Woodland School

Located in TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan, Woodland School is a small elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 209 students. Elementary schools in Michigan have about 369 students on average; enrollment here is 43% lower.

Woodland School is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.

White students account for 96% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% multiracial. Among Grand Traverse County residents, the White share is about 92%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 8, compared with 70 nationally.

On staff are 13.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.9:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. About 22% of students at Woodland School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Grand Traverse County average 31%.

Looking at the county, Grand Traverse County, the median household earns about $81,647 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Grand Traverse County has 32 public schools with about 12,069 students, including Woodland School.

Courtade Elementary School is about 3.8 miles from Woodland School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within ten miles: at least 8.

The federal government classifies Woodland School's location as Rural: Fringe. Woodland School is one of the charter schools in Michigan.

Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 209 in 2020-21, 209 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.4:1 to 15.9:1.

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