Willow Woods Elementary School

Willow Woods Elementary School operates as a reasonably sized elementary-level community in STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan, overseen by Warren Consolidated Schools. Current enrollment sits at 362 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Willow Woods Elementary School is one of 21 schools operated by Warren Consolidated Schools, a district that works with 12,338 students overall.

Demographically, Willow Woods Elementary School lists that 58% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 20% Black, 15% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Macomb County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Macomb County (around 52%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Willow Woods Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.5%; this one delivers 27.3%.

In the area at large, Macomb County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,837 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Willow Woods Elementary School is one of 236 public schools in Macomb County (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students).

Carleton Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Willow Woods Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Willow Woods Elementary School at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 43.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Willow Woods Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 370 students in 2018 to 362 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 58% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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