Steele Street Elementary School

Summary:

Steele Street Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-5 in the Mason Public Schools district in Mason, Michigan, with a student population of 458. The school's racial makeup is predominantly White (81.44%), with smaller percentages of Hispanic (11.14%), two or more races (6.11%), African American (1.09%), and Asian (0.22%) students.

Steele Street Elementary School faces several challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates, which have risen from 8.0% in 2018-2019 to 19.0% in 2022-2023, notably higher than the district and state averages. The school's academic performance, as measured by M-Step test scores, is generally lower than the district and state averages across grade levels and subject areas, with the 3rd grade English Language Arts proficiency rate at 33.3% in 2023-2024, compared to 41.8% for the district and 39.6% for the state. Additionally, the school has a higher percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 45.2% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023, significantly higher than the district and state averages.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Alaiedon Elementary School, also in the Mason Public Schools district, Steele Street Elementary School generally underperforms in terms of test scores, chronic absenteeism, and socioeconomic status. The school's statewide ranking has also steadily declined over the past several years, from a high of 210 out of 1,466 Michigan elementary schools in 2016-2017 to 797 out of 1,486 in 2023-2024, indicating the need for a comprehensive review of the school's practices and implementation of targeted strategies to address these issues.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 531 Steele St
       Mason, MI  48854-1950


(517) 676-6510

District: Mason Public Schools (Ingham)

SchoolDigger Rank:
797th of 1,486 Michigan Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,946 Help


Students who attend Steele Street Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Mason Middle School
High:    Mason High School

Student/teacher ratio:  18.1 Help
Number of students:  458

Racial breakdown:

White:
81.4%
Hispanic:
11.1%
Two or more races:
6.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  45.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Steele Street Elementary School ranks worse than 53.6% of elementary schools in Michigan. It also ranks last among 3 ranked elementary schools in the Mason Public Schools (Ingham) District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 43.17. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a 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 Steele Street Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Mason Public Schools (Ingham) District. Racial makeup is: White (81.4%), Hispanic (11.1%), two or more races (6.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 45.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Mason Public Schools (Ingham) District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Steele Street Elementary School is 18.1, which is the highest among 4 elementary schools in the Mason Public Schools (Ingham) District! (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Steele Street Elementary School is $12,946. 2 elementary schools in the Mason Public Schools (Ingham) District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Steele Street Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Steele Street Elementary School 797th of 1486 Michigan public elementary schools. (See Steele Street Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Mason Public Schools (Ingham):

SchoolDigger ranks Mason Public Schools (Ingham) 164th of 610 Michigan school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Steele Street Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Steele Street Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 71.57 403rd 1545 73.9%
2007 73.27 354th 1565 77.4%
2008 72.30 416th 1577 73.6%
2009 82.87 128th 1589 91.9%
2010 66.49 648th 1552 58.2%
2011 78.23 242nd 1552 84.4%
2012 79.25 273rd 1566 82.6%
2013 76.34 322nd 1563 79.4%
2014 70.47 409th 1533 73.3%
2015 70.75 436th 1580 72.4%
2016 65.35 500th 1548 67.7%
2017 80.12 210th 1466 85.7%
2018 75.21 354th 1448 75.6%
2019 69.58 377th 1408 73.2%
2021 52.77 480th 1153 58.4%
2022 54.87 559th 1344 58.4%
2023 50.23 687th 1470 53.3%
2024 43.17 797th 1486 46.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Steele Street Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.18 266th 1397 81.0%
2019 54.63 469th 1134 58.6%
2022 49.27 523rd 1099 52.4%
2023 44.73 722nd 1350 46.5%
2024 34.95 907th 1381 34.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Steele Street Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.68 334th 1443 76.9%
2019 64.31 373rd 1171 68.1%
2021 38.21 561st 902 37.8%
2022 45.60 578th 1106 47.7%
2023 45.14 676th 1321 48.8%
2024 34.42 858th 1342 36.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Steele Street Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.06 388th 1446 73.2%
2019 64.39 377th 1196 68.5%
2021 55.45 366th 915 60.0%
2022 51.66 523rd 1139 54.1%
2023 45.24 698th 1334 47.7%
2024 40.70 776th 1347 42.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Steele Street Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 38.43 110th 188 41.5%
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Rank History for White students at Steele Street Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.34 381st 1253 69.6%
2019 67.02 328th 1128 70.9%
2021 50.23 466th 1005 53.6%
2022 47.60 576th 1102 47.7%
2023 42.96 689th 1198 42.5%
2024 36.10 783rd 1204 35.0%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Michigan Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Steele Street Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 370 0 4 8 0 n/a n/a 0 382
1989 368 1 4 11 1 n/a n/a 0 385
1990 368 2 2 14 0 n/a n/a 0 386
1991 369 0 4 6 0 n/a n/a 0 379
1992 387 2 5 4 0 n/a n/a 0 398
1993 372 2 5 5 0 n/a n/a 0 384
1994 364 2 5 6 0 n/a n/a 0 377
1995 347 5 7 9 0 n/a n/a 0 368
1996 347 5 7 9 0 n/a n/a 0 368
1997 357 3 11 6 0 n/a n/a 0 377
1998 361 10 6 4 0 n/a n/a 0 381
1999 366 7 5 6 0 n/a n/a 0 384
2000 367 10 3 6 0 n/a n/a 0 386
2001 352 7 1 4 0 n/a n/a 0 364
2002 351 4 4 5 0 n/a n/a 0 364
2003 351 4 4 5 0 n/a n/a 0 364
2004 339 4 3 4 0 n/a n/a 0 350
2005 340 5 0 4 2 n/a n/a 2 353
2006 334 8 2 7 2 n/a n/a 3 356
2007 323 8 4 6 0 n/a n/a 1 342
2008 322 7 2 12 3 n/a n/a 2 348
2009 353 8 3 11 5 n/a n/a 3 383
2010 379 11 1 17 5 n/a n/a 5 418
2011 369 8 2 21 4 0 1 0 405
2012 381 6 1 26 8 0 6 0 428
2013 417 5 1 30 3 0 7 0 463
2014 406 10 3 35 3 0 10 0 467
2015 399 13 3 46 1 0 9 0 471
2016 403 9 4 39 1 1 17 0 474
2017 401 6 5 37 0 0 17 0 466
2018 385 6 3 41 0 0 22 0 457
2019 383 7 6 50 0 0 21 0 467
2020 328 6 5 39 0 0 20 0 398
2021 340 3 4 39 0 0 15 0 401
2022 328 3 1 52 0 0 19 0 403
2023 373 5 1 51 0 0 28 0 458

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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 Steele Street Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 382 n/a n/a n/a
1989 385 n/a n/a 7.5
1990 386 20.0 19.3 4.4
1991 379 n/a n/a n/a
1992 398 n/a n/a 6.3
1993 384 n/a 0.0 9.6
1994 377 17.0 22.2 8.8
1995 368 16.7 22.0 8.4
1996 368 16.7 22.0 8.4
1997 377 18.0 20.9 11.9
1998 381 17.0 22.4 10
1999 384 19.0 20.2 8.9
2000 386 18.5 20.9 13
2001 364 19.0 19.2 12.4
2002 364 18.6 19.6 9.3
2003 364 18.6 19.6 9.3
2004 350 14.0 25.0 13.4
2005 353 16.8 21.0 13.7
2006 356 16.8 21.2 12.7
2007 342 16.6 20.6 17
2008 348 17.5 19.9 20.8
2009 383 17.8 21.5 24.7
2010 418 20.8 20.1 29.3
2011 405 19.8 20.4 32.3
2012 428 20.9 20.4 36.7
2013 463 23.9 19.3 36.3
2014 467 22.6 20.6 40.9
2015 471 22.0 21.4 36.9
2016 474 22.0 21.5 33.3
2017 466 24.6 18.8 31.3
2018 457 25.8 17.7 40
2019 467 25.0 18.6 37.5
2020 398 21.9 18.1 37.2
2021 401 23.0 17.4 36.9
2022 403 23.3 17.2 37.7
2023 458 25.2 18.1 45.2

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 Steele Street Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 382 n/a n/a n/a
1989 385 n/a n/a 7.5
1990 386 20.0 19.3 4.4
1991 379 n/a n/a n/a
1992 398 n/a n/a 6.3
1993 384 n/a 0.0 9.6
1994 377 17.0 22.2 8.8
1995 368 16.7 22.0 8.4
1996 368 16.7 22.0 8.4
1997 377 18.0 20.9 11.9
1998 381 17.0 22.4 10
1999 384 19.0 20.2 8.9
2000 386 18.5 20.9 13
2001 364 19.0 19.2 12.4
2002 364 18.6 19.6 9.3
2003 364 18.6 19.6 9.3
2004 350 14.0 25.0 13.4
2005 353 16.8 21.0 13.7
2006 356 16.8 21.2 12.7
2007 342 16.6 20.6 17
2008 348 17.5 19.9 20.8
2009 383 17.8 21.5 24.7
2010 418 20.8 20.1 29.3
2011 405 19.8 20.4 32.3
2012 428 20.9 20.4 36.7
2013 463 23.9 19.3 36.3
2014 467 22.6 20.6 40.9
2015 471 22.0 21.4 36.9
2016 474 22.0 21.5 33.3
2017 466 24.6 18.8 31.3
2018 457 25.8 17.7 40
2019 467 25.0 18.6 37.5
2020 398 21.9 18.1 37.2
2021 401 23.0 17.4 36.9
2022 403 23.3 17.2 37.7
2023 458 25.2 18.1 45.2

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 Steele Street Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $641 (6.8%) $8,741 (93.2%) $9,382
2020 $659 (7.2%) $8,516 (92.8%) $9,176
2021 $1,102 (8.6%) $11,775 (91.4%) $12,877
2022 $1,040 (7.1%) $13,627 (92.9%) $14,667
2023 $1,220 (9.4%) $11,726 (90.6%) $12,946

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Steele Street Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 377th of 1408 Elementary schoolsRanks 687th of 1470 Elementary schools
 20%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Steele Street Elementary School)65.449.5
 15.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Mason Public Schools (Ingham))65.155.1
 10%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)45.140.9
 4.2%
3rd Grade Math (Steele Street Elementary School)65.438.1
 27.3%
   3rd Grade Math (Mason Public Schools (Ingham))59.747.7
 12%
   3rd Grade Math (Michigan)46.742.9
 3.8%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Steele Street Elementary School)51.344.6
 6.7%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Mason Public Schools (Ingham))61.146.2
 14.9%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)45.844.3
 1.5%
4th Grade Math (Steele Street Elementary School)5033.7
 16.3%
   4th Grade Math (Mason Public Schools (Ingham))60.646.2
 14.4%
   4th Grade Math (Michigan)41.838.6
 3.2%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Steele Street Elementary School)65.352.8
 12.5%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Mason Public Schools (Ingham))61.148.7
 12.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)46.243.9
 2.3%
5th Grade Math (Steele Street Elementary School)4436.1
 7.9%
   5th Grade Math (Mason Public Schools (Ingham))46.536.5
 10%
   5th Grade Math (Michigan)34.831.5
 3.3%
5th Grade Social Studies (Steele Street Elementary School)21.319.4
 1.9%
   5th Grade Social Studies (Mason Public Schools (Ingham))23.920.6
 3.3%
   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 Students467458
 1.9%
African American75
 28.6%
American Indian00
Asian61
 83.3%
Hispanic5051
 2%
Pacific Islander00
White383373
 2.6%
Two or More Races2128
 33.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients37.5%45.2%
 7.7%


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Steele Street Elementary School ranks 797th of 1486 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 458 students attended Steele Street Elementary School.

Students who attend Steele Street Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Mason Middle School
High : Mason High School

Students at Steele Street Elementary School are 81% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 1% African American.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Michigan Department of Education.

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