Westwoods Elementary School

Westwoods Elementary School, a reasonably sized elementary campus in TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan, operated by Traverse City Area Public Schools, enrolls 365 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 16 schools in Traverse City Area Public Schools (8,546 students total), Westwoods Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Westwoods Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%).

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Westwoods Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.8%, the actual is 51.6%, a residual of -4.2 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Grand Traverse County indicate the typical household earns roughly $81,647 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Westwoods Elementary School is one of 32 public schools in Grand Traverse County (combined enrollment of about 12,069 students).

Nearest neighbor: Long Lake Elementary School, around 3.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Westwoods Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Westwoods Elementary School has declined 16%, going from 432 students in 2018 to 365 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Westwoods Elementary School typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.