Escanaba Upper Elementary

Summary:

Escanaba Upper Elementary is a public elementary school serving grades 3-5 in Escanaba, Michigan, with a student population of 436. The school is part of the Escanaba Area Public Schools district, which is ranked 273 out of 610 districts in Michigan and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Escanaba Upper Elementary generally performs better than the state average on M-Step assessments across various grade levels and subjects. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's 5th-grade students scored 52.3% proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 44%. Similarly, the school's 4th-grade students scored 55.6% proficient or better in Math, compared to the state average of 39.1%. However, the school has experienced fluctuations in chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 7.1% in 2019-2020 to 33.7% in 2021-2022, with the most recent rate of 15.3% in 2022-2023 still higher than the state's target of 10% or less. Additionally, Escanaba Upper Elementary has a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 52.98% in 2022-2023 to 62.42% in 2020-2021, suggesting a higher proportion of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds compared to the state average.

When compared to nearby schools, Escanaba Upper Elementary's performance on M-Step assessments is generally on par with or slightly better than the other Escanaba Area Public Schools, such as Lemmer Elementary and Webster Kindergarten Center. However, the Bark River-Harris Elementary School, which is in a different district, outperforms Escanaba Upper Elementary in several subject areas. Additionally, the school's performance on M-Step assessments varies across different student subgroups, with female students and White students tending to perform better than male students and Native American students, respectively.


Detail:

Public 3-5

 1500 Ludington St
       Escanaba, MI  49829-2839


(906) 786-7462

District: Escanaba Area Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
481st of 1,486 Michigan Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,847 Help


Students who attend Escanaba Upper Elementary usually attend:

High:    Escanaba JuniorSenior High School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.5 Help
Number of students:  436

Racial breakdown:

White:
88.3%
Two or more races:
4.4%
American Indian:
3.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  53% Help


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Compare Details Escanaba Upper Elementary ranks better than 67.6% of elementary schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 65.19. (See more...)
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Compare Details Escanaba Upper Elementary is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2014 the calculated Average Standard Score was 41.26. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Escanaba Upper Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Escanaba Area Public Schools District. Racial makeup is: White (88.3%), two or more races (4.4%), American Indian (3.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 53% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Escanaba Area Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Escanaba Upper Elementary is 16.5, which is the highest among 3 elementary schools in the Escanaba Area Public Schools District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Escanaba Upper Elementary is $13,847, which is the lowest among 3 elementary schools in the Escanaba Area Public Schools District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Escanaba Upper Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Escanaba Upper Elementary 481st of 1486 Michigan public elementary schools. (See Escanaba Upper Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Escanaba Area Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Escanaba Area Public Schools 273rd of 610 Michigan school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Escanaba Upper Elementary

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Escanaba Upper Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 71.04 414th 1545 73.2%
2007 58.16 788th 1565 49.6%
2008 66.41 594th 1577 62.3%
2009 70.41 496th 1589 68.8%
2010 68.03 596th 1552 61.6%
2011 58.25 824th 1552 46.9%
2012 42.88 1000th 1566 36.1%
2013 52.48 791st 1563 49.4%
2014 52.16 797th 1533 48.0%
2015 54.91 716th 1580 54.7%
2016 52.30 750th 1548 51.6%
2017 45.62 756th 1466 48.4%
2018 49.31 808th 1448 44.2%
2019 37.90 873rd 1408 38.0%
2021 40.68 662nd 1153 42.6%
2022 60.84 466th 1344 65.3%
2023 61.38 530th 1470 63.9%
2024 65.19 481st 1486 67.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Escanaba Upper Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.01 200th 403 50.4%
2022 38.24 21st 32 34.4%
2023 26.10 165th 195 15.4%
2024 17.61 205th 225 8.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Escanaba Upper Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.51 805th 1397 42.4%
2019 41.03 687th 1134 39.4%
2021 51.14 330th 749 55.9%
2022 63.42 324th 1099 70.5%
2023 63.70 388th 1350 71.3%
2024 65.55 357th 1381 74.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Escanaba Upper Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.30 752nd 1443 47.9%
2019 39.48 721st 1171 38.4%
2021 30.86 648th 902 28.2%
2022 52.58 492nd 1106 55.5%
2023 63.16 414th 1321 68.7%
2024 54.13 558th 1342 58.4%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Escanaba Upper Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.63 821st 1446 43.2%
2019 30.80 840th 1196 29.8%
2021 36.61 585th 915 36.1%
2022 58.43 433rd 1139 62.0%
2023 50.27 623rd 1334 53.3%
2024 65.08 425th 1347 68.4%
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Rank History for elementary school Native American students at Escanaba Upper Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.64 7th 8 12.5%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Escanaba Upper Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.54 840th 1253 33.0%
2019 29.16 838th 1128 25.7%
2021 34.54 677th 1005 32.6%
2022 53.84 496th 1102 55.0%
2023 49.16 597th 1198 50.2%
2024 55.01 516th 1204 57.1%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Escanaba Upper Elementary

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Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 62.14 366th 806 54.6%
2007 63.79 352nd 823 57.2%
2008 68.93 281st 839 66.5%
2009 69.08 295th 847 65.2%
2010 67.50 330th 851 61.2%
2011 61.26 411th 858 52.1%
2012 50.07 465th 900 48.3%
2013 49.84 476th 919 48.2%
2014 41.26 593rd 921 35.6%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Escanaba Upper Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 525 0 1 1 19 n/a n/a 0 546
1989 508 0 3 0 28 n/a n/a -1 538
1990 516 0 5 3 21 n/a n/a 0 545
1991 500 0 0 0 94 n/a n/a 0 594
1992 573 2 4 0 22 n/a n/a 0 601
1993 555 0 3 0 29 n/a n/a 0 587
1994 525 1 2 0 25 n/a n/a 0 553
1995 533 2 6 3 29 n/a n/a 0 573
1996 533 2 6 3 29 n/a n/a 0 573
1997 408 2 8 2 24 n/a n/a 0 444
1998 503 0 6 3 32 n/a n/a 0 544
1999 482 2 2 2 33 n/a n/a 0 521
2000 507 2 1 4 34 n/a n/a 0 548
2001 517 3 0 2 23 n/a n/a 0 545
2002 487 0 1 1 25 n/a n/a 6 520
2003 487 0 1 1 25 n/a n/a 6 520
2004 449 1 2 0 28 n/a n/a 4 484
2005 474 0 1 0 42 n/a n/a 1 518
2006 506 0 1 0 4 n/a n/a 8 519
2007 449 1 2 2 18 n/a n/a 11 483
2008 446 2 5 6 17 n/a n/a 4 480
2009 486 3 9 6 23 n/a n/a 4 531
2010 502 3 8 5 27 n/a n/a 4 549
2011 512 1 3 4 23 0 5 0 548
2012 505 1 3 1 28 0 9 0 547
2013 495 0 0 2 27 0 8 0 532
2014 511 0 1 7 28 0 6 0 553
2015 479 2 2 7 38 0 10 0 538
2016 490 1 3 10 31 0 9 0 544
2017 473 4 2 8 27 0 11 0 525
2018 442 6 4 8 35 0 9 0 504
2019 408 4 2 10 36 0 10 0 470
2020 366 4 1 10 31 0 9 0 421
2021 390 5 2 10 24 1 15 0 447
2022 385 4 1 14 21 1 18 0 444
2023 385 3 1 11 16 1 19 0 436

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Escanaba Upper Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 546 n/a n/a n/a
1989 538 n/a n/a 18.4
1990 545 34.0 16.0 18
1991 594 n/a n/a n/a
1992 601 n/a n/a n/a
1993 587 n/a 0.0 18.4
1994 553 29.8 18.6 14.5
1995 573 30.1 19.0 19.9
1996 573 30.1 19.0 19.9
1997 444 30.0 14.8 24.8
1998 544 34.0 16.0 19.1
1999 521 36.0 14.5 18
2000 548 37.2 14.7 43.6
2001 545 34.7 15.7 25.7
2002 520 35.7 14.6 39.9
2003 520 35.7 14.6 39.9
2004 484 29.8 16.2 40
2005 518 28.1 18.4 42.9
2006 519 30.6 17.0 47
2007 483 30.7 15.7 43.4
2008 480 29.8 16.1 46.2
2009 531 32.0 16.6 51.2
2010 549 29.8 18.4 50.1
2011 548 28.4 19.2 49.6
2012 547 25.1 21.7 51.6
2013 532 29.4 18.0 51.1
2014 553 27.1 20.3 49.5
2015 538 28.0 19.2 50.7
2016 544 29.0 18.7 50.9
2017 525 28.7 18.2 55.8
2018 504 27.9 18.0 54.8
2019 470 25.7 18.2 60.4
2020 421 25.4 16.5 62
2021 447 24.0 18.6 62.4
2022 444 23.6 18.8 60.8
2023 436 26.3 16.5 53

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Escanaba Upper Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 546 n/a n/a n/a
1989 538 n/a n/a 18.4
1990 545 34.0 16.0 18
1991 594 n/a n/a n/a
1992 601 n/a n/a n/a
1993 587 n/a 0.0 18.4
1994 553 29.8 18.6 14.5
1995 573 30.1 19.0 19.9
1996 573 30.1 19.0 19.9
1997 444 30.0 14.8 24.8
1998 544 34.0 16.0 19.1
1999 521 36.0 14.5 18
2000 548 37.2 14.7 43.6
2001 545 34.7 15.7 25.7
2002 520 35.7 14.6 39.9
2003 520 35.7 14.6 39.9
2004 484 29.8 16.2 40
2005 518 28.1 18.4 42.9
2006 519 30.6 17.0 47
2007 483 30.7 15.7 43.4
2008 480 29.8 16.1 46.2
2009 531 32.0 16.6 51.2
2010 549 29.8 18.4 50.1
2011 548 28.4 19.2 49.6
2012 547 25.1 21.7 51.6
2013 532 29.4 18.0 51.1
2014 553 27.1 20.3 49.5
2015 538 28.0 19.2 50.7
2016 544 29.0 18.7 50.9
2017 525 28.7 18.2 55.8
2018 504 27.9 18.0 54.8
2019 470 25.7 18.2 60.4
2020 421 25.4 16.5 62
2021 447 24.0 18.6 62.4
2022 444 23.6 18.8 60.8
2023 436 26.3 16.5 53

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Escanaba Upper Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,227 (11.5%) $9,469 (88.5%) $10,696
2020 $830 (8.0%) $9,571 (92.0%) $10,401
2021 $1,437 (14.4%) $8,510 (85.6%) $9,947
2022 $2,577 (19.8%) $10,429 (80.2%) $13,006
2023 $1,819 (13.1%) $12,027 (86.9%) $13,847

Data source: Michigan Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Escanaba Upper Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 873rd of 1408 Elementary schoolsRanks 530th of 1470 Elementary schools
 25.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
4th Grade English Language Arts (Escanaba Upper Elementary)47.647.3
 0.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Escanaba Area Public Schools)47.647.3
 0.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)45.844.3
 1.5%
4th Grade Math (Escanaba Upper Elementary)37.946.7
 8.8%
   4th Grade Math (Escanaba Area Public Schools)37.946.7
 8.8%
   4th Grade Math (Michigan)41.838.6
 3.2%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Escanaba Upper Elementary)33.644
 10.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Escanaba Area Public Schools)33.644
 10.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)46.243.9
 2.3%
5th Grade Math (Escanaba Upper Elementary)23.835.3
 11.5%
   5th Grade Math (Escanaba Area Public Schools)23.835.3
 11.5%
   5th Grade Math (Michigan)34.831.5
 3.3%
5th Grade Social Studies (Escanaba Upper Elementary)6.825.3
 18.5%
   5th Grade Social Studies (Escanaba Area Public Schools)6.825.3
 18.5%
   5th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)17.418.6
 1.2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students470436
 7.2%
African American43
 25%
American Indian3616
 55.6%
Asian21
 50%
Hispanic1011
 10%
Pacific Islander01
White408385
 5.6%
Two or More Races1019
 90%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients60.4%53%
 7.4%


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Escanaba Upper Elementary ranks 481st of 1486 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Escanaba Upper Elementary are 88% White, 4% Two or more races, 4% American Indian, 3% Hispanic.

Students who attend Escanaba Upper Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Escanaba JuniorSenior High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 436 students attended Escanaba Upper Elementary.


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