Redwood Elementary

Redwood Elementary is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in HARTFORD, Michigan, run under Hartford Public Schools, with 516 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 40% above typical.

Within Hartford Public Schools, which oversees 4 schools and 1,338 students, Redwood Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Redwood Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 34% White. The wider county runs roughly 13% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Redwood Elementary records 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Van Buren County's rate of about 52%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Redwood Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.9%, the actual is 23.1%, a residual of -3.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Van Buren County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,114 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Van Buren County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,850 students), of which Redwood Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hartford Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 19%: 639 students in 2018 compared to 516 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 53% to 65% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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