Dodson Elementary School
205 North Beck Rd
Canton MI, 48187, Wayne County
Phone: 734-981-8003
Ranking: 
(206 out of 2,213, top 9%)*
(206 out of 2,213, top 9%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Plymouth-Canton Community Schools
Title I Eligible School: No
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: | 27 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 32 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 540 | 561 | 412 | 450 | 501 | 554 | 564 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Kindergarten: | 44 | 8.1% | 52 | 9.3% | 51 | 12.4% | 46 | 10.2% | 67 | 13.4% | 67 | 12.1% | 77 | 13.7% |
| Grade 1: | 67 | 12.4% | 78 | 13.9% | 63 | 15.3% | 75 | 16.7% | 83 | 16.6% | 85 | 15.3% | 77 | 13.7% |
| Grade 2: | 81 | 15.0% | 62 | 11.1% | 76 | 18.4% | 87 | 19.3% | 88 | 17.6% | 80 | 14.4% | 120 | 21.3% |
| Grade 3: | 84 | 15.6% | 98 | 17.5% | 82 | 19.9% | 79 | 17.6% | 70 | 14.0% | 111 | 20.0% | 98 | 17.4% |
| Grade 4: | 128 | 23.7% | 137 | 24.4% | 74 | 18.0% | 67 | 14.9% | 96 | 19.2% | 109 | 19.7% | 103 | 18.3% |
| Grade 5: | 136 | 25.2% | 134 | 23.9% | 66 | 16.0% | 96 | 21.3% | 97 | 19.4% | 102 | 18.4% | 89 | 15.8% |
| Ungraded: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 268 | 49.6% | 277 | 49.4% | 226 | 54.9% | 240 | 53.3% | 259 | 51.7% | 287 | 51.8% | 293 | 52.0% |
| Female: | 272 | 50.4% | 284 | 50.6% | 186 | 45.1% | 210 | 46.7% | 234 | 46.7% | 238 | 43.0% | 247 | 43.8% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 164 | 30.4% | 145 | 25.8% | 85 | 20.6% | 91 | 20.2% | 95 | 19.0% | 116 | 20.9% | 109 | 19.3% |
| Hispanic: | 14 | 2.6% | 19 | 3.4% | 16 | 3.9% | 15 | 3.3% | 8 | 1.6% | 10 | 1.8% | 12 | 2.1% |
| Black: | 40 | 7.4% | 41 | 7.3% | 38 | 9.2% | 40 | 8.9% | 62 | 12.4% | 63 | 11.4% | 53 | 9.4% |
| White: | 295 | 54.6% | 328 | 58.5% | 250 | 60.7% | 285 | 63.3% | 335 | 66.9% | 343 | 61.9% | 370 | 65.6% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 25 | 4.6% | 27 | 4.8% | 22 | 5.3% | 18 | 4.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 24 | 4.4% | 23 | 4.1% | 22 | 5.3% | 17 | 3.8% | 39 | 7.8% | 19 | 3.4% | 15 | 2.7% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 3 | 0.6% | 4 | 0.7% | 4 | 1.0% | 3 | 0.7% | 2 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.7% | 3 | 0.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 19.72 | 19.79 | 15.59 | 16.73 | 18.43 | 19.10 | 17.80 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| MEAP | ||||||
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97% | 93.8% | 87% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 99% | 94.9% | 87.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 96.2% | 90.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 99.1% | 96.7% | 91.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.1% | 97.4% | 94.8% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98.7% | 97.7% | 95.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 56% | 53.5% | 36.3% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 59.9% | 40.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93% | 90.3% | 86.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.1% | 93.4% | 87.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 92.2% | 86.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.5% | 91.7% | 86.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98.6% | 94.1% | 89.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 92% | 86.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 72.9% | 62.4% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 80.1% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57% | 48.8% | 51.5% |
| 2007 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 52.9% | 58.9% | 51.8% |
| 2008 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 65.7% | 57.4% |
| 2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 70.4% | 61.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 90.4% | 81.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.6% | 91.9% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 97% | 92.9% | 85.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.1% | 95.4% | 87.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 100% | 97.1% | 92.3% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.1% | 95.8% | 91.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 63.1% | 39.9% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 80% | 65% | 44.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 88.5% | 83.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 91% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 91.5% | 84.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 92.3% | 82.8% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 89.5% | 84.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 97% | 90.5% | 84.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 82.1% | 67.7% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 78.4% | 68.1% |
| 2006 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 56.3% | 59% | 54.8% |
| 2007 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.4% | 49.9% | 45.2% |
| 2008 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.4% | 56.7% | 44.5% |
| 2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 57.5% | 44.4% |
| 2011 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 61% | 47.2% |
| 2012 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 57.1% | 44.5% |
| 2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 59.6% | 46.7% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 96% | 89.8% | 73.4% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.8% | 90.5% | 75.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 89.9% | 74.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 96% | 92.2% | 76.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.4% | 93.6% | 79.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.8% | 92.5% | 79.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 69.1% | 39.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 72% | 45.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.9% | 89.6% | 80% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 92.2% | 84.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 90.2% | 81.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 90.7% | 81.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 92.4% | 85.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 92.9% | 85.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 83% | 68.8% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 81.3% | 70.4% |
| 2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.7% | 87.3% | 76.8% |
| 2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 90.9% | 82.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 91.3% | 81.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 92.5% | 83.1% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 91.7% | 81% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 88.9% | 78.1% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 25% | 23.3% | 15.3% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.1% | 16.6% | 13.1% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.1% | 67.1% | 62.9% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 71.5% | 57.4% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 70.3% | 58.8% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 77.9% | 63.4% |
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* Dodson Elementary School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.