Pinewood Elementary School
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Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientWhat this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Pinewood Elementary School
Pinewood Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary campus in WARREN, Michigan, overseen by Warren Woods Public Schools. The school educates 353 students in grades K through 5.
Warren Woods Public Schools runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,991 students. Pinewood Elementary School is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Pinewood Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 23% Black, 13% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Macomb County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Pinewood Elementary School shows 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Pinewood Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Macomb County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, Pinewood Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.0%, the actual is 45.0%, a residual of +5.9 points.
In the broader community, Macomb County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,837 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Macomb County's 236 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students), Pinewood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Briarwood Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pinewood Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 37.7%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 7%: 329 students in 2018 compared to 353 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 68% to 54% over that span.
Inside the community feed, members of the Pinewood Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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