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Enrollment
496
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NOVI COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 262613006261
Novi Woods Elementary School
25195 TAFT RD, NOVI, MI 48374 · (248) 449-1230 · Oakland County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Michigan public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
17.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
30 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 24% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 29% smaller than its 4th grade class (118).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
73.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
80.0%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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
76.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.6%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
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 Novi Woods Elementary School
Novi Woods Elementary School's state test result (76.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novi Woods Elementary School this school | 496 | 6.0% | 76.4% |
| Deerfield Elementary School NOVI | 459 | 5.2% | 73.7% |
| Schroeder Elementary School TROY | 423 | 6.9% | 70.0% |
| Village Oaks Elementary School NOVI | 499 | 13.6% | 63.9% |
| Martin Luther King Elem School ANN ARBOR | 511 | 9.0% | 80.9% |
| Leonard Elementary School TROY | 400 | 8.0% | 72.5% |
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 Novi Woods Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #29 of 1,085 | #4 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #20 of 1,072 | #4 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #55 of 1,139 | #13 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #288 of 1,630 | #46 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #1,086 of 1,424 | #143 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #247 of 1,424 | #43 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.0% | #1,548 of 1,563 | #164 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.3% | #117 of 440 | #14 of 48 |
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
496
+96 (+24%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 332
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 496 | 28.2 | 17.6:1 | 6% (30) |
| 2023-24 | 518 | 26.6 | 19.4:1 | 6% (30) |
| 2022-23 | 496 | 27.2 | 18.3:1 | 5% (23) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 26 | 15.4:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 28.1 | 15.1:1 | 5% (22) |
| 2015-16 | 456 | 25 | 18.2:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 26 | 18.1:1 | 4% (18) |
| 2000-01 | 444 | 24 | 18.5:1 | 1% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 332 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Novi Woods Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (423 to 496); teachers unchanged (28.1 to 28.2).
About Novi Woods Elementary School
Novi Woods Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in NOVI, Michigan. It offers kindergarten through 4 and has 496 students enrolled. It has 34% more students than the average for elementary schools in Michigan (about 369).
Novi Woods Elementary School is one school in Novi Community School District, a system of 10 schools with 6,732 students.
At Novi Woods Elementary School, Asian students make up the biggest share, 49%. Other groups make up 38% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 9% of Oakland County residents are Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
The school's 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. Elementary schools in Michigan have an average ratio of 15.8:1. At Novi Woods Elementary School, 6% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is lower than the 32% average for public schools in Oakland County.
Novi Woods Elementary School earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 95% of Michigan public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 76.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 63.6%.
For Oakland County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $97,760 a year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Oakland County number 345, with about 169,926 students.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Novi Meadows School, is the closest to Novi Woods Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 69.2%, lower than Novi Woods Elementary School's 76.4%.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 24%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.4:1 in 2020-21, and 17.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Oakland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Novi Community School District
- Novi High SchoolHigh · 2,141 students
- Novi Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,086 students
- Novi Meadows SchoolMiddle · 1,048 students
- Parkview Elementary SchoolElementary · 515 students
- Village Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Deerfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 459 students
Other schools in NOVI
- Novi High SchoolHigh · 2,141 students
- Novi Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,086 students
- Novi Meadows SchoolMiddle · 1,048 students
- Thornton Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Meadowbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
- Parkview Elementary SchoolElementary · 515 students
Nearby schools
- Novi Meadows School0.2 mi · 1,048
- Parkview Elementary School0.4 mi · 515
- Novi High School0.8 mi · 2,141
- Thornton Creek Elementary School1.5 mi · 531
- Novi Middle School1.8 mi · 1,086
- Deerfield Elementary School1.9 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About Novi Woods Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Novi Woods Elementary School?
Novi Woods Elementary School enrolls approximately 496 students in grades KG-04.
Is Novi Woods Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Novi Woods Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Novi Woods Elementary School have?
Novi Woods Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Novi Woods Elementary School?
Student demographics at Novi Woods Elementary School are roughly 38% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 49% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Novi Woods Elementary School in?
Novi Woods Elementary School is part of Novi Community School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.