The top reported proficiency rate is 33% in Science. The lowest is 23% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Webberville Elementary School
Webberville Elementary School is a small regular public school serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in the village of Webberville, part of the Webberville Community Schools district in Ingham County. The school sits on Main Street in a rural-feeling community east of Lansing. Its enrollment is modest for its grade band, with class sizes that generally run small across the tested grades.
The student body is predominantly white, with a small Hispanic presence and only a handful of students from other racial or ethnic backgrounds. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, pointing to a working-class community context. The data did not include counts for students with individualized education programs or English learners, so those population figures are not available here. This is a school where most families know one another, and the small scale means students spend their elementary years with a consistent peer group.
On Michigan's M-STEP assessments for the most recent school year, proficiency results were mixed and generally below the statewide midpoint. In math, fewer than a third of third and fourth graders reached proficient levels, and fifth grade math was lower still. English language arts followed a similar pattern in the younger tested grades, with roughly a quarter of third and fourth graders demonstrating proficiency. Fifth grade told a different story in ELA, where half of tested students reached proficiency, a noticeable bright spot in the results. Fifth grade science landed around a third proficient, while social studies was lower. Taken together, the school's overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places it below the midpoint relative to districts in Ingham County, where the typical district sits noticeably higher.
A few things stand out in these results. The fifth grade ELA performance is a clear strength relative to the school's other scores, and science results were also comparatively stronger. The math results across all three tested grades are the softest area, and a parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly how instruction and support are structured in the earlier grades to build toward fifth grade. The tested cohorts are small, which means year-to-year results can shift noticeably with just a few students moving in or out of proficiency bands. Participation rate data was not reported, so it is not possible to assess whether testing engagement was complete.
Because this is an elementary school serving only through fifth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and that metric does not apply here. Chronic absenteeism data was not available in the provided records. No multi-year trend data was reported, so it is not possible to say whether these proficiency levels represent an improvement, a decline, or stability over time. The state did flag a change in social studies cut scores, which affects comparability for that subject, though the practical effect on this year's results is unclear.
The housing market in Webberville's zip code sits close to the Michigan state benchmark, making it more affordable than many parts of the country by a wide margin. Estimated monthly mortgage costs at current rates are moderate relative to national median household income, and the area has seen modest recent home value appreciation. For a family looking at the area, this is a community where housing costs are manageable compared to much of the region, and the small-school setting comes with both the closeness and the limitations that small enrollment brings.
No program offerings, staffing ratios, discipline data, or attendance figures were available in the records reviewed, so those aspects of the school environment cannot be characterized here. The district brief turned up no recent changes clearing a lasting-impact threshold, and the locale search returned no specific community detail beyond the school's address. A family considering Webberville Elementary would benefit from asking the school directly about instructional support in math, enrichment offerings, class structure, and how the transition to middle school is handled, since none of that appears in the available data.
See more original research from School Decision →