Atwood Elementary School

Atwood Elementary School is a large primary school in MACOMB, Michigan, part of L'Anse Creuse Public Schools. The school serves 612 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Atwood Elementary School sits 66% larger than that benchmark.

L'Anse Creuse Public Schools comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 9,090 students; Atwood Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Atwood Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 10% Black, 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Macomb County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Atwood Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 44.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Macomb County indicate median household income runs about $77,837, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Atwood Elementary School is one of 236 public schools in Macomb County (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students).

The closest other public school is High School North, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Atwood Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 41.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Atwood Elementary School has declined 8%, going from 668 students in 2018 to 612 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 80% to 76% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 in 2025.

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