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What's the most underrated thing about Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
501
Elementary
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KALAMAZOO PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 261995005669
Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts
3215 OAKLAND DR, KALAMAZOO, MI 49008 · (269) 337-0790 · Kalamazoo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Michigan public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
19.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
395 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
24.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
17.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
21.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts
Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts's state test result (21.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts this school | 501 | 78.8% | 21.9% |
| Taylor Exemplar Academy TAYLOR | 660 | 77.0% | 32.0% |
| Charles C McGlinnen School CLINTON TOWNSHIP | 409 | 80.9% | N/A |
| Beech Elementary REDFORD | 457 | 84.0% | 24.3% |
| Ruth H Green Elementary School ROSEVILLE | 440 | 83.0% | 20.9% |
| Madison Elementary School MADISON HEIGHTS | 411 | 83.2% | N/A |
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 Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kalamazoo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #1,053 of 1,085 | #29 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #1,058 of 1,072 | #30 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #1,068 of 1,139 | #30 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #279 of 1,630 | #8 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #1,307 of 1,424 | #36 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #142 of 1,424 | #5 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.8% | #387 of 1,563 | #9 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #624 of 979 | #14 of 24 |
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
501
-74 (-13%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 555
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 501 | 25.9 | 19.4:1 | 79% (395) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 24.6 | 20.8:1 | 77% (395) |
| 2022-23 | 566 | 28.2 | 20.1:1 | 86% (487) |
| 2020-21 | 575 | 32 | 18.0:1 | 85% (491) |
| 2017-18 | 550 | 32.3 | 17.0:1 | 88% (482) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 31 | 18.1:1 | 80% (448) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 84% (390) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 31 | 14.4:1 | 83% (373) |
| 1990-91 | 555 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (550 to 501); teachers down 20% (32.3 to 25.9).
About Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts
Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts is a public elementary school in KALAMAZOO, Michigan. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 501 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Michigan enroll around 369, and this school is 36% bigger than that mark.
Kalamazoo Public Schools (26 schools, 12,227 students) runs Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts.
No group is above 50% at Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts; the largest is Black, at 50%. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% White, 15% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 11%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts scores 67%.
Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts lists 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 19.4 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1. About 79% of students at Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 45% average for public schools in Kalamazoo County is 34 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts lands at F, ahead of 3% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Compared with Michigan schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts's results are 9.4 points below predicted: 21.9% against 31.4%.
For the population of Kalamazoo County, the median household earns about $72,532 a year, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Kalamazoo County, 93 public schools serve about 34,151 students.
Winchell Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts is 5th among 5 schools close by.
Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts has an NCES locale of City: Small.
From 575 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 501 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 18.0:1 to 19.4:1.
Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Kalamazoo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
262,375
Census ACS
Median income
$72,532
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
93
34,151 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kalamazoo Public Schools
- Loy Norrix High SchoolHigh · 1,785 students
- Kalamazoo Central High SchoolHigh · 1,613 students
- Maple Street Magnet School for the ArtsMiddle · 889 students
- Milwood Magnet SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Linden Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 students
- KingWestwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
Other schools in KALAMAZOO
- Loy Norrix High SchoolHigh · 1,785 students
- Kalamazoo Central High SchoolHigh · 1,613 students
- Maple Street Magnet School for the ArtsMiddle · 889 students
- Milwood Magnet SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Linden Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 students
- Comstock Elementary SchoolElementary · 597 students
Nearby schools
- Winchell Elementary School0.6 mi · 465
- Paramount Charter Academy1.2 mi · 373
- Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts1.3 mi · 889
- Transition Services1.4 mi · 17
- Phoenix Alternative High School1.4 mi · 219
- ParkwoodUpjohn Elementary School1.5 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The ArtsHow many students attend Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts?
Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts enrolls approximately 501 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts serve?
Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts.
How diverse is Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts?
Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts reports a student body of 24% White, 8% Hispanic, 50% Black, 2% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts?
Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts is overseen by Kalamazoo Public Schools in Kalamazoo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.