Eisenhower Elementary School, Fraser MI

Original Research by School Decision on Eisenhower Elementary School

Eisenhower Elementary sits in Fraser, a residential suburb northeast of Detroit in Macomb County. The school serves pre-kindergarten through sixth grade as part of Fraser Public Schools, and its enrollment places it in a mid-size range for an elementary building in this area. Just over half of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The racial composition is majority white, with a substantial Black enrollment and smaller groups of multiracial, Hispanic, and Asian students. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not reported, so those shares cannot be described here.

Fraser itself is an established, family-oriented suburb that grew rapidly in the 1960s and has been largely built out for decades. The population has been flat to slightly declining in recent estimates. The city is nearly square, bounded by major roads, with Groesbeck Highway running through its southeast corner carrying commercial strip development and manufacturing shops. Walkability is limited; residents depend on cars. Publicly reported sources identify healthcare and manufacturing as employment mainstays, and the city sits within the SMART bus service area. The housing market in the surrounding county shows a moderate supply of active listings and median listing prices below the national benchmark, making the area relatively affordable compared with many metropolitan markets. The typical home value in the school's zip code sits below the statewide figure as well.

On state assessments, the most recent M-STEP results paint a mixed picture. Third-grade math proficiency was a relative bright spot, with about half of tested students meeting or exceeding standards. Fourth-grade math was lower, and proficiency dropped sharply in fifth-grade math to a very low level before partially recovering in sixth grade. English language arts results were more consistent across grades, hovering in the mid-thirties for third through fifth grades and rising somewhat in sixth grade, where roughly four in ten tested students were proficient. Science proficiency in fifth grade was low, and fifth-grade social studies results were also quite low.

Against the comparison set of districts in Macomb County, Eisenhower's overall proficiency index falls below the midpoint. This is a school where a portion of each grade clears the state bar, but the share doing so varies widely by subject and grade level, with some results well below what neighboring districts are posting on average.

Because Eisenhower is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate to report, and that metric simply does not apply at this grade band. Chronic absenteeism data was not available in the provided records. No program offerings, course access details, staffing figures, discipline data, or attendance information were included in the payload, so those dimensions cannot be characterized. Multi-year trend data was also absent, which means there is no way to assess whether these proficiency levels represent improvement, decline, or stability over time.

A parent evaluating Eisenhower would find a school in a stable, affordable suburb with a diverse student body and a solid foundation in early elementary math. The weaker results in upper-elementary math and science are the kind of gap worth asking the school about directly. The mixed proficiency pattern across grades suggests that academic preparation may not build evenly from year to year, and a family would want to understand how the school supports students as content becomes more demanding in the later elementary years.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 46% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 35% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 57%

School 7% · District 26% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 624%

School 24% · District 35% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 336%

School 36% · District 39% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 435%

School 35% · District 38% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 535%

School 35% · District 38% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 641%

School 41% · District 51% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Science

Grade 515%

School 15% · District 34% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 57%

School 7% · District 20% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

This schoolFraser Public Schools, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income19%Higher-income52%33 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income29%Higher-income41%12 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income23%Higher-income48%25 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income36%Higher-income44%7 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income29%Higher-income71%43 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income36%Higher-income41%5 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income18%Higher-income28%10 pp gap