Oakwood Elementary School

Oakwood Elementary School is a primary school of average-sized scale in PORTLAND, Michigan, run under Portland Public Schools, works with 473 students in grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 28% above the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Across the 4 schools in Portland Public Schools (1,979 students total), Oakwood Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Oakwood Elementary School lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black.

On the resource side, On paper, Oakwood Elementary School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 40% of students at Oakwood Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Ionia County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for Ionia County shows the typical household earns roughly $75,611 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ionia County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,506 students), Oakwood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Portland Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Oakwood Elementary School's enrollment has rose 6% since 2018, when it stood at 445 (now 473). Class-load math has fell: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.