Goodwillie Environmental School

Goodwillie Environmental School is a micro-enrollment intermediate school in ADA, Michigan, part of Forest Hills Public Schools. The school teaches 103 students in grades 5 through 6. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 502 students each, so Goodwillie Environmental School sits 79% below that benchmark.

Forest Hills Public Schools runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 8,797 students. Goodwillie Environmental School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Goodwillie Environmental School records that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Goodwillie Environmental School higher than the state norm the norm. About 6% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kent County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Goodwillie Environmental School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.7%, the actual is 76.0%, a residual of +12.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Kent County indicate median household income runs about $82,631, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Goodwillie Environmental School is one of 239 public schools in Kent County (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students).

The closest other public school is Eastern High School, roughly 3.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Goodwillie Environmental School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 71.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 101 students in 2018 compared to 103 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 96% to 88%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 24.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.