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William A Pearson Elementary

Public, Magnet Grades K-5

109^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,488 Michigan Elementary Schools

Better than 93% of Michigan elementary schools

Summary

William A Pearson Elementary is a public magnet elementary school located in South Lyon, Michigan, serving 553 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the South Lyon Community Schools district, which is ranked 56th out of 613 districts in Michigan and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

William A Pearson Elementary consistently ranks among the top 10-15% of Michigan elementary schools, with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in M-Step/English Language Arts, M-Step/Math, M-Step/Science, and M-Step/Social Studies are significantly higher than the state and district averages across all grade levels. However, the school's performance for special education students and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds is relatively lower, ranking in the bottom 25-30% of Michigan elementary schools. Additionally, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 11.8% in 2020-2021 to 29.5% in 2023-2024, which is higher than the state average.

When compared to nearby schools in the South Lyon Community Schools district, William A Pearson Elementary outperforms most of them in terms of academic performance and overall school ranking. However, the school's performance still lags behind higher-performing districts like Northville Public Schools and Novi Community School District, particularly in math and science. The school's administration and the district should address the rising chronic absenteeism rate to maintain its academic excellence.

576

Students ?

17.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,748

Per pupil spending ?

16%

Free/discounted lunch ?

57900 11 Mile Rd
South Lyon, MI 48178-9732

(248) 573-8750

District: South Lyon Community Schools

Students who attend William A Pearson Elementary usually attend:

Middle:

Centennial Middle School

Racial breakdown:

White:

76.7%

Asian:

9.0%

Hispanic:

5.9%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 83rd percentile in 2019 → 93rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Michigan average (65% vs 39% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 7% of Michigan elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 10 percentile points since 2019

Worth a look

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school65%

District avg56%

Michigan avg39%

109^th of 1,488

Michigan public elementary schools ?

Top 7%▲ up 10 pts since 2019

From top 17% (2019) to top 7% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 8Elementary Schools in the South Lyon Community Schools

56^th of 613South Lyon 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)

Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	90.7	109 of 1488	92.7%	★★★★★
2024	89.8	116 of 1486	92.2%	★★★★★
2023	89.6	119 of 1470	91.9%	★★★★★
2022	90.1	102 of 1344	92.4%	★★★★★
2021	89.4	74 of 1153	93.6%	★★★★★
2019	79.3	239 of 1408	83.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	87.1	121 of 1338	91.0%	★★★★★
2024	87.7	102 of 1342	92.4%	★★★★★
2023	86.3	120 of 1321	90.9%	★★★★★
2022	87.0	97 of 1106	91.2%	★★★★★
2021	81.1	117 of 902	87.0%	★★★★☆
2019	70.9	281 of 1171	76.0%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	73.8	248 of 1346	81.6%	★★★★☆
2024	57.5	504 of 1381	63.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	28.3	986 of 1350	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	58.2	415 of 1134	63.4%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	89.2	113 of 1366	91.7%	★★★★★
2024	86.1	136 of 1347	89.9%	★★★★☆
2023	87.7	108 of 1334	91.9%	★★★★★
2022	88.8	87 of 1139	92.4%	★★★★★
2021	88.6	58 of 915	93.7%	★★★★★
2019	81.1	165 of 1196	86.2%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	39.7	147 of 252	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.0	138 of 225	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.4	141 of 195	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	83.5	161 of 1206	86.7%	★★★★☆
2024	83.3	151 of 1204	87.5%	★★★★☆
2023	83.0	156 of 1198	87.0%	★★★★☆
2022	84.7	120 of 1102	89.1%	★★★★☆
2021	84.6	97 of 1005	90.3%	★★★★★
2019	71.9	270 of 1128	76.1%	★★★★☆

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)

Male (2025)92nd percentile~ school

Female (2025)91st percentile~ school

White (2025)87th percentile-6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)82nd percentile-11 vs school

Special Education (2025)42nd percentile-51 vs school

By subject vs Michigan (2024-2025) ?

Science69%+29 vs state

Math65%+27 vs state

Social Studies65%+35 vs state

English Language Arts63%+21 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, May 16, 2019

Non white kids are getting bullied in this school. My kids comes home crying most of the days. He complains he does not have friends and kids in lower grade call him names in recess. The lunch time is like free for all environments. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				M-Step English Language Arts (2025)			M-Step Math (2025)			M-Step Science (2025)	M-Step Social Studies (2025)	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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	M-Step English Language Arts 3rd Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 4th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 5th Grade	M-Step Math 3rd Grade	M-Step Math 4th Grade	M-Step Math 5th Grade	M-Step Science 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
William A Pearson Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-5	57900 11 Mile Rd	South Lyon	48178	Oakland County	South Lyon Community Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(248) 573-8750	576	33	17.6	16.0%	442 (76.7%)	15 (2.6%)	34 (5.9%)	52 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.7%)	90.7	109^th of 1488 public elementary schools	92.7%		89.8	116^th of 1486 public elementary schools	92.2%	7	57.8	61.0	70.8	66.7	65.7	63.5	68.8	64.6	$13,748	$930	$12,818
Sharon J Hardy Elementary School	Public	K-5	24650 Collingwood Dr	South Lyon	48178	Oakland County	South Lyon Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(248) 573-8650	570	40	14.3	8.2%	426 (74.7%)	9 (1.6%)	15 (2.6%)	93 (16.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.2%)	87.5	165^th of 1488 public elementary schools	88.9%		85.8	176^th of 1486 public elementary schools	88.2%	11	50.5	68.1	70.4	67.9	69.2	60.2	71.4	41.8	$17,793	$1,006	$16,787
Frank E Bartlett School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	350 School St	South Lyon	48178	Oakland County	South Lyon Community Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(248) 573-8300	483	28	17.4	18.2%	384 (79.5%)	12 (2.5%)	28 (5.8%)	45 (9.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.7%)	70	411^th of 1488 public elementary schools	72.4%		59.5	559^th of 1486 public elementary schools	62.4%	148	60.5	51.4	45.0	71.6	41.7	31.7	56.7	36.7	$13,775	$812	$12,963
Sayre Elementary School	Public	K-5	23000 Valerie St	South Lyon	48178	Oakland County	South Lyon Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(248) 573-8500	450	27	16.4	14.0%	387 (86.0%)	5 (1.1%)	20 (4.4%)	12 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.8%)	82.7	233^rd of 1488 public elementary schools	84.3%		78.9	266^th of 1486 public elementary schools	82.1%	33	44.0	70.3	71.8	58.7	58.1	57.7	69.0	39.4	$14,386	$502	$13,884
Ann L Dolsen Elementary School	Public	K-5	56775 Rice St	New Hudson	48165	Oakland County	South Lyon Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(248) 573-8400	427	27	16.1	12.2%	242 (56.7%)	30 (7.0%)	10 (2.3%)	124 (29.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.9%)	77.3	302^nd of 1488 public elementary schools	79.7%		71.9	376^th of 1486 public elementary schools	74.7%	74	48.6	66.7	62.2	58.6	60.0	40.2	52.4	42.7	$16,419	$946	$15,472
Kent Lake Elementary School	Public	K-5	30181 Kent Lake Rd	South Lyon	48178	Oakland County	South Lyon Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(248) 573-8350	518	30	17.1	24.1%	430 (83.0%)	5 (1.0%)	32 (6.2%)	34 (6.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.9%)	76.9	308^th of 1488 public elementary schools	79.3%		79.4	258^th of 1486 public elementary schools	82.6%	50	43.6	53.3	60.9	54.4	53.8	59.1	57.0	41.9	$14,457	$586	$13,872
William A Brummer Elementary School	Public	K-5	9919 N Rushton Rd	South Lyon	48178	Livingston County	South Lyon Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(248) 573-8520	469	28	17.0	16.2%	419 (89.3%)	7 (1.5%)	16 (3.4%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.5%)	83	229^th of 1488 public elementary schools	84.6%		72.8	360^th of 1486 public elementary schools	75.8%	131	53.2	54.8	64.4	64.5	54.8	48.9	63.3	51.1	$13,780	$775	$13,004
Deerfield Elementary School	Public	K-4	26500 Wixom Rd	Novi	48374	Oakland County	Novi Community School District	No	No	No	No	(248) 449-1700	459	27	17.1	5.2%	157 (34.2%)	25 (5.4%)	15 (3.3%)	237 (51.6%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	19 (4.1%)	95.1	52^nd of 1488 public elementary schools	96.5%		92.5	72^nd of 1486 public elementary schools	95.2%	20	68.4	70.2		73.8	82.4				$17,094	$708	$16,386
Wixom Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	301 N Wixom Rd	Wixom	48393	Oakland County	Walled Lake Consolidated Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(248) 956-3400	438	26	16.9	30.4%	242 (55.3%)	63 (14.4%)	57 (13.0%)	49 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.2%)	65.5	485^th of 1488 public elementary schools	67.4%		73	356^th of 1486 public elementary schools	76.0%	129	43.2	57.6	40.0	58.4	63.9	38.6	42.3	35.7	$15,614	$687	$14,927
Salem Elementary School	Public	K-5	7806 Salem Rd	Northville	48168	Washtenaw County	South Lyon Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(248) 573-8450	371	24	15.4	32.3%	279 (75.2%)	16 (4.3%)	7 (1.9%)	44 (11.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.5%)	64.9	495^th of 1488 public elementary schools	66.7%		60.4	545^th of 1486 public elementary schools	63.3%	50	41.7	36.5	50.0	52.5	44.4	51.5	50.0	41.2	$16,077	$1,080	$14,996

Frequently Asked Questions about William A Pearson Elementary

What is the racial makeup of William A Pearson Elementary?

Students at William A Pearson Elementary are 77% White, 9% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 3% African American.

Is William A Pearson Elementary a good school?

Yes. William A Pearson Elementary ranks in the top 7.3% of Michigan elementary schools.

What district is William A Pearson Elementary in?

South Lyon Community Schools

How many students attend William A Pearson Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 576 students attended William A Pearson Elementary.

What schools do graduates of William A Pearson Elementary attend?

Students who attend William A Pearson Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Centennial Middle School

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