Indian Woods Elementary School

Indian Woods Elementary School is one of the mid-sized primary schools in KIMBALL, Michigan, operated by Port Huron Area School District, with 357 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Port Huron Area School District comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 6,916 students; Indian Woods Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Indian Woods Elementary School reports that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Indian Woods Elementary School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 56% of students at Indian Woods Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, St. Clair County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Indian Woods Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.3%; Indian Woods Elementary School posts 27.8%, -13.5 points below that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (St. Clair County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $71,270 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Indian Woods Elementary School is one of 57 public schools in St. Clair County (combined enrollment of about 20,511 students).

Landmark Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Indian Woods Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Indian Woods Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 30.9%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Indian Woods Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 16% since 2018, when it stood at 309 (now 357).

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