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Enrollment
811
Middle
DISTRICT 842 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODHAVEN-BROWNSTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 263648501092
Woodhaven Upper Elementary
24825 HALL RD, WOODHAVEN, MI 48183 · (734) 362-6100 · Wayne County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL811 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Michigan public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
313 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 403 | 50% |
| Grade 6 | 408 | 50% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Woodhaven-Brownstown School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
53.1%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
30.4%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Woodhaven Upper Elementary
Woodhaven Upper Elementary's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodhaven Upper Elementary this school | 811 | 38.6% | 39.6% |
| Brownstown Middle School ROMULUS | 872 | 44.0% | 42.3% |
| Grand Blanc Middle School East GRAND BLANC | 884 | 37.7% | 55.8% |
| MacDonald Middle School EAST LANSING | 857 | 37.2% | 45.5% |
| Portage North Middle School PORTAGE | 609 | 33.8% | 38.4% |
| Holt Junior High School HOLT | 713 | 42.2% | 35.8% |
Matched among Michigan middle 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 Woodhaven Upper Elementary ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #232 of 397 | #22 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #249 of 380 | #25 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #97 of 377 | #11 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 811 | #52 of 491 | #9 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #296 of 436 | #43 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #91 of 437 | #17 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.6% | #290 of 477 | #47 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #311 of 339 | #46 of 55 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
811
-43 (-5%) vs 2020
+12% since 2000-01, when it was 722
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 811 | 44.3 | 18.3:1 | 39% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 810 | 44 | 18.4:1 | 45% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 823 | 43.5 | 18.9:1 | 49% (402) |
| 2020-21 | 854 | 41 | 20.8:1 | 43% (370) |
| 2017-18 | 835 | 44.2 | 18.9:1 | 40% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 820 | 41 | 20.0:1 | 32% (263) |
| 2010-11 | 737 | 38 | 19.4:1 | 38% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 722 | 40 | 18.1:1 | 12% (85) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodhaven Upper Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (835 to 811); teachers unchanged (44.2 to 44.3).
About Woodhaven Upper Elementary
Woodhaven Upper Elementary is a public middle school in WOODHAVEN, Michigan. A federal count lists 811 students at the school, in grades 5 through 6. An average school in this group (middle schools in Michigan) has about 502 students.
Woodhaven-Brownstown School District, which runs Woodhaven Upper Elementary, has 9 schools and 5,296 students.
White students account for 62% of enrollment at Woodhaven Upper Elementary. Enrollment also includes 14% Black, 11% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The school's White share is 13 points above the 49% share among Wayne County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Woodhaven Upper Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
Its 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 18.3:1. That ratio is over the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 39%. For comparison, public schools in Wayne County average 66%.
Measured against Michigan public middle schools, Woodhaven Upper Elementary receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Woodhaven Upper Elementary is 9.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 39.6%. Predicted: 49.2%.
Census estimates describe Wayne County this way: median household income is about $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Wayne County number 573 and enroll about 259,786.
The nearest public school is Erving Elementary School, at about 0.2 miles. Woodhaven Upper Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 43.2% proficiency; Woodhaven Upper Elementary posts 39.6%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 811, 5% below the 854 of 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 20.8:1 to 18.3:1.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Woodhaven-Brownstown School District
- Woodhaven High SchoolHigh · 1,629 students
- Brownstown Middle SchoolMiddle · 872 students
- Wegienka Elementary SchoolElementary · 392 students
- Gudith Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Bates Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Erving Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
Other schools in WOODHAVEN
- Bates Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Erving Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Yake Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Frank E Weiss Elem SchoolElementary · 285 students
Nearby schools
- Erving Elementary School0.2 mi · 379
- Frank E Weiss Elem School1.0 mi · 285
- Bates Elementary School1.0 mi · 379
- Woodhaven High School1.4 mi · 1,629
- Maple Grove Alternative High School1.4 mi · 76
- Boyd W Arthurs Middle School1.5 mi · 578
Frequently asked questions
About Woodhaven Upper ElementaryHow many students attend Woodhaven Upper Elementary?
Woodhaven Upper Elementary enrolls approximately 811 students in grades 05-06.
What grades does Woodhaven Upper Elementary serve?
Woodhaven Upper Elementary serves grades 05-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Woodhaven Upper Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Woodhaven Upper Elementary is approximately 18.3:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Woodhaven Upper Elementary?
At Woodhaven Upper Elementary, the student body is approximately 62% White, 11% Hispanic, 14% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Woodhaven Upper Elementary?
Woodhaven Upper Elementary is overseen by Woodhaven-Brownstown School District in Wayne County.
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