Enrollment
281
Elementary
DISTRICT 250 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROMULUS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263012006609
Wick Elementary School
36900 WICK RD, ROMULUS, MI 48174 · (734) 532-1503 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL281 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Michigan public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
17.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
227 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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 Romulus Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
40.9%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
30.2%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Wick Elementary School
Wick Elementary School's state test result (36.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wick Elementary School this school | 281 | 80.8% | 36.6% |
| Romulus Elementary School ROMULUS | 262 | 81.3% | 46.5% |
| Vandenberg Elementary School REDFORD | 280 | 81.8% | N/A |
| Fisher Elementary School REDFORD | 341 | 78.9% | 27.2% |
| Woodland Park Academy GRAND BLANC | 278 | 84.2% | 32.9% |
| West Village Academy DEARBORN | 242 | 86.4% | 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 Wick Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #793 of 1,085 | #99 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #904 of 1,072 | #116 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #750 of 1,139 | #99 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 281 | #1,156 of 1,630 | #243 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #1,030 of 1,424 | #189 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.4% | #702 of 1,424 | #121 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.8% | #355 of 1,563 | #158 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #850 of 979 | #142 of 177 |
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
281
+32 (+13%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 281 | 16.3 | 17.3:1 | 81% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 280 | 15.8 | 17.8:1 | 82% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 257 | 16.3 | 15.8:1 | 77% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 249 | 13 | 19.1:1 | 77% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 290 | 14.2 | 20.5:1 | 77% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 319 | 13 | 24.5:1 | 66% (210) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | 18 | 22.8:1 | 74% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 452 | 20 | 22.6:1 | 62% (282) |
| 1990-91 | 471 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wick Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (290 to 281); teachers up 15% (14.2 to 16.3).
About Wick Elementary School
Wick Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its address is in ROMULUS, Michigan. Federal data show 281 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Michigan enroll around 369, and this school is 24% below that mark.
Romulus Community Schools operates 7 schools. Combined enrollment is 2,058 students.
More than half of enrollment at Wick Elementary School is Black: 79%. Other groups include 11% White, 5% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. The county population is about 37% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Wick Elementary School scores 35%.
There are about 17.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Wick Elementary School, which has 16.3. The school's 17.3:1 compares with an average of 15.8:1 for elementary schools in Michigan. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 81%. That is higher than the 66% average for public schools in Wayne County.
On the allk12 Grade, Wick Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 44% of Michigan public elementary schools.
A school with Wick Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Michigan is predicted to score 30.5%. Wick Elementary School scores 36.6%, 6.1 points above that line.
In the surrounding county, Wayne County, the median household earns about $60,539 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Wick Elementary School, Wayne County has 573 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Romulus Middle School is closest at about 0.1 miles. Wick Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Wick Elementary School comes in 3rd of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 13% rise, from 249 to 281. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 19.1:1 to 17.3:1.
The Wick Elementary School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Romulus Community Schools
- Romulus Senior High SchoolHigh · 518 students
- Romulus Middle SchoolMiddle · 423 students
- Romulus Elementary SchoolElementary · 262 students
- Barth Elementary SchoolElementary · 233 students
- Hale Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 223 students
- Romulus Virtual Learning CenterHigh · 118 students
Other schools in ROMULUS
- Brownstown Middle SchoolMiddle · 872 students
- Summit Academy North Elementary SchoolElementary · 642 students
- Summit Academy North High SchoolHigh · 547 students
- Romulus Senior High SchoolHigh · 518 students
- Romulus Middle SchoolMiddle · 423 students
- Metro Charter AcademyElementary · 421 students
Nearby schools
- Romulus Middle School0.1 mi · 423
- Romulus Senior High School0.8 mi · 518
- Romulus Virtual Learning Center0.8 mi · 118
- Metro Charter Academy1.5 mi · 421
- RooseveltMcGrath Elem School2.1 mi · 454
- Tyler Road Elementary School2.6 mi · 388
Frequently asked questions
About Wick Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wick Elementary School?
Wick Elementary School enrolls approximately 281 students in grades KG-05.
Is Wick Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wick Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Wick Elementary School have?
Wick Elementary School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Wick Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wick Elementary School are roughly 11% White, 5% Hispanic, 79% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Wick Elementary School in?
Wick Elementary School is part of Romulus Community Schools.
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