Elementary · Michigan

Owen Elementary School

Free meals for all

Owen Elementary School, a public elementary school in Pontiac, Michigan: grades k–6, 383 students, 22.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Pontiac City 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
383
Teachers (FTE)
17.4
Students per teacher
22.0
Grades
K–6
Elementary

More students per teacher than 98% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 15.8 · 1,619 schools compared

More students per teacher than 92% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 55% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 366 · 1,621 schools compared

Smaller than 57% 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%

13%proficient

+2.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 93% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 42% · 1,440 elementary schools compared

148 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Michigan: 35%

12%proficient

+3.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 88% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 37% · 1,440 elementary schools compared

156 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

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 K–6
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Small city

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

Location

Address
1700 Baldwin Ave, Pontiac, MI 48340
Phone
(248)451-7870
City or town
Pontiac

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Walton Charter AcademyCharterFree meals for all
K–876317.535%25%
Alcott SchoolFree meals for all
K–533423.29.6%13%
Whitman Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
K–561111.913%13%
Herrington SchoolFree meals for all
K–631920.48.8%7.7%
K–546718.762%56%
Grayson ElementaryFree meals for all
K–543718.048%36%

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 262874006445