Eriksson Elementary School, Canton MI

Original Research by School Decision on Eriksson Elementary School

Eriksson Elementary sits on North Haggerty Road in Canton, a large charter township in Wayne County positioned between Detroit and Ann Arbor. It is part of Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, one of the larger districts in the region and, publicly reported, the township's top employer. Canton itself is a suburban community built around residential subdivisions and commercial corridors along Ford Road and Michigan Avenue. Walkability is limited outside a few nodes like the Cherry Hill new urbanist neighborhood, and civic life centers on the township administration complex and community spaces such as Preservation Park, which hosts a seasonal farmers market. The township grew rapidly through decades of suburban expansion, though growth has leveled off in recent years.

The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade and has a moderate enrollment for an elementary in this district. Its student body is diverse in a way that reflects the broader township: a white majority, with substantial Black and Asian representation and smaller Hispanic and multiracial populations. A sizeable share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not available, so those population sizes are unknown here.

On Michigan's M-STEP assessment, Eriksson's results place its overall proficiency in the top quartile relative to districts in Wayne County. English language arts is the stronger area. Third graders showed solid proficiency, with a majority meeting benchmarks, and fifth graders were close behind at a similar level. Fourth grade ELA dipped more noticeably. Math follows a different pattern: third grade was moderate, fourth grade weaker, and fifth grade lower still. Science and social studies, both tested only in fifth grade, landed in the middle range, with roughly four in ten students demonstrating proficiency. No multi-year trend data was available, so it is hard to say whether these results represent a stable pattern or a year-to-year fluctuation. Participation rates were also missing from the data provided.

The fourth-grade dip across both math and ELA is something a parent may want to look into further with the school. Whether it reflects a cohort effect, a curricular transition, or something else is not clear from the available data. The stronger third-grade and fifth-grade ELA results suggest that many students do leave Eriksson reading at or above grade level, even if the intermediate year shows a softer spot.

Because Eriksson is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate to report, and the grade band does not include the high school assessments that would feed into one. Chronic absenteeism data was not available for this school, nor were discipline, staffing, or course-access details. These gaps mean the picture here is centered on enrollment, demographics, and state test results.

Canton's housing market is more expensive than the state benchmark and sits above the national typical home value as well. Rents are moderate relative to income. The broader Wayne County market, which includes Detroit, shows more inventory and softer listing prices than Canton's zip code, so county-level housing figures understate what families will find near the school. For families buying in the area, the Plymouth-Canton district recently completed a bond-funded round of safety, technology, and facility upgrades across all its schools, with publicly reported projects reaching final stages. That means children arriving at Eriksson are entering buildings that have seen recent investment without an added tax levy on residents.

Eriksson presents as a suburban elementary with a diverse student body, reasonably strong reading results, and a math trajectory that weakens as students move toward the upper elementary grades. Families drawn to the Plymouth-Canton area for its residential character and proximity to both Detroit and Ann Arbor will find here a school that performs well in context, with a clear area in middle-grade math worth asking about.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 343%

School 43% · District 61% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 431%

School 31% · District 55% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 518%

School 18% · District 51% · ▼ 33 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 354%

School 54% · District 58% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 29 pts above county median

Grade 430%

School 30% · District 58% · ▼ 28 pts below district

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

Grade 553%

School 53% · District 67% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Science

Grade 540%

School 40% · District 59% · ▼ 18 pts below district

even with state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 49% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

This schoolPlymouth-Canton Community 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-income38%Higher-income65%28 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income23%Higher-income35%12 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income50%Higher-income56%6 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income16%Higher-income60%45 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income19%Higher-income40%20 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income11%Higher-income25%14 pp gap