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Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKEVIEW PUBLIC SCHOOLS (MACOMB)·NCES 262088005757
Greenwood Elementary School
27900 JOAN ST, SAINT CLAIR SHORES, MI 48081 · (586) 445-4178 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Michigan public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
222 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb). Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
48.8%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
41.0%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Greenwood Elementary School
Greenwood Elementary School's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood Elementary School this school | 430 | 51.6% | 44.3% |
| Elms Road Elementary School SWARTZ CREEK | 420 | 51.2% | 29.2% |
| Douglas Elementary 34 Campus GARDEN CITY | 412 | 52.4% | 34.2% |
| Masonic Heights Elementary School SAINT CLAIR SHORES | 466 | 49.8% | 35.1% |
| Morrish Elementary School SWARTZ CREEK | 435 | 53.1% | N/A |
| Memorial Elementary 12 Campus GARDEN CITY | 419 | 53.9% | N/A |
Matched among Michigan elementary 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 Greenwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #595 of 1,085 | #37 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #647 of 1,072 | #47 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #524 of 1,139 | #38 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #528 of 1,630 | #65 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #1,137 of 1,424 | #83 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.2% | #479 of 1,424 | #55 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.6% | #859 of 1,563 | #69 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.6% | #356 of 440 | #34 of 43 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
430
+99 (+30%) vs 2020
+54% since 1990-91, when it was 280
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 430 | 24 | 17.9:1 | 52% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 23 | 18.1:1 | 54% (224) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 21.7 | 18.6:1 | 55% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | 21 | 15.8:1 | 46% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 419 | 20 | 20.9:1 | 52% (217) |
| 2015-16 | 379 | 19 | 19.9:1 | 41% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 291 | 17 | 17.1:1 | 40% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 275 | 12 | 22.9:1 | 11% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 280 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greenwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (419 to 430); teachers up 20% (20 to 24).
About Greenwood Elementary School
Greenwood Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in SAINT CLAIR SHORES, Michigan. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 430 students.
The district for Greenwood Elementary School is Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb), with 7 schools and 4,124 students.
Greenwood Elementary School is 69% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 13% Black, 10% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. Greenwood Elementary School's diversity index is 49%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 24 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Greenwood Elementary School was 17.9:1. This ratio sits 2.1 above the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 52%. That tracks the 52% average for public schools in Macomb County.
Greenwood Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 47% of Michigan public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Greenwood Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.3% is within a point of the 43.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Macomb County, the median household income is $77,837, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Macomb County is home to 236 public schools and about 115,743 public school students.
The school nearest to Greenwood Elementary School is Jefferson Middle School, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Greenwood Elementary School is 3rd of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put Greenwood Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment has grown by 99 students since 2020-21, to 430. Students per teacher rose from 15.8 in 2020-21 to 17.9 in 2024-25.
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Macomb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
879,853
Census ACS
Median income
$77,837
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
236
115,743 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb)
- Lakeview High SchoolHigh · 1,319 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 990 students
- Princeton Elementary SchoolElementary · 652 students
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolElementary · 370 students
- Harmon Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
- Lakeview Virtual SchoolCombined · 46 students
Other schools in SAINT CLAIR SHORES
- Lakeview High SchoolHigh · 1,319 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 990 students
- Lake Shore High SchoolHigh · 914 students
- Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 710 students
- Princeton Elementary SchoolElementary · 652 students
- Rodgers Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
Other Greenwood Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 21 states are named Greenwood Elementary. Greenwood Elementary School is the 13th largest of the 27.
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolKALAMAZOO, MI · 93 students
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 829 students
- GREENWOOD ELEMENTARYPLYMOUTH, MN · 762 students
- Greenwood ElementaryMontebello, CA · 746 students
- Greenwood ElementaryGlen Allen, VA · 649 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson Middle School0.1 mi · 990
- Lakeview High School0.5 mi · 1,319
- Lakeview Virtual School0.7 mi · 46
- Rodgers Elementary School1.0 mi · 534
- Princeton Elementary School1.0 mi · 652
- Ruth H Green Elementary School1.0 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About Greenwood Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Greenwood Elementary School?
Greenwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 430 students in grades PK-05.
Is Greenwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Greenwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Greenwood Elementary School?
Approximately 17.9:1 students per teacher at Greenwood Elementary School.
How diverse is Greenwood Elementary School?
Greenwood Elementary School reports a student body of 69% White, 6% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Greenwood Elementary School in?
Greenwood Elementary School is part of Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb).
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.