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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 43% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
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 →
Schools most like Yale Elementary School
Yale Elementary School's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yale Elementary School this school | 329 | 45.3% | 64.3% |
| Northeastern Elementary School HASTINGS | 306 | 43.5% | 54.6% |
| Riverview Elementary School BIG RAPIDS | 346 | 48.3% | 72.5% |
| Heritage School STOCKBRIDGE | 331 | 42.0% | 40.2% |
| Joseph C Sterling Elementary School CARLETON | 370 | 45.9% | 55.2% |
| Verellen Elementary School ESSEXVILLE | 314 | 46.2% | 39.2% |
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 Yale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #134 of 1,085 | #2 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #192 of 1,072 | #3 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #146 of 1,139 | #2 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 329 | #971 of 1,630 | #13 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #670 of 1,424 | #16 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.8% | #1,315 of 1,424 | #21 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.3% | #975 of 1,563 | #17 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.8% | #352 of 440 | #10 of 12 |
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
329
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 555
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 329 | 20.8 | 15.8:1 | 45% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 342 | 20.8 | 16.4:1 | 56% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 341 | 22.1 | 15.4:1 | 62% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 336 | 19 | 17.7:1 | 58% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 320 | 16.4 | 19.5:1 | 55% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 322 | 16 | 20.1:1 | 48% (156) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 19 | 19.4:1 | 43% (157) |
| 2000-01 | 404 | 18 | 22.4:1 | 34% (138) |
| 1990-91 | 555 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (320 to 329); teachers up 27% (16.4 to 20.8).
About Yale Elementary School
YALE, Michigan, is home to Yale Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 329 students.
Yale Public Schools includes 6 schools. Together they enroll 1,723 students.
At Yale Elementary School, 95% of students are White. Smaller groups are 3% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Yale Elementary School scores 9%.
Yale Elementary School reports a ratio of 15.8 students per teacher, from 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Lunch program data show 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in St. Clair County average a similar 46%.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 46.2% for Yale Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 64.3%. The 18.1-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Michigan schools.
The county, St. Clair County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $71,270, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 57 public schools and about 20,511 students.
Yale Senior High School is about 0.1 miles from Yale Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Yale Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Yale Elementary School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 336 to 329, a small change. The number of students per teacher dropped from 17.7 to 15.8 over 4 years.
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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
Other Yale Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Yale Elementary. Yale Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Yale Elementary SchoolAURORA, CO · 492 students
- Yale Elementary SchoolRICHARDSON, TX · 429 students
- Yale Elementary SchoolYale, OK · 167 students
- Yale ElementaryAriel, WA · 46 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 Community Elem School9.0 mi · 174
- Peck JrSr High School9.0 mi · 202
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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