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What's the most underrated thing about Westwood Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WARREN WOODS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 263522007121
Westwood Elementary School
11999 MARTIN RD, WARREN, MI 48093 · (586) 439-4406 · Macomb County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% of Michigan public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
350 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Westwood Elementary School→Warren Woods Middle School
Based on grade levels within Warren Woods Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
44.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
43.7%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Westwood Elementary School
Westwood Elementary School's state test result (42.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westwood Elementary School this school | 512 | 68.4% | 42.1% |
| Black Elementary School STERLING HEIGHTS | 458 | 62.9% | 32.2% |
| Green Acres Elementary School WARREN | 496 | 72.6% | 29.9% |
| May V Peck Elementary School CENTER LINE | 493 | 68.0% | 20.4% |
| Cromie Elementary School WARREN | 598 | 72.1% | 29.9% |
| Willow Woods Elementary School STERLING HEIGHTS | 362 | 74.0% | 27.3% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Westwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #657 of 1,085 | #44 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #590 of 1,072 | #36 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #657 of 1,139 | #52 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #255 of 1,630 | #33 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #1,333 of 1,424 | #112 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #109 of 1,424 | #9 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.4% | #538 of 1,563 | #47 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #699 of 979 | #51 of 75 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
512
-40 (-7%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 514
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 20.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 512 | 25.9 | 19.8:1 | 68% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 530 | 25.9 | 20.4:1 | 72% (382) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 25 | 20.3:1 | 76% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 552 | 27 | 20.4:1 | 54% (296) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 29.8 | 18.5:1 | 60% (332) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 26 | 21.4:1 | 59% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | 25 | 19.0:1 | 53% (254) |
| 2000-01 | 535 | 20 | 26.8:1 | 12% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 514 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (551 to 512); teachers down 13% (29.8 to 25.9).
About Westwood Elementary School
The public elementary school Westwood Elementary School is located in WARREN, Michigan. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 512 students. It has 39% more students than the average for elementary schools in Michigan (about 369).
Warren Woods Public Schools counts 2,991 students in its 6 schools, and Westwood Elementary School is one of them.
The largest group at Westwood Elementary School is White students, at 48%. After that, the student body is 24% Black, 15% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Census figures show Macomb County is about 75% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
Westwood Elementary School has 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 19.8:1. Elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1, 3.9 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 68% at Westwood Elementary School. That is higher than the 52% average for public schools in Macomb County.
On the allk12 Grade, Westwood Elementary School lands at B-, ahead of 52% of Michigan public elementary schools.
In Michigan, Westwood Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 42.1% actual against a predicted 36.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Macomb County show that the median household earns about $77,837 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Macomb County has 236 public schools with about 115,743 students, including Westwood Elementary School.
Among nearby public schools, Frontier International Academy Elementary is closest at about 0.1 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Westwood Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 4 nearby schools.
Westwood Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Westwood Elementary School had a net loss of 40 students, or 7%.
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Macomb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
879,853
Census ACS
Median income
$77,837
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
236
115,743 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Warren Woods Public Schools
- Warren Woods Tower High SchoolHigh · 963 students
- Warren Woods Middle SchoolMiddle · 741 students
- Pinewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- Briarwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 347 students
- Warren Woods Enterprise HSHigh · 75 students
- Warren Woods Adult EducationHigh
Other schools in WARREN
- Warren Mott High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Cousino Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,250 students
- Warren Woods Tower High SchoolHigh · 963 students
- Fitzgerald Senior High SchoolHigh · 861 students
- Academy of WarrenElementary · 817 students
- Great Oaks AcademyElementary · 768 students
Other Westwood Elementary schools
36 other US public schools in 20 states are named Westwood Elementary. Westwood Elementary School is the 12th largest of the 37.
- Westwood Elementary SchoolPORTLAND, MI · 423 students
- WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGREENWOOD, AR · 839 students
- Westwood ElementarySan Diego, CA · 832 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolStillwater, OK · 626 students
- Westwood ElementaryDe Pere, WI · 623 students
Nearby schools
- Frontier International Academy Elementary0.1 mi · 395
- Warren Woods Enterprise HS0.6 mi · 75
- Warren Woods Middle School0.7 mi · 741
- Crothers Elementary School0.8 mi · 322
- Michigan Mathematics and Science Academy Lorraine0.9 mi · 181
- Keith Bovenschen School1.0 mi · 190
Frequently asked questions
About Westwood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Westwood Elementary School?
Westwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 512 students in grades KG-05.
Is Westwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Westwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Westwood Elementary School?
Approximately 19.8:1 students per teacher at Westwood Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westwood Elementary School?
At Westwood Elementary School, the student body is approximately 48% White, 3% Hispanic, 24% Black, 15% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Westwood Elementary School public or private?
Westwood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Warren Woods Public Schools.
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