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Enrollment
660
Elementary
STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TAYLOR EXEMPLAR ACADEMY·NCES 260033101955
Taylor Exemplar Academy
26727 GODDARD RD, TAYLOR, MI 48180 · (734) 941-7742 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL660 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
34 FTE teachers
STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
508 students
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 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 102% larger than its 8th grade class (49).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
35.1%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
31.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What 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 32 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
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Taylor Exemplar Academy
Taylor Exemplar Academy's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Exemplar Academy this school | 660 | 77.0% | 32.0% |
| Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts KALAMAZOO | 501 | 78.8% | 21.9% |
| Quest Charter Academy TAYLOR | 683 | 84.8% | 27.3% |
| Summit Academy North Elementary School ROMULUS | 642 | 73.1% | 27.9% |
| South Pointe Scholars Charter Academy YPSILANTI | 631 | 74.3% | 27.1% |
| East Arbor Charter Academy YPSILANTI | 483 | 68.7% | 37.4% |
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 Taylor Exemplar Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #906 of 1,085 | #114 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #881 of 1,072 | #112 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #873 of 1,139 | #111 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 660 | #88 of 1,630 | #38 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #1,309 of 1,424 | #248 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #160 of 1,424 | #18 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.0% | #412 of 1,563 | #173 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #439 of 979 | #71 of 177 |
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
660
-112 (-15%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 688
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 660 | 34 | 19.4:1 | 77% (508) |
| 2023-24 | 643 | 26 | 24.7:1 | 80% (516) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 34 | 20.4:1 | 78% (539) |
| 2020-21 | 772 | 39 | 19.8:1 | 72% (559) |
| 2017-18 | 768 | 38.5 | 19.9:1 | 72% (550) |
| 2015-16 | 739 | 38 | 19.4:1 | 69% (512) |
| 2010-11 | 688 | 30 | 22.9:1 | 56% (385) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Taylor Exemplar Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (768 to 660); teachers down 12% (38.5 to 34).
About Taylor Exemplar Academy
Taylor Exemplar Academy is an elementary school in TAYLOR, Michigan, and it is part of Taylor Exemplar Academy. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 8, with 660 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Michigan average about 369 students, which makes this school 79% larger than average.
Taylor Exemplar Academy operates as its own local education agency.
At Taylor Exemplar Academy, 51% of students are Black. After that, the student body is 22% White, 15% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Wayne County is about 37% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
Taylor Exemplar Academy lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 19.4 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1. About 77% of students at Taylor Exemplar Academy are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Wayne County is 11 points.
Compared with Michigan schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Taylor Exemplar Academy's results are within a point of predicted: 32.0% against 32.2%.
Census data for Wayne County show median household income comes to about $60,539, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. The county has 573 public schools and about 259,786 students.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Holland Elementary School, is the closest to Taylor Exemplar Academy. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Taylor Exemplar Academy holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
From 772 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 660 by 2024-25.
The Taylor Exemplar Academy discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 TAYLOR
- Taylor High SchoolHigh · 1,371 students
- Quest Charter AcademyElementary · 683 students
- Robert J West Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Trillium AcademyCombined · 641 students
- Hoover Middle SchoolMiddle · 515 students
- Clarence Randall Elem SchoolElementary · 492 students
Nearby schools
- Holland Elementary School0.5 mi · 310
- Taylor Virtual Learning Academy0.7 mi · 325
- Taylor High School0.7 mi · 1,371
- Taylor Preparatory High School1.8 mi · 405
- Bernice McDowell Elem School2.2 mi · 341
- Eureka Heights Elementary School2.3 mi · 248
Frequently asked questions
About Taylor Exemplar AcademyHow large is Taylor Exemplar Academy?
Taylor Exemplar Academy enrolls approximately 660 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Taylor Exemplar Academy serve?
Taylor Exemplar Academy serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Taylor Exemplar Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Taylor Exemplar Academy is approximately 19.4:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Taylor Exemplar Academy?
Student demographics at Taylor Exemplar Academy are roughly 22% White, 9% Hispanic, 51% Black, 2% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Taylor Exemplar Academy in?
Taylor Exemplar Academy is part of Taylor Exemplar Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.