Bennett Woods Elementary School

As a moderately sized elementary school in OKEMOS, Michigan, Bennett Woods Elementary School enrolls 476 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by Okemos Public Schools. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Bennett Woods Elementary School sits 29% above that benchmark.

Within Okemos Public Schools, which oversees 7 schools and 4,639 students, Bennett Woods Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bennett Woods Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 19% Asian, 11% multiracial, 8% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Ingham County's rate of about 49%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bennett Woods Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Ingham County indicate the typical household earns roughly $65,526 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Ingham County runs 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students), of which Bennett Woods Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Michigan Connections Academy, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bennett Woods Elementary School comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 64.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 16%: 412 students in 2018 compared to 476 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 6% to 1% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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