Northwood Elementary School

Northwood Elementary School is an elementary-level community of mid-sized scale in ROYAL OAK, Michigan, part of Royal Oak Schools, hosting 446 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Northwood Elementary School sits 21% above that benchmark.

Northwood Elementary School is one of 9 schools operated by Royal Oak Schools, a district that hosts 4,727 students overall.

On demographics, Northwood Elementary School reports that nearly all students (81%) are White; the rest consists of 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the resource side, Northwood Elementary School shows 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Oakland County's rate of about 32%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Northwood Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.2%.

In the area at large, census data for Oakland County shows median household income runs about $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Oakland County's 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), Northwood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Royal Oak Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northwood Elementary School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 51.9%.

Northwood Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 450 students in 2018 compared to 446 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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