The top reported proficiency rate is 43% in English language arts. The lowest is 40% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Natalie Kreeger Elementary School
Natalie Kreeger Elementary School sits in the village of Fowlerville, a small community in Livingston County along the Grand River Avenue corridor. It is a regular public school serving grades three through five, part of the Fowlerville Community Schools district. The school sits on North Hibbard Street, woven into the village fabric rather than set apart on a separate campus. Fowlerville itself is a traditional small town with a walkable downtown of storefronts along Grand Avenue, residential neighborhoods radiating outward, and the Livingston County Fairgrounds bringing seasonal activity. The village sits near I-96, which gives residents regional access while maintaining a quieter, rural-edge character. Publicly reported plans project modest population growth for the village, and the school district recently opened a new K-through-two elementary building on the same street as Natalie Kreeger, which means families with children spanning the early grades may find both buildings within a short distance of each other.
The school serves a fairly large enrollment for a three-grade building, with each grade level close in size. The student body is overwhelmingly white, with small numbers of Hispanic students and very few students from other racial or ethnic backgrounds. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on individualized education programs and English learner status was not available, so those demographics are not reflected here.
On Michigan's M-STEP assessments for the most recent school year, results were mixed across grades and subjects. Third-grade math was the strongest showing, with roughly half of tested students reaching proficiency. Fourth-grade math was the weakest, with a much smaller share proficient. Fifth-grade math landed in between. English language arts followed a different pattern: proficiency was lower in third and fourth grades and rose in fifth grade to the school's best ELA result. Fifth-grade science and social studies proficiency rates were identical to each other and sat in the middle of the school's overall range. There were no multi-year trend data available, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent improvement or decline over time.
When compared to other districts in Livingston County, Natalie Kreeger's overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades lands in the bottom quartile. The county cohort's median proficiency sits well above this school's level, and the highest-performing districts in the set reach considerably further. This does not capture the full picture of what the school offers, but it does mean that academically, measured against its immediate neighbors, the school is on the lower end. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly the dip in fourth-grade math, to understand what supports are in place and how the school is responding.
Because Natalie Kreeger is an elementary school serving only grades three through five, there is no graduation rate to report. The same applies to college readiness or career-pathway measures, which do not exist for this grade band. Chronic absenteeism data was also not available. Participation rates for the state assessments were missing as well.
The housing market around Fowlerville is more affordable than the national benchmark but sits above the Michigan state typical value. Home values in the school's zip code have been appreciating at a healthy clip recently, outpacing both the state and national growth rates. The price-to-income ratio is moderate by national standards, and mortgage costs represent a real but manageable burden for a median household. No rent data was available for the immediate area. The village does not appear to have public transit, so families should expect to rely on personal vehicles.
What families get at Natalie Kreeger is a mid-sized, traditional elementary school embedded in a small-town setting where civic life and schools sit along the same corridor. The academic results are uneven, with some grades and subjects showing solid proficiency and others clearly lagging, and the school sits near the bottom of its county peer group on aggregate measures. For a family drawn to a quieter community with a stable housing market and a compact, village-centered layout, this is the context to weigh.
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