Elementary · Michigan

Blair Elementary School

Free meals for all

Blair Elementary School, a public elementary school in Traverse City, Michigan: grades pre-k–5, 202 students, 11.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Traverse City Area Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
202
Teachers (FTE)
18.0
Students per teacher
11.2
Grades
Pre-K–5
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 94% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 15.8 · 1,619 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 85% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 87% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 366 · 1,621 schools compared

Smaller than 87% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Michigan's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Michigan: 45%

28%proficient

−14.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 74% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 42% · 1,440 elementary schools compared

83 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Michigan: 35%

25%proficient

−7.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 70% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 37% · 1,440 elementary schools compared

85 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Small suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Traverse City Area Public Schools.

Location

Address
1625 Sawyer Rd, Traverse City, MI 49685
Phone
(231)933-5700

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–528616.047%33%
TCAPS Montessori SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–833116.471%61%
Westwoods Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–536517.859%51%
Long Lake Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–536416.445%38%
Pre-K–533315.151%38%
Pre-K–524513.325%24%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 263387007654