The top reported proficiency rate is 15% in Math. The lowest is 8% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Charles C Mcglinnen School
Charles C. McGlinnen School is a regular public elementary school in the Clintondale Community Schools district, serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade on Clinton Township's east side. The building sits on Sunnyview Street, in a residential pocket of a township that describes itself as a mix of subdivisions, retail corridors, and industrial areas. Clinton Township is Michigan's most populous township, a northern suburb of Detroit with no traditional downtown. Commercial and civic life runs along wide arterial roads like Gratiot Avenue, and the Mall at Partridge Creek functions as the closest thing to a central gathering place. The township is overwhelmingly car-dependent, and the school reflects that suburban setting.
The enrollment is small for a school spanning six grade levels. A very large share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, making this a high-poverty school by any standard. The student body is majority Black, with a substantial White minority and smaller groups identifying as two or more races, Hispanic, or Asian. The school does not report figures for special education or English learner populations, so those needs remain invisible in the available data.
On Michigan's M-STEP assessment for the most recent school year, proficiency rates were low across every tested subject and grade. In math, the share of students scoring proficient or above was modest in third grade and slightly higher in fourth grade, then fell sharply by fifth grade. English language arts followed a similar pattern, with the highest rate in fourth grade and the lowest in fifth. Science proficiency in fifth grade was quite low. Social studies was lower still, with the reported range near zero and no students reaching proficiency. The school's overall proficiency index, which averages results across tested subjects and grades, places it in the bottom quartile relative to districts in Macomb County, well below the county median. These are the most recent results available, and trend data was not provided, so there is no way to tell from the payload whether performance is improving, declining, or holding steady. A parent may want to ask the school directly what supports are in place for students who are not yet proficient and how growth is being measured year to year.
The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. Several other measures that would help round out the picture were also absent: chronic absenteeism data, discipline reports, staffing ratios, course access details, and a locale classification from the state. Without these, the portrait leans heavily on test results and demographics.
Clintondale Community Schools, the parent district, did not surface any recently reported changes of lasting impact in the available search. The district brief came back largely empty, so there is little to say about strategic priorities, leadership shifts, or program expansions from the provided material.
The housing market around the school is relatively affordable for the region. Typical home values in the school's zip code sit well below both the state and national benchmarks, and rents are similarly modest. Home values have been appreciating at a moderate pace year over year, and the broader Macomb County market shows healthy inventory with a manageable median time on market. For a family weighing the cost of living against school performance, the area offers lower housing costs than much of metro Detroit, and the tradeoff in academic outcomes is visible in the data. Clinton Township has been active along its Gratiot corridor, with a downtown development authority running a streetscape and placemaking initiative, and a large Regional Shopping Center property recently changing hands. These are long-term civic projects that may shape the area over time but do not immediately affect the school experience.
For a family considering McGlinnen, the clearest takeaway is that this is a small, high-poverty elementary school with current test results well below county averages and limited publicly available information about student support programs. The affordability of the surrounding neighborhood is a real factor. What the school is doing to move students toward proficiency, and how it serves children who need extra help, are questions worth bringing directly to the administration.
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