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Enrollment
698
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GULL LAKE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 261725005409
Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School
9562 M 89, RICHLAND, MI 49083 · (269) 548-3705 · Kalamazoo County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL698 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Michigan public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
16.2:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
242 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 228 | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 243 | 35% |
| Grade 5 | 227 | 33% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School→Gull Lake Middle School
Based on grade levels within Gull Lake Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
58.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
42.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 58 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
49.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 M Ryan Intermediate School
Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School's state test result (49.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School this school | 698 | 34.7% | 49.3% |
| Chandler Woods Charter Academy BELMONT | 741 | 35.9% | 78.5% |
| Three Fires Elementary HOWELL | 753 | 33.6% | 41.3% |
| Dundee Elementary School DUNDEE | 685 | 33.7% | 61.4% |
| Atwood Elementary School MACOMB | 612 | 35.6% | 44.0% |
| Jackman Road Elementary School TEMPERANCE | 580 | 31.0% | 60.0% |
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 M Ryan Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kalamazoo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #437 of 1,085 | #10 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #606 of 1,072 | #16 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #291 of 1,139 | #5 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 698 | #67 of 1,630 | #1 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #767 of 1,424 | #22 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.7% | #738 of 1,424 | #29 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #1,146 of 1,563 | #27 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.4% | #272 of 440 | #13 of 15 |
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
698
+135 (+24%) vs 2020
+145% since 1990-91, when it was 285
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 698 | 43.1 | 16.2:1 | 35% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 685 | 43.4 | 15.8:1 | 32% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 655 | 43.1 | 15.2:1 | 32% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 563 | 38 | 14.8:1 | 28% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 662 | 38.4 | 17.2:1 | 24% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 593 | 36 | 16.5:1 | 21% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 629 | 35 | 18.0:1 | 24% (150) |
| 2000-01 | 713 | 39 | 18.3:1 | 13% (91) |
| 1990-91 | 285 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (662 to 698); teachers up 12% (38.4 to 43.1).
About Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School
Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School is a high-enrollment elementary school in RICHLAND, Michigan, (ZIP code 49083). Grades offered run from 3 through 5, with 698 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Michigan is roughly 369 students; this school is 89% above that.
Gull Lake Community Schools runs 7 schools with a combined 3,402 students. Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School is one of them.
The student body at Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School is 81% White. Other groups make up 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 3% Black. The school's diversity index is 34%, meaning two students picked at random have a 34% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.2 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 35%. Across public schools in Kalamazoo County, the average is 45%.
allk12 grades Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School is -1.6 points: 49.3% actual, 50.9% predicted.
In the county around the school, Kalamazoo County, the median household income is $72,532, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Kalamazoo County is home to 93 public schools and about 34,151 public school students.
Gull Lake High School is located about 0.3 miles from Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School. Around the school, 6 other public schools are within five miles.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment is up 24% from 2020-21, when Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School had 563 students, to 2024-25, when it had 698. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.8:1 in 2020-21, and 16.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Kalamazoo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
262,375
Census ACS
Median income
$72,532
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
93
34,151 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gull Lake Community Schools
- Gull Lake High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Gull Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 717 students
- Richland Elementary SchoolElementary · 412 students
- Gull Lake Virtual PartnershipCombined · 392 students
- Kellogg Elementary SchoolElementary · 278 students
- Gull Lake Gateway AcademyHigh · 28 students
Other schools in RICHLAND
- Gull Lake High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Gull Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 717 students
- Richland Elementary SchoolElementary · 412 students
- Gull Lake Gateway AcademyHigh · 28 students
Nearby schools
- Gull Lake High School0.3 mi · 877
- Gull Lake Middle School0.4 mi · 717
- Richland Elementary School0.4 mi · 412
- Gull Lake Gateway Academy0.6 mi · 28
- Kellogg Elementary School4.0 mi · 278
- GalesburgAugusta Middle School4.7 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas M Ryan Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School?
Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School enrolls approximately 698 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School serve?
Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many teachers does Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School have?
Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School?
At Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School in?
Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School is part of Gull Lake Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.