Blanche Sims Elementary School
465 East Jackson St
Lake Orion MI, 48362, Oakland County
Phone: 248-693-5460
Ranking: 
(373 out of 2,213, top 17%)*
(373 out of 2,213, top 17%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Lake Orion Community Schools
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 20 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 23 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 311 | 326 | 359 | 384 | 402 | 399 | 410 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 41 | 13.2% | 44 | 13.5% | 51 | 14.2% | 59 | 15.4% | 61 | 15.2% | 72 | 18.0% | 59 | 14.4% |
| Grade 1: | 48 | 15.4% | 51 | 15.6% | 65 | 18.1% | 64 | 16.7% | 66 | 16.4% | 58 | 14.5% | 89 | 21.7% |
| Grade 2: | 51 | 16.4% | 58 | 17.8% | 63 | 17.5% | 56 | 14.6% | 53 | 13.2% | 83 | 20.8% | 68 | 16.6% |
| Grade 3: | 60 | 19.3% | 61 | 18.7% | 54 | 15.0% | 54 | 14.1% | 82 | 20.4% | 68 | 17.0% | 61 | 14.9% |
| Grade 4: | 55 | 17.7% | 53 | 16.3% | 54 | 15.0% | 82 | 21.4% | 72 | 17.9% | 64 | 16.0% | 58 | 14.1% |
| Grade 5: | 56 | 18.0% | 59 | 18.1% | 72 | 20.1% | 69 | 18.0% | 68 | 16.9% | 54 | 13.5% | 75 | 18.3% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 174 | 55.9% | 183 | 56.1% | 197 | 54.9% | 195 | 50.8% | 195 | 48.5% | 189 | 47.4% | 192 | 46.8% |
| Female: | 137 | 44.1% | 143 | 43.9% | 162 | 45.1% | 189 | 49.2% | 181 | 45.0% | 188 | 47.1% | 207 | 50.5% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 5 | 1.6% | 9 | 2.8% | 8 | 2.2% | 8 | 2.1% | 8 | 2.0% | 7 | 1.8% | 6 | 1.5% |
| Hispanic: | 11 | 3.5% | 8 | 2.5% | 10 | 2.8% | 13 | 3.4% | 12 | 3.0% | 11 | 2.8% | 12 | 2.9% |
| Black: | 7 | 2.3% | 7 | 2.1% | 5 | 1.4% | 5 | 1.3% | 9 | 2.2% | 8 | 2.0% | 12 | 2.9% |
| White: | 273 | 87.8% | 282 | 86.5% | 314 | 87.5% | 344 | 89.6% | 355 | 88.3% | 359 | 90.0% | 373 | 91.0% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 14 | 4.5% | 18 | 5.5% | 22 | 6.1% | 14 | 3.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 77 | 24.8% | 84 | 25.8% | 92 | 25.6% | 101 | 26.3% | 99 | 24.6% | 58 | 14.5% | 50 | 12.2% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 13 | 4.2% | 18 | 5.5% | 13 | 3.6% | 29 | 7.6% | 24 | 6.0% | 19 | 4.8% | 28 | 6.8% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.40 | 12.94 | 16.17 | 15.71 | 15.81 | 16.10 | 17.90 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| MEAP | ||||||
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 95.3% | 87% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100% | 95.1% | 87.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100% | 97.8% | 90.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98.5% | 97.4% | 91.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98.7% | 98.3% | 94.8% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98.1% | 98.3% | 95.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 48.1% | 59.5% | 36.3% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69% | 64.2% | 40.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 97.1% | 86.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.7% | 94% | 87.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 94.7% | 86.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 96% | 86.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.5% | 97.2% | 89.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.3% | 92.9% | 86.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.8% | 82.8% | 62.4% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 86.5% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 51.9% | 64% | 51.5% |
| 2007 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.2% | 62.6% | 51.8% |
| 2008 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60.3% | 72.6% | 57.4% |
| 2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 79.4% | 61.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 95.3% | 81.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.1% | 94.2% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 95.5% | 85.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.7% | 96.1% | 87.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 100% | 97.5% | 92.3% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.7% | 97.2% | 91.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.6% | 59% | 39.9% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 48.9% | 67% | 44.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.3% | 94% | 83.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.3% | 94.5% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 94.6% | 84.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 92.8% | 82.8% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.3% | 95% | 84.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 94.7% | 84.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 84.5% | 67.7% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 88.9% | 68.1% |
| 2006 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 80% | 71.9% | 54.8% |
| 2007 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 68.5% | 45.2% |
| 2008 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.7% | 64.1% | 44.5% |
| 2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.7% | 62.1% | 44.4% |
| 2011 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 66.9% | 47.2% |
| 2012 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 51.9% | 59.9% | 44.5% |
| 2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.6% | 70.6% | 46.7% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 87% | 87.2% | 73.4% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 88% | 91.8% | 75.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 89.1% | 74.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 89.5% | 76.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 90.9% | 79.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.8% | 91.1% | 79.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.5% | 61.2% | 39.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 61% | 71.3% | 45.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.1% | 92.2% | 80% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 96% | 92.8% | 84.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.2% | 92.7% | 81.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 92.8% | 81.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 94.1% | 85.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 94.1% | 85.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 87.2% | 68.8% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 91% | 70.4% |
| 2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 91% | 90.8% | 76.8% |
| 2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 92% | 93.8% | 82.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 93.6% | 81.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 95.3% | 83.1% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 92.7% | 81% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 92.1% | 78.1% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 14.3% | 23.5% | 15.3% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 16.9% | 23.1% | 13.1% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.7% | 72.7% | 62.9% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 71.3% | 57.4% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.6% | 75.8% | 58.8% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 81.9% | 63.4% |
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* Blanche Sims Elementary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.