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What's one thing TaftGalloway Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNE-WESTLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 260001503899
TaftGalloway Elementary School
4035 GLORIA ST, WAYNE, MI 48184 · (734) 419-2760 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
311 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
24.3%
MI avg 47.7%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Michigan average is about 48 of 100.
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
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 TaftGalloway Elementary School
TaftGalloway Elementary School's state test result (22.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TaftGalloway Elementary School this school | 412 | 75.5% | 22.4% |
| Arborwood Elementary School MONROE | 462 | 79.4% | N/A |
| RooseveltMcGrath Elem School WAYNE | 454 | 69.4% | 18.7% |
| Botsford Elementary School LIVONIA | 347 | 68.9% | 26.3% |
| Alexander Hamilton Elementary School WESTLAND | 469 | 67.8% | 18.9% |
| Joseph G Steenland Elementary School ROSEVILLE | 362 | 79.3% | 26.2% |
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 TaftGalloway Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #1,049 of 1,085 | #148 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #1,070 of 1,139 | #148 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #593 of 1,630 | #139 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #699 of 1,424 | #124 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #288 of 1,424 | #45 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.5% | #432 of 1,563 | #175 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.1% | #43 of 440 | #11 of 91 |
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
412
+128 (+45%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 412 | 25.9 | 15.9:1 | 75% (311) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 26.5 | 15.8:1 | 80% (336) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 25.3 | 16.7:1 | 82% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 284 | 19 | 14.9:1 | 80% (227) |
| 2017-18 | 305 | 19.1 | 16.0:1 | 72% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 324 | 17 | 19.1:1 | 81% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 387 | 20 | 19.4:1 | 83% (320) |
| 2000-01 | 440 | 20 | 22.0:1 | 46% (202) |
| 1990-91 | 440 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TaftGalloway Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 35% (305 to 412); teachers up 35% (19.1 to 25.9).
About TaftGalloway Elementary School
Among the schools in WAYNE, Michigan, is TaftGalloway Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 412 students.
The Wayne-Westland Community School District system has 15 schools and 8,980 students.
White students account for 55% of enrollment at TaftGalloway Elementary School. Smaller groups are 32% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. TaftGalloway Elementary School has a diversity index of 59%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
TaftGalloway Elementary School employs 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.9:1. Elementary schools in Michigan average about 15.8:1, a similar figure. TaftGalloway Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 75%. The rate at public schools in Wayne County averages 66%, lower than here.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 32.9% for TaftGalloway Elementary School. The school posts 22.4%, 10.5 points below the prediction.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Wayne County show that median household income is about $60,539, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. TaftGalloway Elementary School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County, which together enroll about 259,786 students.
The closest other public school is Benjamin Franklin Middle School, about 0.9 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts for TaftGalloway Elementary School: 284 students in 2020-21, 412 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered.
Community posts for TaftGalloway Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wayne-Westland Community School District
- John Glenn High SchoolHigh · 1,368 students
- Wayne Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,257 students
- Adlai Stevenson Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolHigh · 619 students
- Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Wildwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
Other schools in WAYNE
- Wayne Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,257 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolHigh · 619 students
- RooseveltMcGrath Elem SchoolElementary · 454 students
- WayneWestland Innovative AcademyHigh
Nearby schools
- Benjamin Franklin Middle School0.9 mi · 619
- Walter P Reuther Psychiatric Hospital1.1 mi · 1
- Romulus Elementary School1.2 mi · 262
- Wayne Memorial High School1.3 mi · 1,257
- Burger Development Center1.3 mi · 108
- Adams Middle School1.4 mi · 591
Frequently asked questions
About TaftGalloway Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at TaftGalloway Elementary School?
TaftGalloway Elementary School enrolls approximately 412 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does TaftGalloway Elementary School serve?
TaftGalloway Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at TaftGalloway Elementary School?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at TaftGalloway Elementary School.
How diverse is TaftGalloway Elementary School?
TaftGalloway Elementary School reports a student body of 55% White, 6% Hispanic, 32% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is TaftGalloway Elementary School public or private?
TaftGalloway Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wayne-Westland Community School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.