The top reported proficiency rate is 37% in English language arts. The lowest is 22% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Elliott Elementary School
Elliott Elementary School sits in Holt, an unincorporated community within Delhi Charter Township, just south of Lansing along the I-96 corridor. It is a regular public school in the Holt Public Schools district, serving kindergarten through fourth grade. The campus on Bond Avenue is part of a district that publicly reported a bond proposal in November 2021, approved by voters to fund facility improvements, technology upgrades, and security enhancements across Holt's schools. That investment is reshaping the learning environment for students here, and it also affects local property taxes.
Holt itself is a car-dependent residential suburb. Commercial activity clusters along major corridors like Cedar Street rather than in a traditional downtown grid. There is no classic main street. The built environment is single-family homes, strip malls, and highway-oriented retail. A farmers' market operates as a community gathering point, and CATA Route 8 links Holt to Lansing for residents who need transit. The community has eight parks, including William Burchfield Park with its beachfront swimming area, sledding hill, and year-round trails. Holt also sits along an ancient glacial esker, the longest in Michigan, traceable from south Lansing through town to Mason. The largest local employment sectors are health care and social assistance, manufacturing, and retail trade, with many residents likely commuting into Lansing for state government and metro-area jobs.
Holt grew dramatically over recent decades, partly through CDP boundary expansion, though the latest data shows a slight population decline and what appears to be a plateauing community. Median household income has been rising modestly. For a family considering the area, the housing market is relatively accessible compared with national benchmarks. Typical home values sit below the national figure and only slightly above the Michigan state benchmark, while rents run moderately lower than what a monthly mortgage would cost at current interest rates. That gap between rent and mortgage is worth keeping in mind for families weighing buying versus renting near the school.
At Elliott, the enrollment is moderate for an elementary building, with fairly even distribution across the five grade levels. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the working- and middle-class character of the surrounding community. The student body is diverse: just over half the students are white, with meaningful representation of Black, Hispanic, multiracial, and Asian students. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not available, so we cannot speak to those populations here.
Academically, Elliott's state testing results from the most recent M-STEP administration show a school sitting below the midpoint among districts in Ingham County on overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. In English language arts, roughly a third to somewhat under two-fifths of third and fourth graders reached proficiency, with fifth-grade ELA results landing near the top of that range. Math results were lower, with proficiency rates in the high twenties to mid-thirties across the tested grades. Science proficiency among the tested upper-elementary cohort landed near a third, and social studies was the softest area, with under a quarter of tested students reaching proficiency. A parent may want to look into how the school supports math instruction and social studies in particular, since those are the areas where the fewest students are meeting the state bar.
The school's grade band means there is no graduation rate to report and no high school course access data. Kindergarten through second grade are not state-tested, so the results above cover only the upper grades. Participation rate data was not available, and trend comparisons across years could not be computed cleanly.
What Elliott offers is a community elementary school in a suburban setting with a diverse peer group and a district investing in its facilities. The academic results are modest, particularly in math and social studies, and a family weighing this school against others in Ingham County would want to ask how instruction in those subjects is being strengthened. The housing costs are approachable, the neighborhood has parks and transit access to Lansing, and the district's recent bond points toward ongoing attention to buildings and security.
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