The top reported proficiency rate is 30% in Science. The lowest is 13% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Tenniswood Elementary School
Tenniswood Elementary School sits on Glenwood Street in Clinton Township, a northern Detroit suburb in Macomb County. It is a regular public school in the L'Anse Creuse Public Schools district, serving kindergarten through fifth grade. The enrollment is modest for an elementary building, with roughly even class sizes across the six grade levels.
The student body reflects a community where a large majority of children come from economically disadvantaged households. More than four in five students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a rate well above what most nearby elementary schools see. The racial and ethnic mix is fairly balanced between Black and White students, with a smaller multiracial group and a very small number of Asian and Hispanic students. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not reported, so those population shares remain unknown here.
On Michigan's M-STEP assessments, the most recent results paint a clear picture. Across the three tested grades, math proficiency hovered in the low twenties, with third and fourth grade landing just under a fifth of students scoring proficient or above, and fifth grade reaching about a quarter. English language arts results followed a similar pattern, with the third and fourth grades in the high teens and fifth grade improving to just over a quarter. Fifth-grade science reached roughly three in ten, while social studies was the lowest result, with only a small fraction of students meeting proficiency. Taken together, the school's overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades sits below the midpoint among districts in Macomb County, where the median is meaningfully higher. A parent weighing this school may want to ask what supports and interventions the building uses to move more students toward proficiency, and how fifth grade's relative uptick might inform earlier-grade instruction.
Because Tenniswood serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and that metric simply does not apply here. The same is true for college readiness measures. The school's chronic absenteeism rate was not available in the data provided, nor were discipline figures, staffing counts, course access details, or a locale classification. These gaps limit the picture of day-to-day school climate, and a family visiting might ask directly about attendance patterns and classroom support.
Clinton Township is Michigan's most populous township, a sprawling, car-oriented place with no traditional downtown. Publicly reported sources describe it as a mix of residential neighborhoods, retail corridors, and industrial areas, with Gratiot Avenue serving as the primary commercial spine. The Mall at Partridge Creek, an open-air shopping center with roughly ninety stores, functions as the closest thing to a community gathering place. Civic life clusters around a Civic Center campus that houses township offices, the main branch of the Clinton-Macomb Public Library, and a large park with sports fields, pickleball courts, a dog park, and a sledding hill. Henry Ford Macomb Hospital on 19 Mile Road is a major employer, and Macomb Community College's Clinton Township campus brings in a large student population. The township has seen slight population decline in recent estimates, though commercial development along Gratiot continues, including a recent property transfer at the Regional Shopping Center site and a streetscape and placemaking initiative led by the downtown development authority.
Housing in the school's zip code is relatively affordable compared with state and national benchmarks. Typical home values sit well below the Michigan statewide figure, and rents are moderate. The county market shows a healthy supply of active listings and homes moving in about a month on average. For families looking to buy, monthly mortgage costs at current rates run above local rents, which is typical for the region. The price-to-income ratio sits below the national figure, suggesting a somewhat more accessible entry point for buyers earning area median wages, though current mortgage rates remain elevated.
L'Anse Creuse Public Schools, the parent district, had no parent-relevant changes flagged in recent reporting, so nothing surfaced on program launches, facility closures, or boundary shifts that would affect a family's planning. A parent might simply watch for updates from the district as the school year approaches.
What Tenniswood offers is a small, community elementary with a diverse student body and a high-needs economic profile, set in an affordable, suburban corner of Macomb County. The academic results are on the lower side for the county, and the missing climate and staffing data leave some questions open. Families drawn to the area's housing affordability and proximity to Clinton Township's amenities will want to look closely at how the school supports its students toward grade-level proficiency.
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