Enrollment
329
Elementary
DISTRICT 261 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YALE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 263660007274
Yale Elementary School
200 SCHOOL DR, YALE, MI 48097 · (810) 387-3231 · St. Clair County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL329 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
149 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
65.9%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
61.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Michigan's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
329
+9 (+3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 19.5:1
% White
95%
was 93%
% Hispanic
2%
was 4%
% Black
0%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Yale Elementary School
Located at 200 SCHOOL DR, in YALE, Michigan, Yale Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary school that caters to 329 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Yale Public Schools.
Within Yale Public Schools, which oversees 6 schools and 1,723 students, Yale Elementary School is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Yale Elementary School reports that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, Yale Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 46.2%; this one delivers 64.3%, a residual of +18.1 points.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (St. Clair County) records that the typical household earns roughly $71,270 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across St. Clair County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,511 students), Yale Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Yale Senior High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Yale Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Yale Elementary School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 51.8%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Yale Elementary School's enrollment has increased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 320 (now 329). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.
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St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,221
Census ACS
Median income
$71,270
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
20,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yale Public Schools
- Yale Senior High SchoolHigh · 509 students
- Yale Junior High SchoolMiddle · 425 students
- Avoca Elementary SchoolElementary · 243 students
- John F FarrellEmmett Elementary SchoolElementary · 211 students
- Phoenix Alternative SchoolHigh · 6 students
Other schools in YALE
- Yale Senior High SchoolHigh · 509 students
- Yale Junior High SchoolMiddle · 425 students
- Phoenix Alternative SchoolHigh · 6 students
Nearby schools
- Yale Senior High School0.1 mi · 509
- Phoenix Alternative School0.1 mi · 6
- Yale Junior High School0.1 mi · 425
- Avoca Elementary School7.5 mi · 243
- Peck JrSr High School9.0 mi · 202
- Peck Community Elem School9.0 mi · 174
Frequently asked questions
About Yale Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Yale Elementary School?
Yale Elementary School enrolls approximately 329 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Yale Elementary School serve?
Yale Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Yale Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Yale Elementary School is approximately 15.8:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Yale Elementary School?
Yale Elementary School reports a student body of 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Yale Elementary School in?
Yale Elementary School is part of Yale Public Schools.
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