Sheldon Woods Elementary School

Sheldon Woods Elementary School is one of the rural-scale primary schools in WEST OLIVE, Michigan, overseen by West Ottawa Public School District, with 145 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Sheldon Woods Elementary School sits 61% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 13 schools in West Ottawa Public School District (6,729 students total), Sheldon Woods Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Sheldon Woods Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Sheldon Woods Elementary School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 north of typical.

In the area at large, census data for Ottawa County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,502 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ottawa County runs 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,894 students), of which Sheldon Woods Elementary School is one.

Sheldon Pines School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sheldon Woods Elementary School.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Sheldon Woods Elementary School's enrollment has increased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 139 (now 145). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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