Herbison Woods Elementary School

Herbison Woods Elementary School, a reasonably sized elementary campus in DEWITT, Michigan, operated by DeWitt Public Schools, caters to 469 students, covering grades 4 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 27% above typical.

DeWitt Public Schools runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 3,109 students. Herbison Woods Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Herbison Woods Elementary School reports that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Clinton County's rate of about 30%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Herbison Woods Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.8%, the actual is 55.3%, a residual of -5.5 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Clinton County put the typical household earns roughly $88,210 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Clinton County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,640 students), of which Herbison Woods Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: DeWitt Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Herbison Woods Elementary School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Herbison Woods Elementary School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 463 (now 469). Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Herbison Woods Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.