Summary:
The 61455 area has two elementary schools in Macomb CUSD 185: Lincoln Elementary School, serving kindergarten through grade 2, and Edison Elementary School, serving grades 3–5. The schools have similar enrollment—412 at Lincoln and 397 at Edison—but different reported chronic absenteeism. The main academic takeaway is that Edison’s latest results were closest to state rates in fifth-grade math and science, while its all-grades ELA result had a larger shortfall.
Edison is the only school with reported test scores, so there is no basis for naming an academic winner between the schools. In 2025–2026, its all-grades math proficiency was 30%, compared with 40% statewide, while ELA was 37% versus 56% statewide. Its fifth-grade results show a more favorable picture in math and science: math was 35% versus 36% statewide, and science was 47% versus 48%. Fifth-grade ELA was 47% versus 55% statewide. For a school-life comparison, chronic absenteeism was lower at Lincoln: 19%, compared with 29% at Edison in 2025–2026, a 11-point difference.
Edison’s scores improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: all-grades ELA rose 8 points, math rose 7 points, and fifth-grade science rose 16 points. Its gaps with state results narrowed by 5 points in ELA, 6 in math, and 9 in science, although all-grades ELA and math remained below state rates. Its SchoolDigger ranking stayed at the 24th percentile with one star in both years, after 37th percentile and two stars in 2023–2024. The schools’ 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible rates were close—63% at Lincoln and 64% at Edison—while student-teacher ratios were 10.2 and 12, respectively; these figures provide context, not an explanation for results.
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