Woodrow Wilson School

As a high-enrollment 6-8 campus in WYANDOTTE, Michigan, Woodrow Wilson School educates 869 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Wyandotte School District of the City of. That puts it 73% bigger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Woodrow Wilson School is one of 9 schools operated by Wyandotte School District of the City of, a district that caters to 4,149 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Woodrow Wilson School shows that White students make up the majority at 73%; the rest comes out to 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 53% of students at Woodrow Wilson School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Woodrow Wilson School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 42.9%; actual is 27.3%, a gap of -15.6 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Wayne County shows the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Woodrow Wilson School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Jefferson Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woodrow Wilson School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 37.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Woodrow Wilson School has ticked down 14%, going from 1,010 students in 2018 to 869 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 79% to 73%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

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