Washington Woods Middle School

Located at 2055 S WASHINGTON RD, in HOLT, Michigan, Washington Woods Middle School is a close-knit middle school that works with 346 students (grades 5 through 6), operated by Holt Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 502 students per school, that is 31% below typical.

Holt Public Schools comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,699 students; Washington Woods Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Washington Woods Middle School logs that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 18% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 11% Black, 6% Asian. By comparison, Ingham County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Washington Woods Middle School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 46% of students at Washington Woods Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Washington Woods Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 45.9%; actual is 29.1%, a gap of -16.8 points.

Around the school, census data for Ingham County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,526 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ingham County's 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students), Washington Woods Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Horizon Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Washington Woods Middle School comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 36.9%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Washington Woods Middle School's enrollment has decreased 23% since 2018, when it stood at 450 (now 346). White enrollment moved from 65% to 52% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Washington Woods Middle School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.