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Wood School Bangor Twp 8
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7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Wood School Bangor Twp 8
Wood School Bangor Twp 8 is one of the one-room-style elementary campuss in BANGOR, Michigan, part of Bangor Township S/D #8, with 24 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Wood School Bangor Twp 8 sits 93% leaner than that benchmark.
Wood School Bangor Twp 8 is a school of Bangor Township S/D #8, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
Looking at the student body, Wood School Bangor Twp 8 reports that White students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder breaks down as 17% multiracial, 13% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Wood School Bangor Twp 8 logs 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Wood School Bangor Twp 8 tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Across the wider county, Van Buren County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,114 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Van Buren County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,850 students), of which Wood School Bangor Twp 8 is one.
Nearest neighbor: Bangor Middle School, around 3.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wood School Bangor Twp 8.
Wood School Bangor Twp 8 operates from a low-density location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wood School Bangor Twp 8 has contracted 8%, going from 26 students in 2018 to 24 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 77% to 71%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.
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