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Enrollment
506
Elementary
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAND LEDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 261641008188
TC Holbrook Elementary School
615 JONES ST, GRAND LEDGE, MI 48837 · (517) 925-5480 · Eaton County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL506 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% 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.
- DBeats 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
16.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
160 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 123 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is 19% larger than its 4th grade class (103).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
TC Holbrook Elementary School→Leon W Hayes Intermediate School→Kenneth T Beagle Middle School→Grand Ledge High School
Based on grade levels within Grand Ledge Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
44.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
35.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.3%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 TC Holbrook Elementary School
TC Holbrook Elementary School's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TC Holbrook Elementary School this school | 506 | 31.6% | 40.6% |
| Steele Street Elementary School MASON | 513 | 34.5% | 37.4% |
| Richard C Hedke Elem School TRENTON | 541 | 33.5% | 37.8% |
| Waukazoo Elementary School HOLLAND | 466 | 30.3% | 50.4% |
| Sunset Lake Elementary School VICKSBURG | 465 | 35.5% | 40.3% |
| Evergreen Elementary ALLENDALE | 573 | 29.3% | 57.4% |
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 TC Holbrook Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Eaton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #703 of 1,085 | #6 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #793 of 1,072 | #7 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #647 of 1,139 | #5 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 506 | #269 of 1,630 | #3 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #894 of 1,424 | #9 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.6% | #680 of 1,424 | #7 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.6% | #1,196 of 1,563 | #17 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #751 of 979 | #10 of 12 |
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
506
-22 (-4%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 602
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 506 | 30.3 | 16.7:1 | 32% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 457 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 40% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 26 | 17.3:1 | 41% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 528 | 34 | 15.5:1 | 45% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 538 | 32.1 | 16.8:1 | 41% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 30 | 18.2:1 | 45% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 602 | 35 | 17.2:1 | 34% (205) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TC Holbrook Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (538 to 506); teachers down 5% (32.1 to 30.3).
About TC Holbrook Elementary School
This page covers TC Holbrook Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in GRAND LEDGE, Michigan. A federal count lists 506 students at the school, in kindergarten through 4. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Michigan is about 369, so this school runs 37% larger than that.
TC Holbrook Elementary School is in Grand Ledge Public Schools, a district with 5,406 students across 8 schools.
By race and ethnicity, TC Holbrook Elementary School is 78% White. The rest of enrollment is 11% multiracial and 10% Hispanic. The White share in Eaton County as a whole is similar, at about 81%. TC Holbrook Elementary School has a diversity index of 37%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 16.7:1 comes from the school's 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 32% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Eaton County, the average eligibility rate is 42%.
allk12 grades TC Holbrook Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, TC Holbrook Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Michigan schools: 40.6% actual against 52.3% predicted.
Eaton County has these Census figures: median household income is about $79,597, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The public schools of Eaton County number 47 and enroll about 17,025.
The school nearest to TC Holbrook Elementary School is Relevant Academy of Eaton County, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, TC Holbrook Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
TC Holbrook Elementary School had 528 students in 2020-21 and 506 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease. Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.5:1 to 16.7:1.
The TC Holbrook Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Eaton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
109,130
Census ACS
Median income
$79,597
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
17,025 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grand Ledge Public Schools
- Grand Ledge High SchoolHigh · 1,704 students
- Kenneth T Beagle Middle SchoolMiddle · 835 students
- Leon W Hayes Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 810 students
- Willow Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Delta Center Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
- Wacousta Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
Other schools in GRAND LEDGE
- Grand Ledge High SchoolHigh · 1,704 students
- Kenneth T Beagle Middle SchoolMiddle · 835 students
- Leon W Hayes Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 810 students
- Willow Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Relevant Academy of Eaton CountyHigh · 62 students
- Strange SchoolElementary · 22 students
Nearby schools
- Relevant Academy of Eaton County0.4 mi · 62
- Grand Ledge High School0.4 mi · 1,704
- Kenneth T Beagle Middle School0.4 mi · 835
- Leon W Hayes Intermediate School2.8 mi · 810
- Willow Ridge Elementary School2.8 mi · 542
- Strange School4.0 mi · 22
Frequently asked questions
About TC Holbrook Elementary SchoolHow large is TC Holbrook Elementary School?
TC Holbrook Elementary School enrolls approximately 506 students in grades KG-04.
Is TC Holbrook Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
TC Holbrook Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does TC Holbrook Elementary School have?
TC Holbrook Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
How diverse is TC Holbrook Elementary School?
TC Holbrook Elementary School reports a student body of 78% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees TC Holbrook Elementary School?
TC Holbrook Elementary School is overseen by Grand Ledge Public Schools in Eaton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.