The top reported proficiency rate is 25% in English language arts. The lowest is 17% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Woodland Park Academy
Woodland Park Academy is a single-school district in Genesee County, Michigan, serving kindergarten through eighth grade. The enrollment is small for a district spanning nine grade levels, and the student body is predominantly Black, with smaller groups of white students and students identifying as two or more races. A handful of Hispanic and Asian students round out the population. The district did not report free-or-reduced-price lunch counts, special-education rates, or English-learner figures, so families looking for a sense of the economic and linguistic makeup of the student body will need to ask the school directly. No locale brief or community economic context was available, which limits what can be said about the surrounding housing market or neighborhood setting.
On Michigan's M-STEP assessments, the most recent results show a mixed but generally low picture across subjects and grade levels. Third grade stands out as the relative bright spot, with proficiency rates in both math and English language arts landing higher than most other grades in the building. From there, performance tapers. Math proficiency drops sharply by fifth grade and stays low through middle school, with eighth-grade math results reported in the lowest range. English language arts holds more steady across the upper elementary and middle grades but remains modest throughout. Science and social studies results, tested only in fifth and eighth grade, follow a similar pattern: fifth-grade scores are low, while eighth-grade results come in somewhat higher. A parent may want to look into what supports the school has in place for math instruction in the upper elementary and middle grades, where the results are weakest.
Compared with the set of Genesee County's districts, Woodland Park Academy's overall proficiency sits below the county midpoint. Chronic absenteeism is also reported above the county midpoint, which is worth noting because absenteeism and academic performance often move together. A parent considering this school might ask how the building addresses attendance and what interventions are in place for students who miss school regularly. Per-pupil spending sits in the middle range of the county, slightly above the median, suggesting the district is funded at a level comparable to its neighbors.
Because Woodland Park Academy does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and that gap reflects the grade band rather than a missing data point. No Advanced Placement, career pathway, dual-enrollment, or other program offerings were included in the data, so nothing can be said about curricular breadth beyond what the state assessment results imply. Staffing data was also absent. The district brief turned up no parent-relevant changes from recent reporting, so there is little to share about strategic direction or recent initiatives.
What the data does convey is a small, single-site K-through-8 district serving a largely Black student population, with academic results that trail county averages and a chronic absenteeism rate that also runs above the county midpoint. Third grade is where the school shows its strongest relative performance. The upper grades, particularly in math, are where a family would want to ask the most questions. With no program listings, no economic context, and no locale brief, the picture here is thin, and a family would be well served by visiting the school and asking directly about math instruction, attendance interventions, and what the upper-grade experience looks like as students prepare for high school elsewhere.
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