · 713
- Hope Middle School0.6 mi · 158
- Elliott Elementary School0.7 mi · 457
- Wilcox Elementary School0.9 mi · 413
- Washington Woods Middle School2.6 mi · 346
- Holt Senior High School2.8 mi · 1,529
Frequently asked questions
About Sycamore Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sycamore Elementary School?
Sycamore Elementary School enrolls approximately 348 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Sycamore Elementary School serve?
Sycamore Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Sycamore Elementary School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Sycamore Elementary School.
How diverse is Sycamore Elementary School?
Sycamore Elementary School reports a student body of 47% White, 15% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Sycamore Elementary School public or private?
Sycamore Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Holt Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.