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How has West Maple Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
529
Elementary
DISTRICT 382 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 260585004228
West Maple Elementary School
6275 INKSTER RD, BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI 48301 · (248) 203-5100 · Oakland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Michigan public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
53 students
DISTRICT 11% · 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 | 99 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
71.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
71.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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
65.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 West Maple Elementary School
West Maple Elementary School's state test result (65.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Maple Elementary School this school | 529 | 10.0% | 65.3% |
| Hoover Elementary School LIVONIA | 524 | 11.5% | 68.9% |
| George Defer Elementary School GROSSE POINTE PARK | 460 | 12.2% | 72.9% |
| Pine Ridge Elementary School GRAND RAPIDS | 472 | 8.3% | 73.6% |
| Wylie Elementary School DEXTER | 486 | 8.8% | 64.7% |
| Springfield Plains Elem School CLARKSTON | 495 | 11.5% | 62.0% |
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 West Maple Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #122 of 1,085 | #29 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #80 of 1,072 | #17 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #67 of 1,139 | #18 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #207 of 1,630 | #23 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #484 of 1,424 | #68 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.1% | #688 of 1,424 | #112 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.0% | #1,516 of 1,563 | #151 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.7% | #324 of 440 | #43 of 48 |
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
529
+18 (+4%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 336
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 529 | 35.3 | 15.0:1 | 10% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 39.1 | 13.6:1 | 10% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 39.7 | 12.9:1 | 7% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 39 | 13.1:1 | 7% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 510 | 38.6 | 13.2:1 | 9% (45) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 37 | 14.0:1 | 5% (27) |
| 2010-11 | 565 | 34 | 16.6:1 | 8% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 614 | 38 | 16.2:1 | 1% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 336 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Maple Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (510 to 529); teachers down 9% (38.6 to 35.3).
About West Maple Elementary School
West Maple Elementary School is an elementary school in BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan, reachable at (248) 203-5100. The school's enrollment of 529 students covers kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Michigan average about 369 students each.
Birmingham Public Schools is responsible for 13 schools, West Maple Elementary School included, with 7,217 students in all.
A majority of students at West Maple Elementary School, 79%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 69%. West Maple Elementary School has a diversity index of 36%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
West Maple Elementary School operates with 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1. About 10% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The gap from the 32% average for public schools in Oakland County is 22 points.
allk12 grades West Maple Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
West Maple Elementary School scores 65.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 61.8%.
Census estimates describe Oakland County this way: median household income is about $97,760, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Oakland County number 345 and enroll about 169,926.
The nearest public school is Wing Lake Developmental Center, at about 1.2 miles. West Maple Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. West Maple Elementary School comes in 4th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, West Maple Elementary School went from 511 students to 529. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.1:1 to 15.0:1.
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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 Birmingham Public Schools
- Wylie E Groves High SchoolHigh · 1,108 students
- Ernest W Seaholm High SchoolHigh · 1,081 students
- Berkshire Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Birmingham Covington SchoolMiddle · 643 students
- Derby Middle SchoolMiddle · 631 students
- Pierce Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
Other schools in BLOOMFIELD HILLS
- Bloomfield Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,481 students
- International AcademyHigh · 1,370 students
- Birmingham Covington SchoolMiddle · 643 students
- North Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 593 students
- South Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 555 students
- Way Elementary SchoolElementary · 506 students
Nearby schools
- Wing Lake Developmental Center1.2 mi · 85
- Lone Pine Elementary School1.6 mi · 432
- South Hills Middle School1.6 mi · 555
- Doherty Elementary School1.8 mi · 476
- Conant Elementary School1.9 mi · 504
- Warner Middle School2.0 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About West Maple Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at West Maple Elementary School?
West Maple Elementary School enrolls approximately 529 students in grades KG-05.
Is West Maple Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
West Maple Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does West Maple Elementary School have?
West Maple Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at West Maple Elementary School?
At West Maple Elementary School, the student body is approximately 79% White, 4% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees West Maple Elementary School?
West Maple Elementary School is overseen by Birmingham Public Schools in Oakland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.