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Enrollment
570
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UTICA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263447007007
Wiley Elementary School
47240 SHELBY RD, SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI 48317 · (586) 797-6700 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Michigan public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
18.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
268 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 36% larger than its 6th grade class (74).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
52.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
39.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Wiley Elementary School
Wiley Elementary School's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiley Elementary School this school | 570 | 47.0% | 44.3% |
| Issac Monfort Elementary School SHELBY TOWNSHIP | 525 | 43.0% | 53.6% |
| Kenowa Hills Central Elementary School GRAND RAPIDS | 538 | 41.1% | 38.1% |
| Havel Elementary School STERLING HEIGHTS | 571 | 47.8% | 42.1% |
| Central Grade School TRAVERSE CITY | 510 | 42.4% | 56.5% |
| Edgewood Elementary School FRUITPORT | 585 | 46.8% | 33.7% |
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 Wiley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #592 of 1,085 | #36 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #693 of 1,072 | #52 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #413 of 1,139 | #22 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #151 of 1,630 | #19 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #1,209 of 1,424 | #92 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.7% | #580 of 1,424 | #73 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.0% | #945 of 1,563 | #79 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #705 of 979 | #53 of 75 |
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
570
+38 (+7%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 663
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 570 | 31 | 18.4:1 | 47% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 27.9 | 19.1:1 | 49% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 510 | 29.3 | 17.4:1 | 46% (236) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | 28 | 19.0:1 | 44% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 28.9 | 21.2:1 | 45% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 634 | 30 | 21.1:1 | 41% (258) |
| 2010-11 | 602 | 28 | 21.5:1 | 28% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 572 | 29 | 19.7:1 | 10% (58) |
| 1990-91 | 663 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wiley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (613 to 570); teachers up 7% (28.9 to 31).
About Wiley Elementary School
In SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Michigan, Wiley Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school. The school enrolls 570 students, from pre-K through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Michigan is about 369, so this school runs 54% above that.
In Utica Community Schools, 37 schools enroll a combined 25,574 students.
Roughly 74% of students at Wiley Elementary School are White. The rest of enrollment is 11% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is close to the 75% White share among all Macomb County residents. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Wiley Elementary School, 31 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 18.4:1. On average, elementary schools in Michigan have 15.8:1, compared with 18.4:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 47% of enrollment.
allk12 grades Wiley Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Wiley Elementary School, the prediction is 45.5% and the result is 44.3%.
Macomb County has about 879,853 residents, and the median household income is $77,837, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Besides Wiley Elementary School, Macomb County has 235 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Utica High School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Wiley Elementary School. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Wiley Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Wiley Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, Wiley Elementary School's enrollment climbed 7%, to 570.
Discussion on this page can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Macomb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
879,853
Census ACS
Median income
$77,837
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
236
115,743 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Utica Community Schools
- Adlai Stevenson High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Henry Ford II High SchoolHigh · 1,663 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 1,625 students
- Utica High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
- Malow Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,084 students
- Shelby Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,073 students
Other schools in SHELBY TOWNSHIP
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 1,625 students
- Malow Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,084 students
- Shelby Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,073 students
- Beacon Tree Elementary SchoolElementary · 787 students
- Richard J Duncan ElementaryElementary · 716 students
- Crissman Elementary SchoolElementary · 586 students
Other Wiley Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Wiley Elementary. Wiley Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Wiley ElementaryRaleigh, NC · 429 students
- Wiley ElementaryHutchinson, KS · 322 students
- Wiley ElemHolcomb, KS · 218 students
- Wiley Elementary SchoolWILEY, CO · 155 students
Nearby schools
- Utica High School0.1 mi · 1,391
- Eppler Junior High School0.8 mi · 589
- Flickinger Elementary School1.2 mi · 422
- West Utica Elementary School1.2 mi · 522
- Dresden Elementary School2.2 mi · 420
- Shelby Junior High School2.3 mi · 1,073
Frequently asked questions
About Wiley Elementary SchoolHow large is Wiley Elementary School?
Wiley Elementary School enrolls approximately 570 students in grades PK-06.
Is Wiley Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wiley Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Wiley Elementary School have?
Wiley Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wiley Elementary School?
At Wiley Elementary School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Wiley Elementary School public or private?
Wiley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Utica Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.