Schools · Elk
Elk, MI schools
Elk’s public schools score well below Michigan’s averages: 34% of students are proficient in reading against 47.9% statewide, and 84% of high schoolers graduate on time against 82.9%.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C−
Elk’s School Grade: C-
The public schools Elk’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 76% of Michigan’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C-Test scoresC+Graduation
Michigan school districts we grade (796)Better than 24%
Lower resultsHigher results
Michigan towns with similar household incomes (977)Better than 7%
Towns in Lake County (15)Better than 53%
Good confidence. Built on 378 tested students and a graduating class of 35; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Michigan’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Michigan only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Michigan with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (Kaleva Norman Dickson)34%
State average 47.9%
Reading (Baldwin Community)17%
State average 47.9%
Math (Kaleva Norman Dickson)18%
State average 34.6%
Math (Baldwin Community)7.5%
State average 34.6%
Graduation · class of 2020
84% graduate on time
Graduation rate
84%
MI: 82.9%
Graduating class
35
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Elk
Kaleva Norman Dickson School DistrictGrades K–12 · 3 schools · 514 students
$15,418 per studentMI $16,528C+Baldwin Community SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 442 students
$28,957 per studentMI $16,528DEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
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