Enrollment
362
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WARREN CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS·NCES 263519007109
Willow Woods Elementary School
11001 DANIEL DR, STERLING HEIGHTS, MI 48312 · (586) 825-2850 · Macomb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL362 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of Michigan public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
15.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
268 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 55%
Community
0
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 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
25.8%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
28.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Willow Woods Elementary School
Willow Woods Elementary School's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Woods Elementary School this school | 362 | 74.0% | 27.3% |
| Briarwood Elementary School WARREN | 347 | 72.9% | 33.9% |
| Green Acres Elementary School WARREN | 496 | 72.6% | 29.9% |
| Holden Elementary School STERLING HEIGHTS | 341 | 83.3% | 35.2% |
| Crothers Elementary School WARREN | 322 | 75.8% | N/A |
| Westwood Elementary School WARREN | 512 | 68.4% | 42.1% |
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 Willow Woods Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #983 of 1,085 | #89 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #939 of 1,072 | #86 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #1,055 of 1,139 | #101 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 362 | #831 of 1,630 | #85 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #490 of 1,424 | #24 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #275 of 1,424 | #29 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.0% | #451 of 1,563 | #42 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #899 of 979 | #68 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
362
+17 (+5%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 328
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 362 | 24.1 | 15.0:1 | 74% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 349 | 23.1 | 15.1:1 | 78% (273) |
| 2022-23 | 328 | 22.5 | 14.6:1 | 81% (265) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 24 | 14.4:1 | 88% (304) |
| 2017-18 | 370 | 19.6 | 18.9:1 | 73% (271) |
| 2015-16 | 455 | 23 | 19.8:1 | 60% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 307 | 21 | 14.6:1 | 44% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 358 | 18 | 19.9:1 | 16% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 328 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willow Woods Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (370 to 362); teachers up 23% (19.6 to 24.1).
About Willow Woods Elementary School
Willow Woods Elementary School is a public elementary school in STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 362 students.
Willow Woods Elementary School is among 21 schools run by Warren Consolidated Schools, which serves 12,338 students.
More than half of the students at Willow Woods Elementary School are White (58%). The rest of enrollment is 20% Black, 15% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Macomb County's population at about 75%. The diversity index for Willow Woods Elementary School is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Willow Woods Elementary School lists 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.0 students per teacher. The school's 15.0:1 compares with an average of 15.8:1 for elementary schools in Michigan. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 74% of the student body. The gap from the 52% average for public schools in Macomb County is 22 points.
Willow Woods Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 12% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Willow Woods Elementary School would score about 33.5%. It scores 27.3%, 6.2 points below that figure.
Census data for Macomb County show the median household earns about $77,837 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Willow Woods Elementary School, Macomb County has 236 public schools.
Carleton Middle School is the nearest public school to Willow Woods Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 4 schools in the immediate area with test results, Willow Woods Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment increased by 5% across 4 years, from 345 in 2020-21 to 362 in 2024-25.
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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 Consolidated Schools
- Warren Mott High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Sterling Heights Senior HSHigh · 1,262 students
- Cousino Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,250 students
- Grissom Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Carter Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Beer Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
Other schools in STERLING HEIGHTS
- Adlai Stevenson High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Henry Ford II High SchoolHigh · 1,663 students
- Sterling Heights Senior HSHigh · 1,262 students
- Bemis Junior High SchoolMiddle · 742 students
- Frank Jeannette Jr High SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Grissom Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
Nearby schools
- Carleton Middle School0.4 mi · 638
- Maple Lane School0.7 mi · 55
- Bozymowski Center0.7 mi · 317
- Huron Academy Grades K20.8 mi · 273
- New Dawn Academy of Warren0.9 mi · 256
- Heritage Junior High School1.0 mi · 431
Frequently asked questions
About Willow Woods Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Willow Woods Elementary School?
Willow Woods Elementary School enrolls approximately 362 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Willow Woods Elementary School serve?
Willow Woods Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Willow Woods Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Willow Woods Elementary School is approximately 15.0:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Willow Woods Elementary School?
At Willow Woods Elementary School, the student body is approximately 58% White, 2% Hispanic, 20% Black, 15% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Willow Woods Elementary School public or private?
Willow Woods Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Warren Consolidated Schools.
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