The top reported proficiency rate is 27% in English language arts. The lowest is 19% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on John R Kment Elementary School
John R. Kment Elementary School sits on Washington Street in Roseville, a mature inner-ring suburb of Detroit in Macomb County. The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as part of Roseville Community Schools, a district that operates seven elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school across the city. Kment is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and its enrollment is small for a school covering seven grade levels.
The student body reflects the working-class character of the surrounding neighborhood. A very large share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is consistent with Roseville's economic profile as a mid-20th-century suburb where manufacturing, health care, and retail are the largest employment sectors. The school's racial composition is mixed, with white students forming a slight plurality and Black students the next largest group, plus a smaller multiracial segment and a handful of Asian and Hispanic students. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not available, so those populations cannot be characterized here.
On Michigan's M-STEP assessment for the most recent school year, Kment's results were modest across the board. Math proficiency declined from third grade to fifth grade, with the strongest showing in third grade and the weakest in fifth. English language arts followed a different pattern, with fifth graders posting the highest proficiency rate in that subject, well above the third and fourth grade results. Science and social studies were tested only in fifth grade, and both came in below the school's better ELA mark. Averaged across tested subjects and grades, Kment's overall proficiency sits below the midpoint among the districts in Macomb County. No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability. A parent looking at these numbers may want to ask the school directly about its academic intervention plans and how it supports students who are not yet meeting grade-level benchmarks.
Roseville itself is a car-dependent community with no traditional downtown or walkable mixed-use core. Gratiot Avenue cuts through the city as the main commercial corridor, lined with auto-oriented strip development, and the Macomb Mall and Eastgate Shopping Center serve as retail anchors. Interstate freeways and the mile-road grid make driving the practical mode for nearly everything, including getting to school. The city has been slowly losing population for years, yet property values have edged upward recently. Housing in the school's zip code is affordable compared with both state and national benchmarks, with a typical home value well below the statewide figure and rents that sit below national norms. The price-to-income ratio suggests that buying a home here is more attainable than in many Michigan communities, though the housing stock is older and largely built out within the city's compact footprint.
Kment sits in a community where civic life centers on a civic center complex and library rather than a traditional Main Street, and the school is one of several elementary buildings distributed across the city rather than clustered in a central area. No data on course offerings, extracurricular programs, discipline, staffing ratios, or attendance was provided, which limits the picture of day-to-day school environment. The district brief did not surface any recent referendums, curriculum overhauls, or property-tax shifts, so nothing on the policy side rises to the level of parent-relevant change worth flagging here.
What the available evidence shows is a small neighborhood elementary school serving a economically disadvantaged and racially mixed student population in an affordable, aging suburb, with state test results that trail the county midpoint. Families considering Kment would benefit from visiting the school, asking about instructional support and enrichment, and understanding how Roseville Community Schools transitions students from the elementary level into its middle and high schools.
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