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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Uriah H Lawton School this year?
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Enrollment
422
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANN ARBOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 260282004017
Uriah H Lawton School
2250 S 7TH ST, ANN ARBOR, MI 48103 · (734) 994-1946 · Washtenaw County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of Michigan public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
59 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
74.9%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
78.1%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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
73.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Uriah H Lawton School
Uriah H Lawton School's state test result (73.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uriah H Lawton School this school | 422 | 14.0% | 73.0% |
| Hill Elementary School TROY | 363 | 12.7% | 56.6% |
| Hamlin Elementary School ROCHESTER HILLS | 450 | 15.3% | 52.7% |
| Silver Springs Elementary School NORTHVILLE | 403 | 8.9% | 67.2% |
| Cornell Elementary School OKEMOS | 439 | 12.3% | 61.9% |
| Logan Elementary School ANN ARBOR | 349 | 16.6% | 65.0% |
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 Uriah H Lawton School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Washtenaw County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #45 of 1,085 | #5 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.1% | #32 of 1,072 | #4 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #41 of 1,139 | #4 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #559 of 1,630 | #22 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #739 of 1,424 | #31 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #118 of 1,424 | #16 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.0% | #1,471 of 1,563 | #42 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #346 of 979 | #10 of 32 |
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
422
-72 (-15%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 473
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 422 | 26.2 | 16.1:1 | 14% (59) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 28 | 15.1:1 | 11% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 31.7 | 13.8:1 | 12% (53) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 13% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 28.7 | 17.6:1 | 13% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 475 | 25 | 19.0:1 | 13% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 420 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 15% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 504 | 26 | 19.4:1 | 17% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 473 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Uriah H Lawton School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (506 to 422); teachers down 9% (28.7 to 26.2).
About Uriah H Lawton School
Uriah H Lawton School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in ANN ARBOR, Michigan. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 422 students in 2024-25.
Besides Uriah H Lawton School, Ann Arbor Public Schools runs 31 other schools. The district enrolls 16,551 students.
The largest group at Uriah H Lawton School is White students, at 49%. The school is also 22% Asian, 15% multiracial, 7% Black, and 7% Hispanic. That is lower than the 69% White share among all Washtenaw County residents. The diversity index for Uriah H Lawton School is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Uriah H Lawton School lists 26.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.1 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Michigan is about 15.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 14% of the student body. The 34% average for public schools in Washtenaw County is 20 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Uriah H Lawton School lands at A, ahead of 94% of Michigan public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Uriah H Lawton School, the prediction is 60.1% and the result is 73.0%.
For Washtenaw County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $89,180, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 104 public schools and about 42,861 students.
Pioneer High School is the nearest public school to Uriah H Lawton School, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Uriah H Lawton School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 73.0% is above the 66.0% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 422, down from 494 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 15.0:1 to 16.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Washtenaw County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
369,822
Census ACS
Median income
$89,180
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
104
42,861 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ann Arbor Public Schools
- Huron High SchoolHigh · 1,696 students
- Pioneer High SchoolHigh · 1,671 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 1,237 students
- Slauson Middle SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Clague Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
- Tappan Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
Other schools in ANN ARBOR
- Huron High SchoolHigh · 1,696 students
- Pioneer High SchoolHigh · 1,671 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 1,237 students
- Washtenaw Technical Middle CollegeHigh · 821 students
- Slauson Middle SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Clague Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
Nearby schools
- Pioneer High School0.8 mi · 1,671
- Dicken Elementary School0.9 mi · 320
- Eberwhite School1.3 mi · 353
- Bach Elementary School1.6 mi · 334
- Central Academy1.7 mi · 509
- Washtenaw Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program1.7 mi · 4
Frequently asked questions
About Uriah H Lawton SchoolHow many students attend Uriah H Lawton School?
Uriah H Lawton School enrolls approximately 422 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Uriah H Lawton School serve?
Uriah H Lawton School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Uriah H Lawton School?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Uriah H Lawton School.
How diverse is Uriah H Lawton School?
Uriah H Lawton School reports a student body of 49% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, 22% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Uriah H Lawton School in?
Uriah H Lawton School is part of Ann Arbor Public Schools.
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