Summary:
Beaverton Elementary School is the sole elementary school in the Beaverton Schools district, serving grades PK through 5 with 411 students in Beaverton, Michigan (ZIP 48612). This means the district’s overall performance is a direct reflection of this one school, which has seen its state ranking slip from the 50th percentile (3 stars) in 2023-2024 to the 38th-40th percentile (2 stars) in recent years.
The school shows a clear academic split. In 5th grade, students outperform the state in Science (43.5% vs. 40%) and Social Studies (33.3% vs. 27.5%), with the Social Studies gap being the school’s largest positive margin. However, English Language Arts (ELA) is a significant weakness, with proficiency gaps ranging from 11.9 to 20.3 points below state averages across all grades. Math performance is mixed—3rd grade nearly matches the state average (38.9% vs. 42.9%), but 4th and 5th grades lag by 8.5 and 1.8 points, respectively. Year-over-year scores are highly volatile, with 5th grade Social Studies surging 13 points and 4th grade Math dropping 11.4 points, suggesting cohort-specific swings rather than stable trends.
Economically, 56.93% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, yet chronic absenteeism (22.8%) is better than both the district (28.8%) and state (27.9%). Per-student spending is $14,525 with a favorable 15.2:1 student-teacher ratio. Despite these resources, ELA remains the primary challenge, while content-area subjects show promise. For parents, this means the school offers strong science and social studies instruction and decent attendance, but literacy intervention is likely needed. The volatility in scores suggests that tracking your child’s specific grade cohort over multiple years will be more informative than any single year’s results.
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