The top reported proficiency rate is 40% in Science. The lowest is 25% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Carsonvilleport Sanilac Elementary School
Carsonville-Port Sanilac Elementary School sits in the village of Carsonville, a small rural crossroads in Sanilac County on M-46 between Sandusky and Port Sanilac, a short drive west of Lake Huron. The school sits right in the village center on Chandler Street, while the district's combined middle and high school occupies a separate campus east of town along the same highway. The village grew from a commercial crossroads called Hall's Corners in the 1850s, later renamed for businessman Arthur Carson, and today it functions mainly as a residential community with limited commercial presence along the highway corridor. Warehousing and construction are the industries with above-average presence here, and the Huron and Eastern Railway provides freight service through town. No major employers were identified by name in publicly reported sources, and no dedicated walkability data or active street-life descriptions surfaced. The community has been losing population gradually, with no major new housing developments or growth initiatives identified.
The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade and has a small enrollment, with roughly equal-sized classes across the elementary grades. The student body is almost entirely white, with a small Hispanic presence and a handful of students of two or more races. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic profile of the surrounding community. The village's median household income sits well below national averages. Data on English learners and special-education enrollment was not reported, so those populations cannot be characterized from the available information.
On Michigan's M-STEP assessments for the 2024-25 school year, proficiency results were mixed and, in several grades, modest. Third-grade math proficiency was the strongest showing, with nearly half of tested students reaching proficiency. Fourth-grade math dropped sharply, with only a quarter of students proficient, and fifth-grade math landed in between. English language arts followed a similar but more encouraging pattern: third and fourth grade both had just under a third of students proficient, while fifth grade showed a clear jump, with half of tested students reaching proficiency. Fifth-grade science saw two-fifths of students proficient, while fifth-grade social studies was the weakest result, with only a quarter proficient.
When these results are combined into an overall proficiency index and compared against districts in Sanilac County, the school sits in the bottom quartile. That comparison set includes seven districts in the county, and Carsonville-Port Sanilac's overall proficiency falls below the county median and below the lowest-performing peer on the high end of the range. This is a soft spot worth a parent's attention. The school's small tested counts mean that year-to-year results can swing with just a few students, so a parent may want to look into how the school supports students who are below proficiency and what intervention or tutoring structures are in place, particularly in fourth-grade math and fifth-grade social studies.
No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say from the provided information whether these results represent a decline, an improvement, or a stable pattern. Participation rates were also missing from the data. Because the school serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and no chronic absenteeism figure was available for comparison.
The housing market around the school is modest. The typical home value in the school's zip code sits well below the state benchmark and roughly half the national benchmark, and values have declined slightly over the past year. The estimated monthly mortgage payment at current rates is manageable relative to national median household income, and the price-to-income ratio suggests relative affordability for the area, though local incomes are lower than the national median. Rental data was not available.
The district brief turned up little on recent parent-relevant changes, so nothing specific about new programs, leadership shifts, or facility updates can be reported from the available search. Program offerings, staffing details, discipline data, and attendance data were not provided.
For a parent weighing this school, the picture is one of a small rural elementary program in an affordable, quiet community, with assessment results that vary widely by grade and subject and that sit toward the lower end among Sanilac County districts. The fifth-grade ELA and science results are encouraging, and third-grade math is a relative bright spot. The fourth-grade math and fifth-grade social studies numbers are areas a parent would want to understand better. The small class sizes mean more individual attention is plausible, but they also mean each year's results can shift considerably. A family comfortable with a rural setting and looking for affordability may find this a reasonable fit, with the caveat that academic support and intervention practices are worth asking about directly.
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