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What's the one class at Wixom Elementary School every student should take?
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Enrollment
438
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALLED LAKE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS·NCES 263516007083
Wixom Elementary School
301 N WIXOM RD, WIXOM, MI 48393 · (248) 956-3400 · Oakland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% 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
17.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
133 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 55%
Community
4
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 | 93 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 35% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
46.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
53.4%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Wixom Elementary School
Wixom Elementary School's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wixom Elementary School this school | 438 | 30.4% | 46.5% |
| Haisley Elementary School ANN ARBOR | 400 | 27.5% | 48.0% |
| John Allen School ANN ARBOR | 401 | 33.9% | 50.4% |
| Delta Center Elementary School LANSING | 528 | 33.3% | 51.2% |
| Deerfield Elementary School ROCHESTER HILLS | 333 | 31.8% | 55.0% |
| Carpenter Elem School LAKE ORION | 467 | 30.6% | 55.5% |
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 Wixom Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #530 of 1,085 | #106 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #362 of 1,072 | #80 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #604 of 1,139 | #117 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #491 of 1,630 | #74 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #960 of 1,424 | #128 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #192 of 1,424 | #27 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.4% | #1,218 of 1,563 | #77 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.7% | #166 of 440 | #21 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
438
+87 (+25%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 514
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 438 | 25.8 | 17.0:1 | 30% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 24 | 17.7:1 | 38% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 387 | 22.4 | 17.3:1 | 35% (135) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 23 | 15.3:1 | 31% (110) |
| 2017-18 | 392 | 22.2 | 17.7:1 | 39% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 26 | 16.9:1 | 32% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 572 | 29 | 19.7:1 | 26% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 562 | 30 | 18.7:1 | 10% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 514 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wixom Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (392 to 438); teachers up 16% (22.2 to 25.8).
About Wixom Elementary School
Wixom Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in WIXOM, Michigan. It teaches 438 students in pre-K through 5.
Wixom Elementary School falls under Walled Lake Consolidated Schools, which has 19 schools enrolling 11,640 students.
White students are 55% of those enrolled at Wixom Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 14% Black, 13% Hispanic, 11% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Oakland County's population at about 69%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
Based on 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, Wixom Elementary School has a ratio of 17.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Michigan, 15.8:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 30% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Oakland County average a similar 32%.
On the allk12 Grade, Wixom Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 38% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Wixom Elementary School is 6.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (46.5% versus 52.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Michigan.
For the population of Oakland County, the median household earns about $97,760 a year, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Oakland County, 345 public schools serve about 169,926 students.
Walled Lake Western High School, about 1.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Wixom Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 438 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 351. The ratio was 15.3:1 in 2020-21 and 17.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
- Walled Lake Northern High SchoolHigh · 1,383 students
- Walled Lake Central High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Walled Lake Western High SchoolHigh · 1,033 students
- Clifford H Smart Middle SchoolMiddle · 888 students
- Walnut Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- James R Geisler Middle SchoolHigh · 620 students
Other schools in WIXOM
- Sarah G Banks Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- Loon Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
- Oakland Schools Technical CampusSWHigh
Nearby schools
- Walled Lake Western High School1.2 mi · 1,033
- Sarah G Banks Middle School1.5 mi · 597
- James R Geisler Middle School1.5 mi · 620
- Loon Lake Elementary School1.6 mi · 496
- Walled Lake Elementary School2.2 mi · 301
- Deerfield Elementary School3.1 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About Wixom Elementary SchoolHow large is Wixom Elementary School?
Wixom Elementary School enrolls approximately 438 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Wixom Elementary School serve?
Wixom Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wixom Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wixom Elementary School is approximately 17.0:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Wixom Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wixom Elementary School are roughly 55% White, 13% Hispanic, 14% Black, 11% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Wixom Elementary School public or private?
Wixom Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Walled Lake Consolidated Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.