The top reported proficiency rate is 74% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Farley Hill Elementary School
Farley Hill Elementary School sits on Farley Road in Pinckney, a small village in Livingston County's Putnam Township. It is one of two early-elementary buildings in the Pinckney Community Schools district, serving children from preschool through second grade. The school is a regular public school, neither charter nor magnet, and its enrollment falls in a modest range typical for an early-elementary building serving a single community.
Because Farley Hill educates only the youngest grades, the state testing picture requires some interpretation. Michigan's M-STEP assessments begin in third grade, so children enrolled here are not yet tested. The proficiency results that appear in the school's data come from third graders who were tested while attending this building, likely because the state still reports those scores under the school where testing occurred. Those results are strong. In both math and English language arts, the proficiency rate sits well above the median for schools across Livingston County districts, placing Farley Hill in the top quartile on a proficiency index that averages tested subjects. For a school whose own students are too young to be assessed, this is a positive signal about the early instruction children receive before they move on. No graduation rate applies to Farley Hill, since it does not serve high school grades, and chronic absenteeism data was not available.
The school's student body is largely white, with a small number of children identifying as Hispanic, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, or two or more races. A modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the overall enrollment is small. Data on individualized education programs and English learners was not reported, so those figures cannot be characterized here. A parent with questions about special-education services or language support may want to look into that further with the school directly.
Farley Hill operates within a district that recently restructured its grade bands. Since the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years, Pinckney Community Schools has organized its buildings so that Country Elementary and Farley Hill both serve preschool through second grade, Navigator Upper Elementary takes grades three through five, and Pathfinder School handles six through eight. That means a child starting at Farley Hill will stay here through second grade, then move to Navigator for the upper elementary years. Several older elementary buildings in the district, including Lakeland, Pinckney, and Hamburg elementaries, have closed amid declining enrollment, consolidating the district into fewer campuses spread across the township area.
Pinckney itself is a compact village with a traditional Main Street downtown along M-36, brick commercial buildings, and a central town square from its original platting. Lakelands Trail State Park runs through the village, giving residents a non-motorized trail corridor, and the Pinckney State Recreation Area to the west offers extensive multi-use trails and lake access. The village has grown rapidly over the past two decades, bringing economic activity but also stress on local infrastructure, according to the village's own history page. The Downtown Development Authority is focused on redevelopment and parking in the core. Annual St. Patrick's Day and Memorial Day parades are part of community life. No major employers were identified in the available sources, so the local employment picture is not something this data can describe.
Housing in the 48169 zip code sits above the state benchmark and modestly above the national benchmark for typical home values, with year-over-year appreciation that outpaces the national rate. Estimated monthly mortgage costs exceed estimated rent by a meaningful margin, and the price-to-income ratio suggests buying here requires a solid household income compared with many parts of the state. Rental data was not available, so the rental market cannot be characterized in detail.
What stands out about Farley Hill is the combination of a small early-childhood setting, a recent district reconfiguration that gives families a clear pathway through the upper grades, and proficiency results from tested third graders that rank among the strongest in the county. The gaps in the data, particularly around special populations, are ones a parent might reasonably ask the school to fill in.
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