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If you could change one rule at Wass Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TROY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 263426006977
Wass Elementary School
2340 WILLARD DR, TROY, MI 48085 · (248) 823-3900 · Oakland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
35 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
76.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
73.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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
70.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Wass Elementary School
Wass Elementary School's state test result (70.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wass Elementary School this school | 413 | 8.5% | 70.4% |
| Costello Elementary School TROY | 395 | 10.4% | 69.0% |
| Ann L Dolsen Elementary School NEW HUDSON | 427 | 12.2% | 53.1% |
| Musson Elementary School ROCHESTER HILLS | 505 | 4.8% | 79.0% |
| Martell Elementary School TROY | 348 | 11.5% | 62.4% |
| Messmore Elementary School STERLING HEIGHTS | 332 | 15.7% | 73.1% |
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 Wass Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #65 of 1,085 | #11 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #62 of 1,072 | #12 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #24 of 1,139 | #5 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #591 of 1,630 | #89 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,005 of 1,424 | #133 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #267 of 1,424 | #48 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.5% | #1,529 of 1,563 | #154 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #852 of 979 | #103 of 118 |
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
413
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 474
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 413 | 24.1 | 17.2:1 | 8% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 25.7 | 16.8:1 | 12% (51) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 25.5 | 17.0:1 | 14% (61) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 11% (43) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 25 | 17.0:1 | 10% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 430 | 25 | 17.2:1 | 10% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 389 | 25 | 15.6:1 | 7% (29) |
| 2000-01 | 491 | 25 | 19.6:1 | 3% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 474 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wass Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (426 to 413); teachers down 4% (25 to 24.1).
About Wass Elementary School
Located in TROY, Michigan, Wass Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. The school counts 413 students across pre-K through 5.
A total of 21 schools make up Troy School District, with 11,596 students enrolled.
White students are the majority at Wass Elementary School, with 54% of enrollment. Other groups include 31% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. The county population is about 69% White. Wass Elementary School's diversity index is 60%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 17.2:1 comes from the school's 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. The lunch program counts 8% of students at Wass Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Oakland County, the average is 32%.
Compared with Michigan schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Wass Elementary School's results are 7.9 points above predicted: 70.4% against 62.5%.
Wass Elementary School is located in Oakland County, where the median household income is $97,760, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Besides Wass Elementary School, Oakland County has 344 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Larson Middle School, is about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Wass Elementary School is 1st on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 406 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 413.
The Wass Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Oakland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Troy School District
- Troy High SchoolHigh · 2,032 students
- Athens High SchoolHigh · 1,468 students
- Larson Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Boulan Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 839 students
- Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 629 students
- Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 599 students
Other schools in TROY
- Troy High SchoolHigh · 2,032 students
- Athens High SchoolHigh · 1,468 students
- Larson Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Boulan Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 839 students
- Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 629 students
- Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 599 students
Nearby schools
- Larson Middle School0.7 mi · 865
- Hill Elementary School0.8 mi · 363
- Frank Jeannette Jr High School1.2 mi · 716
- Athens High School1.3 mi · 1,468
- Troy Union Elementary School1.3 mi · 395
- Costello Elementary School1.4 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About Wass Elementary SchoolHow large is Wass Elementary School?
Wass Elementary School enrolls approximately 413 students in grades PK-05.
Is Wass Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wass Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Wass Elementary School have?
Wass Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
How diverse is Wass Elementary School?
Wass Elementary School reports a student body of 54% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 31% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Wass Elementary School?
Wass Elementary School is overseen by Troy School District in Oakland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.