Enrollment
103
Middle
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOREST HILLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 261461001366
Goodwillie Environmental School
8400 2 MILE RD NE, ADA, MI 49301 · (616) 493-8633 · Kent County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL103 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
4 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
6 students
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 55%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 52 | 50% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 50% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
81.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
80.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
76.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Goodwillie Environmental School
Goodwillie Environmental School's state test result (76.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwillie Environmental School this school | 103 | 5.8% | 76.0% |
| Whiteford Middle School OTTAWA LAKE | 188 | 17.0% | 49.0% |
| Blandford School GRAND RAPIDS | 60 | 23.3% | 69.8% |
| Harbor Springs Middle School HARBOR SPRINGS | 233 | 21.0% | 55.9% |
| Charyl Stockwell Academy Middle School BRIGHTON | 282 | 18.4% | 52.3% |
| Saugatuck Middle School SAUGATUCK | 186 | 27.4% | 58.5% |
Matched among Michigan middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Goodwillie Environmental School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kent County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #5 of 397 | #3 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #3 of 380 | #1 of 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.6% | #1 of 377 | #1 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 103 | #476 of 491 | #36 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.8% | #474 of 477 | #36 of 36 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
103
-2 (-2%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 101
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 26.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 103 | 4.3 | 24.2:1 | 6% (6) |
| 2023-24 | 104 | 4.4 | 23.6:1 | 9% (9) |
| 2022-23 | 104 | 4.2 | 24.8:1 | 6% (6) |
| 2020-21 | 105 | 4 | 26.3:1 | 8% (8) |
| 2017-18 | 101 | 4.4 | 23.1:1 | 3% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 97 | 4 | 24.3:1 | 6% (6) |
| 2010-11 | 101 | 4 | 25.3:1 | 4% (4) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Goodwillie Environmental School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (101 to 103); teachers down 3% (4.4 to 4.3).
About Goodwillie Environmental School
Goodwillie Environmental School is a middle-grades school in ADA, Michigan, reachable at (616) 493-8633. There are 103 students enrolled, covering grades 5 through 6. On average, middle schools in Michigan enroll around 502, and this school is 79% below that mark.
Forest Hills Public Schools runs 18 schools with a combined 8,797 students. Goodwillie Environmental School is one of them.
Roughly 88% of students at Goodwillie Environmental School are White. Smaller groups are 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 73% of Kent County residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 22%.
With 4.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 24.2:1. Statewide, middle schools in Michigan average 17.5:1. Roughly 6% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Kent County, the average is 47%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Goodwillie Environmental School is 12.3 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 76.0% actual, 63.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Michigan.
Census data for Kent County show the median household earns about $82,631 a year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Kent County number 239, with about 97,253 students.
Goodwillie Environmental School is about 3.2 miles from Eastern High School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 71.3% on proficiency, and Goodwillie Environmental School is above that at 76.0%.
Goodwillie Environmental School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 105 in 2020-21, 103 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 26.3:1 to 24.2:1 over the same years.
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Kent County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
663,150
Census ACS
Median income
$82,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
239
97,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Forest Hills Public Schools
- Northern High SchoolHigh · 1,088 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 999 students
- Eastern High SchoolHigh · 768 students
- Eastern Middle SchoolMiddle · 528 students
- Knapp Forest Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
- Northern Trails 56 SchoolMiddle · 520 students
Other schools in ADA
- Eastern High SchoolHigh · 768 students
- Eastern Middle SchoolMiddle · 528 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 488 students
- Central Woodlands 56 SchoolMiddle · 462 students
- Ada Vista Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Ada Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
Nearby schools
- Eastern High School3.2 mi · 768
- Eastern Middle School3.3 mi · 528
- Ada Vista Elementary School3.4 mi · 446
- Ada Elementary School3.5 mi · 293
- Cannonsburg Elementary School3.8 mi · 262
- Central Woodlands 56 School4.1 mi · 462
Frequently asked questions
About Goodwillie Environmental SchoolHow large is Goodwillie Environmental School?
Goodwillie Environmental School enrolls approximately 103 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does Goodwillie Environmental School serve?
Goodwillie Environmental School serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Goodwillie Environmental School?
Approximately 24.2:1 students per teacher at Goodwillie Environmental School.
What is the student diversity at Goodwillie Environmental School?
Student demographics at Goodwillie Environmental School are roughly 88% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Goodwillie Environmental School public or private?
Goodwillie Environmental School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Forest Hills Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.