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Woodland Elementary School
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Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientWhat this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 13 points, placing it in Michigan's top 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Woodland Elementary School
Woodland Elementary School operates as a heavily attended primary school in KINGSFORD, Michigan, operated by Breitung Township School District. Current enrollment sits at 771 students spanning grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 109% larger than typical.
Across the 3 schools in Breitung Township School District (1,945 students total), Woodland Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, Woodland Elementary School logs that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 6% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Dickinson County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, Woodland Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 45.8%; this one delivers 59.2%, a residual of +13.4 points.
In the area at large, Dickinson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,156 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dickinson County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,632 students), of which Woodland Elementary School is one.
Nearest neighbor: DickinsonIron Special Education, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woodland Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.9%.
Woodland Elementary School operates from a countryside location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 7%: 718 students in 2018 compared to 771 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.
On the community side, the feed for Woodland Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Dickinson County at a glance
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