Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 379 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRASER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 261482005183
Thomas A Edison Elem School
17470 SEWEL, FRASER, MI 48026 · (586) 439-6500 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
199 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 12% larger than its 6th grade class (59).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Based on grade levels within Fraser Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
39.9%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
43.4%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Thomas A Edison Elem School
Thomas A Edison Elem School's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas A Edison Elem School this school | 378 | 52.6% | 40.9% |
| PD Graham Elementary School WESTLAND | 429 | 51.5% | 29.0% |
| ParkwoodUpjohn Elementary School KALAMAZOO | 427 | 50.1% | 42.8% |
| Edgemont Elementary School BELLEVILLE | 358 | 55.6% | 25.2% |
| Eisenhower Elementary School FRASER | 391 | 46.3% | 39.9% |
| Clinton Valley Elementary School MOUNT CLEMENS | 322 | 57.5% | 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 Thomas A Edison Elem School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #698 of 1,085 | #52 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #596 of 1,072 | #38 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #770 of 1,139 | #67 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #755 of 1,630 | #78 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #734 of 1,424 | #42 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #318 of 1,424 | #35 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.6% | #849 of 1,563 | #68 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #824 of 979 | #62 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
378
+19 (+5%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 366
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 378 | 23.5 | 16.1:1 | 53% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 377 | 22.7 | 16.6:1 | 63% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 365 | 24.5 | 14.9:1 | 60% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 359 | 22 | 16.3:1 | 59% (212) |
| 2017-18 | 393 | 22.3 | 17.6:1 | 55% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 25 | 18.3:1 | 49% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 25 | 17.8:1 | 47% (209) |
| 2000-01 | 443 | 21 | 21.1:1 | 20% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 366 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas A Edison Elem School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (393 to 378); teachers up 5% (22.3 to 23.5).
About Thomas A Edison Elem School
Thomas A Edison Elem School is a mid-sized elementary school in FRASER, Michigan, (ZIP code 48026). The school covers pre-K through 6 and reported 378 students in 2024-25.
The Fraser Public Schools system has 8 schools and 4,366 students.
White students are 57% of those enrolled at Thomas A Edison Elem School. Next come 28% Black, 11% multiracial, 2% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 75% White among all Macomb County residents. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at Thomas A Edison Elem School are from different groups.
The school's 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. The 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan is close to this figure. Income data for the school show 53% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Macomb County is similar, at 52%.
Thomas A Edison Elem School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (40.9%) and its predicted rate (43.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Michigan schools.
In the wider Macomb County area, the median household earns about $77,837 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Thomas A Edison Elem School shares Macomb County with 235 other public schools.
Richards Middle School is about 0.5 miles from Thomas A Edison Elem School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 42.1%, higher than Thomas A Edison Elem School's 40.9%.
The federal government classifies Thomas A Edison Elem School's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 378 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 359.
This page is set up for the Thomas A Edison Elem School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Fraser Public Schools
- Fraser High SchoolHigh · 1,431 students
- Richards Middle SchoolMiddle · 661 students
- Salk Elementary SchoolElementary · 455 students
- Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
- Walt Disney Elementary SchoolElementary · 366 students
- Ralph Waldo Emerson Elem SchoolElementary · 345 students
Other schools in FRASER
- Fraser High SchoolHigh · 1,431 students
- Richards Middle SchoolMiddle · 661 students
- Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
- Ralph Waldo Emerson Elem SchoolElementary · 345 students
- Arts Academy in the WoodsHigh · 327 students
Other Thomas A Edison Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Thomas A Edison Elementary. Thomas A Edison Elem School is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Thomas A Edison Elem SchoolWESTLAND, MI · 450 students
- Thomas A Edison Elementary SchoolUNION CITY, NJ · 767 students
- Thomas A Edison Elementary SchoolHammond, IN · 705 students
- THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTONAWANDA, NY · 609 students
- Thomas A Edison ElemKansas City, KS · 244 students
Nearby schools
- Richards Middle School0.5 mi · 661
- Arts Academy in the Woods0.7 mi · 327
- Fraser High School0.7 mi · 1,431
- Ralph Waldo Emerson Elem School0.8 mi · 345
- Eisenhower Elementary School1.0 mi · 391
- Salk Elementary School1.0 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas A Edison Elem SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Thomas A Edison Elem School?
Thomas A Edison Elem School enrolls approximately 378 students in grades PK-06.
Is Thomas A Edison Elem School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thomas A Edison Elem School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thomas A Edison Elem School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thomas A Edison Elem School is approximately 16.1:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thomas A Edison Elem School?
At Thomas A Edison Elem School, the student body is approximately 57% White, 2% Hispanic, 28% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Thomas A Edison Elem School public or private?
Thomas A Edison Elem School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fraser Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.