Elementary · Michigan

North Elementary School

Free meals for all

North Elementary School, a public elementary school in Watervliet, Michigan: grades 3–5, 312 students, 17.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Watervliet School District.

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
312
Teachers (FTE)
17.9
Students per teacher
17.4
Grades
3–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 74% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 15.8 · 1,619 schools compared

More students per teacher than 76% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 64% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 366 · 1,621 schools compared

Smaller than 71% 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%

35%proficient

−2.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 60% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 42% · 1,440 elementary schools compared

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

Math

Michigan: 35%

33%proficient

+2.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 58% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 37% · 1,440 elementary schools compared

309 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 3–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Town near a city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Watervliet School District.

Location

Address
287 West Baldwin Ave, Watervliet, MI 49098
Phone
(269)463-0824
City or town
Paw Paw Lake

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
South Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–233514.9——
Coloma Intermediate SchoolFree meals for all
4–517516.828%16%
Coloma Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–335616.715%29%
Redwood ElementaryFree meals for all
K–551615.621%31%
Covert Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–514414.212%14%
Riverside SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–87213.140%30%

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 263546007155