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Bird Elementary School

Q: Is Bird Elementary School a good school?

Bird Elementary School ranks 167 th of 1492 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

167^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,492 Michigan Elementary Schools

Better than 89% of Michigan elementary schools

Summary

Bird Elementary School in Plymouth, MI, is a K-5 public school with 476 students, serving a relatively affluent community within the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools district. The school has a strong track record, consistently ranking in the top 20% of Michigan elementary schools over the past decade, and currently holds an 89th percentile ranking statewide.

Bird Elementary's standout strength is in 5th-grade Social Studies, where proficiency rates have more than doubled the state average for three consecutive years. In the most recent school year, 58.8% of 5th graders were proficient, compared to just 27.5% statewide. However, there are a few areas where the school shows some inconsistency. While overall math scores are solid, 4th-grade math proficiency dropped sharply to 45.6% in one year before rebounding to 61.8% the next—a volatility not seen in its consistently high English Language Arts scores. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 13.7% is notably higher than several nearby high-performing peers like Isbister Elementary School (7.2%) and Smith Elementary School (8.8%), though it remains well below the state average of 27.9%.

When compared to its neighbors, Bird is an excellent school but not always the top performer in the area. For instance, Isbister Elementary School and Smith Elementary School posted higher proficiency rates in several 3rd and 5th-grade subjects. The school also shows a persistent gender gap, ranking in the 92nd percentile for female students but only the 83rd percentile for male students. Performance among low-income students has been volatile, swinging from the 94th to the 74th percentile in recent years. While Bird spends about $15,986 per student—similar to district peers—the nearby Plymouth Scholars Charter Academy achieves top rankings with significantly lower per-pupil spending, highlighting that there are multiple strong educational options in this competitive area.

476

Students ?

18.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,986

Per pupil spending ?

17.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

220 N Sheldon Rd
Plymouth, MI 48170

(734) 416-3100

District: Plymouth-Canton Community Schools

Students who attend Bird Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	West Middle School
High:	Canton High School
	Plymouth High School
	Salem High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

81.9%

Hispanic:

6.3%

Two or more races:

5.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 80th percentile in 2016 → 89th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Michigan average (60% vs 38% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 11% of Michigan elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 9 percentile points since 2016

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school60%

District avg55%

Michigan avg38%

167^th of 1,492

Michigan public elementary schools ?

Top 11%▲ up 9 pts since 2016

From top 20% (2016) to top 11% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 13Elementary Schools in the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools

106^th of 625Plymouth-Canton Community Schools among Michigan districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	87.8	167 of 1492	88.8%	★★★★☆
2025	86.7	180 of 1488	87.9%	★★★★☆
2024	89.7	119 of 1486	92.0%	★★★★★
2023	90.6	104 of 1470	92.9%	★★★★★
2022	90.8	90 of 1344	93.3%	★★★★★
2021	89.3	77 of 1153	93.3%	★★★★★
2019	82.3	189 of 1408	86.6%	★★★★☆
2018	84.2	196 of 1448	86.5%	★★★★☆
2017	86.0	126 of 1466	91.4%	★★★★★
2016	75.7	316 of 1548	79.6%	★★★★☆
2015	93.5	52 of 1580	96.7%	★★★★★
2014	86.5	137 of 1533	91.1%	★★★★★
2013	84.5	171 of 1563	89.1%	★★★★☆
2012	89.5	88 of 1566	94.4%	★★★★★
2011	81.7	131 of 1552	91.6%	★★★★★
2010	82.4	72 of 1552	95.4%	★★★★★
2009	85.1	75 of 1589	95.3%	★★★★★
2008	82.1	141 of 1577	91.1%	★★★★★
2007	81.6	160 of 1565	89.8%	★★★★☆
2006	71.7	400 of 1545	74.1%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	88.8	104 of 1343	92.3%	★★★★★
2025	84.1	167 of 1338	87.5%	★★★★☆
2024	89.0	90 of 1342	93.3%	★★★★★
2023	89.7	82 of 1321	93.8%	★★★★★
2022	88.6	80 of 1106	92.8%	★★★★★
2021	65.3	255 of 902	71.7%	★★★★☆
2019	73.2	239 of 1171	79.6%	★★★★☆
2018	86.0	138 of 1443	90.4%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	66.4	355 of 1352	73.7%	★★★★☆
2025	86.2	86 of 1346	93.6%	★★★★★
2024	80.1	151 of 1381	89.1%	★★★★☆
2023	64.8	368 of 1350	72.7%	★★★★☆
2019	66.7	282 of 1134	75.1%	★★★★☆
2018	58.9	541 of 1397	61.3%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	79.6	232 of 1372	83.1%	★★★★☆
2025	83.5	184 of 1366	86.5%	★★★★☆
2024	84.8	158 of 1347	88.3%	★★★★☆
2023	86.5	120 of 1334	91.0%	★★★★★
2022	86.4	107 of 1139	90.6%	★★★★★
2021	89.0	53 of 915	94.2%	★★★★★
2019	81.4	162 of 1196	86.5%	★★★★☆
2018	79.5	258 of 1446	82.2%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	63.2	73 of 246	70.3%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	82.4	194 of 1199	83.8%	★★★★☆
2025	83.8	153 of 1206	87.3%	★★★★☆
2024	88.6	90 of 1204	92.5%	★★★★★
2023	90.0	73 of 1198	93.9%	★★★★★
2022	88.1	83 of 1102	92.5%	★★★★★
2021	86.8	77 of 1005	92.3%	★★★★★
2019	79.9	169 of 1128	85.0%	★★★★☆
2018	78.7	216 of 1253	82.8%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Female (2026)92nd percentile+3 vs school

White (2026)84th percentile-5 vs school

Male (2026)83rd percentile-6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)74th percentile-15 vs school

Special Education (2026)70th percentile-18 vs school

By subject vs Michigan (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts65%+24 vs state

Social Studies59%+31 vs state

Math58%+20 vs state

Science54%+14 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PSAT English Language Arts (2026)	PSAT Mathematics (2026)	M-Step English Language Arts (2026)					M-Step Math (2026)					M-Step Science (2026)		M-Step Social Studies (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 3rd Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 4th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 5th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 6th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 7th Grade	M-Step Math 3rd Grade	M-Step Math 4th Grade	M-Step Math 5th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Math 7th Grade	M-Step Science 5th Grade	M-Step Science 8th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Bird Elementary School	Public	K-5	220 N Sheldon Rd	Plymouth	48170	Wayne County	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 416-3100	476	25	18.9	17.6%	390 (81.9%)	20 (4.2%)	30 (6.3%)	11 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.3%)	87.8	167^th of 1492 public elementary schools	88.8%		86.7	180^th of 1488 public elementary schools	87.9%	13			64.0	68.4	62.4			61.3	61.8	52.9			54.1		58.8		$15,986	$367	$15,619
Smith Elementary School	Public	K-5	1298 McKinley St	Plymouth	48170	Wayne County	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 416-4860	364	22	16.7	11.8%	297 (81.6%)	16 (4.4%)	14 (3.8%)	10 (2.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.1%)	91.2	114^th of 1492 public elementary schools	92.4%		88.6	144^th of 1488 public elementary schools	90.3%	30			54.2	63.8	74.6			59.3	74.5	63.5			69.8		58.7		$17,933	$367	$17,565
Isbister Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	9300 N Canton Center Rd	Plymouth	48170	Wayne County	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 416-6050	422	28	15.2	13.5%	346 (82.0%)	13 (3.1%)	25 (5.9%)	12 (2.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.7%)	90	134^th of 1492 public elementary schools	91.0%		94.5	59^th of 1488 public elementary schools	96.0%	75			75.0	63.8	63.6			78.1	72.5	54.5			61.0		42.9		$16,863	$507	$16,356
Gallimore Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	8375 N Sheldon Rd	Canton	48187	Wayne County	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(734) 416-3155	336	23	14.9	4.5%	122 (36.3%)	8 (2.4%)	5 (1.5%)	179 (53.3%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (5.7%)								(n/a)			1334.4	1432.6	1538.3			1343.7	1438.3	1532.6			97.7		93.8		$15,985	$720	$15,265
Farrand Elementary School	Public	K-5	41400 Greenbriar Ln	Plymouth	48170	Wayne County	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 582-6900	402	26	15.2	19.2%	291 (72.4%)	25 (6.2%)	35 (8.7%)	20 (5.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (7.2%)	73.3	366^th of 1492 public elementary schools	75.5%		80.7	264^th of 1488 public elementary schools	82.3%	102			60.0	76.6	51.0			48.6	61.5	28.6			49.0		32.7		$20,264	$542	$19,721
Plymouth Scholars Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	48484 N Territorial Rd	Plymouth	48170	Wayne County	Plymouth Scholars Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(734) 459-6149	823	37	22.0	19.2%	217 (26.4%)	68 (8.3%)	31 (3.8%)	419 (50.9%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	81 (9.8%)	99.1	4^th of 1492 public elementary schools	99.7%		98.8	5^th of 1488 public elementary schools	99.7%	1	92.3	83.1	82.8	83.7	90.1	79.3	78.7	86.0	88.0	69.2	77.2	74.7	84.6	78.5	74.7	87.7	$11,510	$473	$11,037
Hulsing Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8055 Fleet St	Canton	48187	Wayne County	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(734) 416-7532	468	28	16.4	35.7%	283 (60.5%)	94 (20.1%)	24 (5.1%)	24 (5.1%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (8.5%)	36.1	914^th of 1492 public elementary schools	38.7%		49.5	724^th of 1488 public elementary schools	51.3%	190			45.1	34.2	29.1			26.8	30.1	24.4			29.5		26.6		$15,907	$722	$15,185
Winchester Elementary School	Public	K-5	16141 Winchester Dr	Northville	48168	Wayne County	Northville Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(248) 465-2400	519	29	17.7	5.0%	424 (81.7%)	4 (0.8%)	19 (3.7%)	48 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.4%)	93.1	84^th of 1492 public elementary schools	94.4%		89.9	120^th of 1488 public elementary schools	91.9%	36			59.5	73.4	81.1			63.5	75.9	64.0			64.0		54.7		$13,596	$415	$13,181
Tonda Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	46501 Warren Rd	Canton	48187	Wayne County	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 416-6100	476	28	17.1	14.1%	381 (80.0%)	15 (3.2%)	19 (4.0%)	33 (6.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.5%)	87.4	172^nd of 1492 public elementary schools	88.5%		87.8	161^st of 1488 public elementary schools	89.2%	11			52.9	64.6	58.6			70.6	65.9	58.0			54.3		55.7		$16,564	$661	$15,903
Randolph Elementary School	Public	K-4	14470 Norman St	Livonia	48154	Wayne County	Livonia Public Schools School District	No	No	No	Yes	(734) 744-2770	532	36	14.8	29.9%	339 (63.7%)	82 (15.4%)	37 (7.0%)	28 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (8.6%)	55.8	615^th of 1492 public elementary schools	58.8%		67.5	448^th of 1488 public elementary schools	69.9%	167			44.0	35.9				48.0	44.6								$18,074	$1,336	$16,738

Frequently Asked Questions about Bird Elementary School

What is the racial makeup of Bird Elementary School?

Students at Bird Elementary School are 82% White, 6% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 4% African American, 2% Asian.

Is Bird Elementary School a good school?

Bird Elementary School ranks 167^th of 1492 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Bird Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Bird Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : West Middle School
High : Canton High School
High : Plymouth High School
High : Salem High School

What district is Bird Elementary School in?

Plymouth-Canton Community Schools

How many students attend Bird Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 476 students attended Bird Elementary School.

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