The top reported proficiency rate is 9% in English language arts. The lowest is 7% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Myers Elementary School
Myers ElementarySchool sits on Lauren Street in Taylor, Michigan, serving kindergarten through fifth grade as part of Taylor School District. It is a regular public school with a moderately sized enrollment for an elementary building, with the largest cohorts in the early primary grades and a smaller fifth-grade class.
The student body is predominantly Black, with a smaller share of white students and a modest number of multiracial and Hispanic students. Nearly every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic conditions of the surrounding neighborhood. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not available, so those populations could not be characterized here.
On Michigan's M-STEP assessments, the most recent results show very low proficiency across math, English language arts, science, and social studies. In third-grade math, only a handful of students reached proficiency. Fourth- and fifth-grade math proficiency fell into the lowest reporting range, with no students meeting the proficiency bar in either grade. English language arts results were similar, with small numbers of proficient students in fourth and fifth grade and third grade also in the lowest range. Fifth-grade science and social studies likewise landed in that bottom band. Average scale scores are reported for each tested grade and subject, but participation rates were missing from the data set. Against other Wayne County districts, Myers sits in the bottom quartile on an overall proficiency index, which combines reported proficiency rates across tested subjects and grades. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, asking what instructional supports and interventions are in place and how the building plans to move scores.
Taylor is a mixed-use suburb in the Downriver section of metropolitan Detroit, spread across roughly twenty-four square miles. It is auto-oriented, defined by wide arterial roads like Telegraph Road and Eureka Road, with commercial strips and shopping centers rather than a walkable downtown. Southland Center serves as the major retail anchor. Civic buildings cluster on Goddard Road, and Heritage Park functions as the city's recreational heart, hosting festivals, youth sports, a conservatory, a splash pad, and a petting farm. The city promotes a range of housing from high-end subdivisions to affordable starter homes. The former Gibraltar Trade Center site near I-75 and Eureka Road has been demolished, creating a redevelopment opportunity. The housing market in the school's zip code is modest, with typical home values well below the state and national benchmarks, and rents that are affordable relative to income. Listings in Wayne County have been plentiful and homes are taking longer to sell than a year ago, pointing to a market that favors buyers.
Taylor School District, which operates Myers, runs eight elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school, an early childhood center, a career technology center, and a virtual learning academy. The career technology center offers vocational and technical pathways for high school students, and the Taylor Virtual Learning Academy provides a remote option for grades six through twelve. These are districtwide offerings that Myers students will grow into as they advance. We did not find information on specific programs offered inside Myers itself, such as extracurriculars, interventions, or specialized instruction, so that is a gap a parent would want to fill by visiting or calling the building.
The school's context is one of a high-poverty elementary campus in an affordable, car-dependent suburb with solid civic infrastructure and broad district programming, but with state assessment results that are currently far below county norms. Families considering Myers should weigh the convenience and affordability of the area against the academic data and ask direct questions about what the school is doing to strengthen instruction.
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