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What advice would you give to incoming students at Wood Creek Elementary School?
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Enrollment
434
Elementary
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FARMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 261407005053
Wood Creek Elementary School
28400 HARWICH DR, FARMINGTON HILLS, MI 48334 · (248) 785-2077 · Oakland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% 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.
- FBeats 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
15.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
150 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
33.8%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
41.2%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Wood Creek Elementary School
Wood Creek Elementary School's state test result (34.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Creek Elementary School this school | 434 | 34.6% | 34.4% |
| Doherty Elementary School WEST BLOOMFIELD | 476 | 27.7% | 30.6% |
| Sheiko Elementary School WEST BLOOMFIELD | 534 | 30.0% | 39.8% |
| Beechview Elementary School FARMINGTON HILLS | 366 | 29.5% | 37.3% |
| JA Lanigan Elementary School FARMINGTON HILLS | 473 | 43.3% | 41.0% |
| Ypsilanti International Elementary School YPSILANTI | 416 | 34.4% | 40.6% |
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 Wood Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #849 of 1,085 | #135 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #641 of 1,072 | #114 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #904 of 1,139 | #141 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #507 of 1,630 | #77 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #597 of 1,424 | #80 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #210 of 1,424 | #32 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.6% | #1,150 of 1,563 | #68 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.9% | #113 of 440 | #13 of 48 |
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
434
+79 (+22%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 421
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 434 | 28 | 15.5:1 | 35% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 429 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 40% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 25.3 | 15.9:1 | 43% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 26 | 13.7:1 | 49% (174) |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 24.3 | 15.1:1 | 45% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 22 | 15.3:1 | 39% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 452 | 24 | 18.8:1 | 33% (150) |
| 2000-01 | 418 | 28 | 14.9:1 | 11% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 421 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wood Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (368 to 434); teachers up 15% (24.3 to 28).
About Wood Creek Elementary School
Wood Creek Elementary School is a public mid-sized elementary school in FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 434 students in 2024-25.
In Farmington Public School District, 16 schools enroll a combined 8,983 students.
About 49% of students at Wood Creek Elementary School are Black, the largest single group. Beyond that, enrollment is 35% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 13%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.5:1. The school has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Michigan is about 15.8:1. Federal data show 35% of students (150) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 32% average for public schools in Oakland County.
Among Michigan public elementary schools, Wood Creek Elementary School outscored 9%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Wood Creek Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.0%. The school's actual rate is 34.4%, 16.6 points lower.
The school is in Oakland County, where median household income comes to about $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Oakland County counts 345 public schools with about 169,926 students.
About 1.2 miles separate Wood Creek Elementary School from the closest public school, Farmington Central High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Wood Creek Elementary School ranks 6th of 6 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 434, from 355 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.7:1 to 15.5:1 over the same years.
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Oakland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Farmington Public School District
- Farmington High SchoolHigh · 1,470 students
- North Farmington High SchoolHigh · 1,157 students
- Farmington STEAM AcademyElementary · 714 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 682 students
- Power Middle SchoolMiddle · 621 students
- Warner Middle SchoolMiddle · 559 students
Other schools in FARMINGTON HILLS
- North Farmington High SchoolHigh · 1,157 students
- Farmington STEAM AcademyElementary · 714 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 682 students
- Power Middle SchoolMiddle · 621 students
- Warner Middle SchoolMiddle · 559 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 555 students
Nearby schools
- Farmington Central High School1.2 mi · 126
- Beechview Elementary School1.2 mi · 366
- East Middle School1.8 mi · 555
- Kenbrook Elementary School1.8 mi · 388
- Warner Middle School1.9 mi · 559
- Farmington STEAM Academy2.2 mi · 714
Frequently asked questions
About Wood Creek Elementary SchoolHow large is Wood Creek Elementary School?
Wood Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 434 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Wood Creek Elementary School serve?
Wood Creek Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wood Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wood Creek Elementary School is approximately 15.5:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Wood Creek Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wood Creek Elementary School are roughly 35% White, 5% Hispanic, 49% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Wood Creek Elementary School in?
Wood Creek Elementary School is part of Farmington Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.