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What tradition at Winchester Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
519
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 262598006250
Winchester Elementary School
16141 WINCHESTER DR, NORTHVILLE, MI 48168 · (248) 465-2400 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% 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.
- 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
17.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
26 students
DISTRICT 10% · 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 | 120 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 32% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
63.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
66.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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
63.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Winchester Elementary School
Winchester Elementary School's state test result (63.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester Elementary School this school | 519 | 5.0% | 63.8% |
| Knapp Forest Elementary School GRAND RAPIDS | 520 | 5.6% | 82.4% |
| Conant Elementary School BLOOMFIELD HILLS | 504 | 6.7% | 65.7% |
| Hugger Elementary School ROCHESTER | 512 | 7.8% | 61.3% |
| Baldwin Elementary School ROCHESTER | 534 | 3.6% | 63.3% |
| Pierce Elementary School BIRMINGHAM | 556 | 4.7% | 75.2% |
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 Winchester Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #141 of 1,085 | #15 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #127 of 1,072 | #14 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #193 of 1,139 | #27 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 519 | #230 of 1,630 | #67 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #1,116 of 1,424 | #208 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.1% | #774 of 1,424 | #134 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.0% | #1,553 of 1,563 | #293 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.8% | #350 of 440 | #76 of 91 |
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
519
+56 (+12%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 508
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 519 | 29.2 | 17.8:1 | 5% (26) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 25.5 | 18.9:1 | 6% (31) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 25.8 | 18.4:1 | 6% (30) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 29 | 16.0:1 | 4% (20) |
| 2017-18 | 505 | 30.1 | 16.8:1 | 3% (17) |
| 2015-16 | 523 | 29 | 18.0:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2010-11 | 510 | 25 | 20.4:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2000-01 | 506 | 28 | 18.1:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 508 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Winchester Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (505 to 519); teachers down 3% (30.1 to 29.2).
About Winchester Elementary School
Winchester Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in NORTHVILLE, Michigan. In all, 519 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. It has 41% more students than the average for elementary schools in Michigan (about 369).
Northville Public Schools runs 10 schools with a combined 7,006 students. Winchester Elementary School is one of them.
Winchester Elementary School is 82% White by enrollment. The remaining shares are 9% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Wayne County's population at about 49%. The diversity index for Winchester Elementary School is 32%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Winchester Elementary School has a ratio of 17.8:1. The gap from the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan is 1.9 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 5%. The 66% average for public schools in Wayne County is 61 points higher.
Winchester Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 74% of Michigan public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Winchester Elementary School is -0.3 points: 63.8% actual, 64.1% predicted.
For Wayne County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $60,539, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. The county has 573 public schools and about 259,786 students.
Meads Mill Middle School sits about 0.6 miles from Winchester Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Winchester Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Winchester Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count rose 12% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 16.0:1 to 17.8:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Northville Public Schools
- Northville High SchoolHigh · 2,441 students
- Hillside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,024 students
- Meads Mill Middle SchoolMiddle · 615 students
- Thornton Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Amerman Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Ridge Wood Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
Other schools in NORTHVILLE
- Northville High SchoolHigh · 2,441 students
- Hillside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,024 students
- Meads Mill Middle SchoolMiddle · 615 students
- Amerman Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Ridge Wood Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
- Silver Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
Other Winchester Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Winchester Elementary. Winchester Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Winchester ElementaryWinchester, CA · 692 students
- Winchester Elementary SchoolWinchester, IL · 401 students
- Winchester ElementaryMemphis, TN · 344 students
- Winchester ElementaryWinchester, OR · 330 students
Nearby schools
- Meads Mill Middle School0.6 mi · 615
- Farrand Elementary School0.9 mi · 402
- Hawthorn Center1.5 mi · 12
- Livonia Transition Program1.8 mi · 40
- Randolph Elementary School1.9 mi · 532
- Silver Springs Elementary School2.1 mi · 403
Frequently asked questions
About Winchester Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Winchester Elementary School?
Winchester Elementary School enrolls approximately 519 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Winchester Elementary School serve?
Winchester Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Winchester Elementary School have?
Winchester Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Winchester Elementary School?
Student demographics at Winchester Elementary School are roughly 82% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Winchester Elementary School public or private?
Winchester Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Northville Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.