Hevel Elementary, Washington MI - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Hevel Elementary

Hevel Elementary sits on 29 Mile Road in Washington Township, a charter township in northwestern Macomb County that functions as an outer suburb of Metro Detroit. The township sits roughly thirty miles north of downtown Detroit, reachable via the M-53 freeway, and retains a rural character alongside steady suburban residential growth. Old agricultural landmarks like Westview Orchards and the historic Octagon House still define the area, while newer housing has spread along the M-53 corridor. Washington Township has no traditional downtown. Civic functions cluster at the municipal offices, and the unincorporated community at 26 Mile Road and Van Dyke Avenue serves as a loose commercial node. The village of Romeo, partially extending into the township's northeast corner, offers the nearest small-town downtown environment. Residents of the township fall under three different school districts, Romeo Community Schools, Utica Community Schools, and Rochester Schools, so school campuses are spread across the township rather than grouped in a single center. Hevel belongs to Romeo Community Schools.

The school serves kindergarten through fifth grade with an enrollment that is moderately sized for an elementary building. The student body is predominantly white, with smaller Hispanic and multiracial populations and very small Black and Asian populations. A modest but meaningful share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on individualized education programs and English learners was not reported, so those populations cannot be characterized here.

On Michigan's M-STEP assessments for the most recent school year, Hevel's results paint a solid picture in English language arts. Third graders reached proficiency at just over half, fourth graders posted the strongest showing with well above six in ten proficient, and fifth graders landed between those two points. Math results were a step below ELA but still reasonable, with third grade the strongest, fourth grade near the midpoint, and fifth grade just under half. Science, tested only in fifth grade, saw fewer than four in ten reach proficiency. Social studies, also a fifth-grade test, was the weakest area, with fewer than a quarter proficient. A parent may want to look into the fifth-grade science and social studies results further with the school, since these stand below the building's ELA and math performance. The state flagged a cut-score change in social studies, which means year-over-year comparisons for that subject are not reliable. No multi-year trend data was available for any subject, so it is unclear whether these results represent a stable pattern or a single year's snapshot.

Measured against districts in Macomb County, Hevel's overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places it in the top quartile. That positioning reflects the school's relative strength in ELA and competitive math scores. Because Hevel is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate to report, and chronic absenteeism data was not available for comparison.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 356%

School 56% · District 51% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 451%

School 51% · District 50%

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 549%

School 49% · District 48% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 351%

School 51% · District 49% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 464%

School 64% · District 58% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Grade 559%

School 59% · District 51% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Science

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 44% · ▼ 6 pts below district

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

Social studies

Grade 524%

School 24% · District 31% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

This schoolRomeo 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-income63%Higher-income46%16 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income50%Higher-income71%21 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income46%Higher-income62%15 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income50%Higher-income59%9 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income45%Higher-income53%8 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income23%Higher-income56%33 pp gap