Pinewood School

As a middle-of-the-pack primary school in JENISON, Michigan, Pinewood School enrolls 320 students from grades K through 6, run under Jenison Public Schools.

Jenison Public Schools comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 5,158 students; Pinewood School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Pinewood School records that nearly all students (84%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Ottawa County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Ottawa County (around 34%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pinewood School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.7%; this one delivers 58.9%.

In the broader community, Ottawa County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,502, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pinewood School is one of 103 public schools in Ottawa County (combined enrollment of about 42,894 students).

Sandy Hill School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pinewood School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 61.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pinewood School has shrank 17%, going from 385 students in 2018 to 320 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 88% to 84% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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