The top reported proficiency rate is 49% in English language arts. The lowest is 29% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Greenwood Elementary School
Greenwood Elementary School sits on Joan Street in Saint Clair Shores, an inner-ring suburb of Detroit in Macomb County. It is part of Lakeview Public Schools, the central of three school districts that serve this lakeside city. The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade and operates as a regular public school with no charter or magnet designation.
The community around Greenwood is firmly suburban and car-oriented. Saint Clair Shores grew from a resort and farming area into a residential city after World War II, and its neighborhoods are largely single-family homes. The city's defining feature is its Lake St. Clair waterfront, including roughly fourteen miles of canals concentrated near the Nautical Mile, a stretch of Jefferson Avenue lined with restaurants, marinas, and boat dealers. The city's population peaked in the early 1970s and has gradually declined since, with no major new housing developments identified in publicly reported sources. Civic life centers on the municipal park system, two indoor ice arenas that anchor a strong youth hockey tradition, and the public library. There is no traditional downtown; schools and civic functions are distributed across neighborhoods rather than clustered in a single core.
On state assessments, Greenwood's results paint a mixed but generally solid picture. English language arts proficiency is the school's strongest area, with fifth-grade proficiency reaching a level above half of tested students, and third- and fourth-grade results close behind. Math proficiency in third and fifth grade lands near the mid-range, while fourth-grade math is the school's weakest tested result. Fifth-grade science proficiency is moderate, and social studies is the lowest result across all tested subjects and grades. Taken together, the school's overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places it above the midpoint among districts in Macomb County, which is a reasonably strong standing given the county's size and diversity.
Because Greenwood is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate to report. Chronic absenteeism data was not available, and individualized education program and English learner figures were also missing from the data provided. Participation rates for the state assessments were not reported either. These gaps mean a parent looking for a full picture of student engagement and special-population support may want to ask the school directly for those details.
The student body is modest in size for its grade band. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the working-class character of parts of Saint Clair Shores. The enrollment is majority white, with a meaningful Black student population and a smaller group identifying as two or more races. Hispanic and Asian students make up smaller portions of the school.
Housing in the school's zip code is relatively affordable compared with state and national benchmarks. Typical home values sit below the Michigan average and well below the national figure, and rents are moderate. The broader Macomb County housing market has seen a recent increase in active listings and a slight pullback in new listings, with homes spending about a month on the market. Mortgage rates have hovered in the mid-six-percent range. For families considering buying in the area, housing costs are generally manageable relative to income, and renting is notably less expensive monthly than carrying a mortgage.
Publicly reported sources did not surface any recent district-level changes such as bond issues, curriculum overhauls, or facility projects for Lakeview Public Schools. The district operates seven schools across pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade, and Greenwood is one of its elementary buildings.
For a family weighing Greenwood, the academic results suggest a school where reading instruction is producing steady gains and where math and science are holding their own, with social studies as an area a parent may want to look into further with the school. The setting is a stable, recreational lakeside suburb with affordable housing and a distributed network of neighborhood schools rather than a single civic core.
See more original research from School Decision →