Pinewood Middle School

Summary:

Pinewood Middle School is a public middle school located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, serving 809 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Kentwood Public Schools district, which has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Pinewood Middle School stands out for its diverse student population, with a racial makeup of 26.33% White, 34.98% African American, 17.18% Hispanic, 11.87% Asian, and 9.39% two or more races. However, the school's academic performance, as measured by M-Step and PSAT test scores, is generally lower than the state and district averages, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math below 35%. The school also faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism rates, reaching 30.7% in the 2022-2023 school year, and a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 66.63%.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Valleywood Middle School and Crestwood Middle School, Pinewood Middle School has lower test scores, higher chronic absenteeism, and a higher percentage of students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. These factors may contribute to the school's declining performance and ranking, which has dropped from 240 out of 838 Michigan middle schools in 2017-2018 to 555 out of 897 in 2023-2024. Addressing these challenges and learning from the successes of higher-performing nearby schools could be crucial in improving Pinewood Middle School's overall quality and outcomes for its diverse student population.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 2100 60th St SE
       Grand Rapids, MI  49508-6606


(616) 455-1224

District: Kentwood Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
555th of 897 Michigan Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,188 Help


Students who attend Pinewood Middle School usually attend:

High:    East Kentwood High School

Feeder schools for Pinewood Middle School:

Elementary:    Brookwood Elementary
    Explorer Elementary
    Southwood Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  19.0 Help
Number of students:  809

Racial breakdown:

African American:
35.0%
White:
26.3%
Hispanic:
17.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  66.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Pinewood Middle School ranks worse than 61.9% of middle schools in Michigan. It also ranks 2nd among 3 ranked middle schools in the Kentwood Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 35.67. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Pinewood Middle School has the largest middle school student body size in the Kentwood Public Schools District. Student population at Pinewood Middle School is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (35%), White (26.3%), Hispanic (17.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 66.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Kentwood Public Schools District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Pinewood Middle School is 19, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Kentwood Public Schools District! (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Pinewood Middle School is $14,188, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Kentwood Public Schools District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Pinewood Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Pinewood Middle School 555th of 897 Michigan public middle schools. (See Pinewood Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Kentwood Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Kentwood Public Schools 318th of 610 Michigan school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Pinewood Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Pinewood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 67.69 293rd 806 63.6%
2007 63.99 348th 823 57.7%
2008 66.91 314th 839 62.6%
2009 73.36 216th 847 74.5%
2010 73.11 226th 851 73.4%
2011 72.23 228th 858 73.4%
2012 68.75 253rd 900 71.9%
2013 65.85 275th 919 70.1%
2014 61.55 338th 921 63.3%
2015 66.27 274th 919 70.2%
2016 57.48 352nd 894 60.6%
2017 54.35 311th 821 62.1%
2018 69.51 240th 838 71.4%
2019 59.73 273rd 792 65.5%
2021 43.19 348th 675 48.4%
2022 45.85 391st 776 49.6%
2023 38.19 527th 883 40.3%
2024 35.67 555th 897 38.1%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Pinewood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.74 86th 156 44.9%
2021 53.94 8th 15 46.7%
2022 56.82 22nd 65 66.2%
2023 54.02 67th 163 58.9%
2024 45.19 95th 176 46.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Pinewood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.24 27th 154 82.5%
2019 60.00 14th 46 69.6%
2022 40.04 18th 38 52.6%
2023 25.17 55th 72 23.6%
2024 15.12 84th 88 4.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Pinewood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.88 177th 377 53.1%
2019 36.37 51st 76 32.9%
2024 23.60 167th 201 16.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Pinewood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.65 188th 815 76.9%
2019 61.48 209th 672 68.9%
2021 42.06 298th 523 43.0%
2022 54.62 266th 691 61.5%
2023 43.98 438th 825 46.9%
2024 37.66 511th 836 38.9%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Pinewood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.26 8th 19 57.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Pinewood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.96 252nd 794 68.3%
2019 56.83 245th 658 62.8%
2021 47.27 229th 521 56.0%
2022 45.95 315th 657 52.1%
2023 38.12 477th 770 38.1%
2024 30.18 545th 771 29.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Pinewood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.94 199th 797 75.0%
2019 53.69 250th 639 60.9%
2021 30.75 371st 540 31.3%
2022 35.96 407th 658 38.1%
2023 29.82 548th 776 29.4%
2024 32.77 535th 786 31.9%
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Rank History for Asian students at Pinewood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.13 63rd 104 39.4%
2019 35.67 36th 48 25.0%
2021 31.58 28th 39 28.2%
2022 21.23 46th 57 19.3%
2023 16.75 76th 87 12.6%
2024 13.94 76th 88 13.6%
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Rank History for African American students at Pinewood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.94 42nd 366 88.5%
2019 71.28 41st 196 79.1%
2021 52.96 37th 77 51.9%
2022 57.46 59th 182 67.6%
2023 44.71 149th 310 51.9%
2024 37.02 168th 300 44.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Pinewood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.04 79th 266 70.3%
2019 47.38 72nd 137 47.4%
2021 59.14 24th 69 65.2%
2022 37.37 89th 138 35.5%
2023 29.36 181st 246 26.4%
2024 27.72 196th 257 23.7%
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Rank History for White students at Pinewood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.80 176th 678 74.0%
2019 68.70 160th 624 74.4%
2021 54.13 225th 577 61.0%
2022 55.93 231st 638 63.8%
2023 43.55 350th 688 49.1%
2024 46.26 337th 701 51.9%
See the entire list of Best Michigan Middle Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Pinewood Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1992 453 22 11 8 4 n/a n/a 0 498
1993 479 32 11 10 6 n/a n/a 0 538
1994 497 33 14 10 5 n/a n/a 0 559
1995 519 33 14 10 3 n/a n/a 0 579
1996 519 33 14 10 3 n/a n/a 0 579
1997 550 34 16 12 2 n/a n/a 0 614
1998 547 51 21 20 3 n/a n/a 0 642
1999 528 54 21 24 6 n/a n/a 0 633
2000 542 73 26 20 6 n/a n/a 0 667
2001 551 91 36 27 7 n/a n/a 0 712
2002 571 131 44 47 7 n/a n/a 0 800
2003 571 131 44 47 7 n/a n/a 0 800
2004 579 166 55 41 8 n/a n/a 0 849
2005 536 189 55 61 6 n/a n/a 1 848
2006 513 212 50 53 4 n/a n/a 2 834
2007 519 222 59 58 8 n/a n/a 7 873
2008 481 216 62 65 10 n/a n/a 11 845
2009 471 207 65 66 11 n/a n/a 20 840
2010 406 198 52 67 6 n/a n/a 20 749
2011 361 188 68 73 3 0 38 0 731
2012 326 192 61 93 3 0 29 0 704
2013 341 195 73 101 1 1 39 0 751
2014 336 190 64 97 2 3 46 0 738
2015 329 201 76 89 1 4 49 0 749
2016 332 176 94 111 2 3 47 0 765
2017 340 187 100 112 0 1 44 0 784
2018 315 186 94 117 0 0 50 0 762
2019 305 210 85 121 2 0 50 0 773
2020 279 221 88 125 2 0 63 0 778
2021 252 243 89 115 3 1 57 0 760
2022 233 250 95 126 0 0 66 0 770
2023 213 283 96 139 1 1 76 0 809

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Pinewood Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1992 498 n/a n/a n/a
1993 538 n/a 0.0 15.6
1994 559 36.0 15.5 12.2
1995 579 31.1 18.6 11.7
1996 579 31.1 18.6 11.7
1997 614 34.0 18.1 13
1998 642 34.0 18.9 13.4
1999 633 35.0 18.1 12.8
2000 667 36.6 18.2 15.6
2001 712 37.2 19.1 18.4
2002 800 42.7 18.7 25.9
2003 800 42.7 18.7 25.9
2004 849 41.6 20.4 30.5
2005 848 39.7 21.4 31.4
2006 834 40.0 20.9 32.5
2007 873 40.5 21.6 34.3
2008 845 43.5 19.4 37.1
2009 840 43.1 19.5 35.7
2010 749 42.6 17.5 46.6
2011 731 42.0 17.4 47.9
2012 704 41.5 16.9 54.4
2013 751 38.3 19.5 51.5
2014 738 39.9 18.4 53.5
2015 749 39.0 19.2 53.5
2016 765 38.0 20.1 55.7
2017 784 34.7 22.5 54.5
2018 762 43.3 17.5 60.8
2019 773 44.2 17.4 64.2
2020 778 43.0 18.0 63.5
2021 760 41.2 18.4 62.5
2022 770 44.2 17.4 69.6
2023 809 42.4 19.0 66.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Pinewood Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1992 498 n/a n/a n/a
1993 538 n/a 0.0 15.6
1994 559 36.0 15.5 12.2
1995 579 31.1 18.6 11.7
1996 579 31.1 18.6 11.7
1997 614 34.0 18.1 13
1998 642 34.0 18.9 13.4
1999 633 35.0 18.1 12.8
2000 667 36.6 18.2 15.6
2001 712 37.2 19.1 18.4
2002 800 42.7 18.7 25.9
2003 800 42.7 18.7 25.9
2004 849 41.6 20.4 30.5
2005 848 39.7 21.4 31.4
2006 834 40.0 20.9 32.5
2007 873 40.5 21.6 34.3
2008 845 43.5 19.4 37.1
2009 840 43.1 19.5 35.7
2010 749 42.6 17.5 46.6
2011 731 42.0 17.4 47.9
2012 704 41.5 16.9 54.4
2013 751 38.3 19.5 51.5
2014 738 39.9 18.4 53.5
2015 749 39.0 19.2 53.5
2016 765 38.0 20.1 55.7
2017 784 34.7 22.5 54.5
2018 762 43.3 17.5 60.8
2019 773 44.2 17.4 64.2
2020 778 43.0 18.0 63.5
2021 760 41.2 18.4 62.5
2022 770 44.2 17.4 69.6
2023 809 42.4 19.0 66.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Pinewood Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,458 (12.6%) $10,129 (87.4%) $11,587
2020 $1,393 (11.5%) $10,682 (88.5%) $12,075
2021 $1,404 (11.4%) $10,902 (88.6%) $12,307
2022 $1,732 (13.2%) $11,408 (86.8%) $13,140
2023 $2,430 (17.1%) $11,758 (82.9%) $14,188

Data source: Michigan Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Pinewood Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 273rd of 792 Middle schoolsRanks 527th of 883 Middle schools
 25.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Pinewood Middle School)51.139.8
 11.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Kentwood Public Schools)4137.1
 3.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)41.737.5
 4.2%
6th Grade Math (Pinewood Middle School)37.923.4
 14.5%
   6th Grade Math (Kentwood Public Schools)28.525.8
 2.7%
   6th Grade Math (Michigan)35.129.6
 5.5%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Pinewood Middle School)4731.7
 15.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Kentwood Public Schools)39.634.5
 5.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)42.736.9
 5.8%
7th Grade Math (Pinewood Middle School)42.623.9
 18.7%
   7th Grade Math (Kentwood Public Schools)30.725.7
 5%
   7th Grade Math (Michigan)35.731
 4.7%
8th Grade Social Studies (Pinewood Middle School)25.116.7
 8.4%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Kentwood Public Schools)19.219.2
   8th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)2826.7
 1.3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Pinewood Middle School)69.351.7
 17.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Kentwood Public Schools)5849.8
 8.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)61.959.7
 2.2%
8th Grade Mathematics (Pinewood Middle School)36.728.2
 8.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Kentwood Public Schools)28.530.2
 1.7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Michigan)41.436.3
 5.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students773809
 4.7%
African American210283
 34.8%
American Indian21
 50%
Asian8596
 12.9%
Hispanic121139
 14.9%
Pacific Islander01
White305213
 30.2%
Two or More Races5076
 52%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients64.2%66.6%
 2.5%


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Pinewood Middle School ranks 555th of 897 Michigan middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Pinewood Middle School are 35% African American, 26% White, 17% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 9% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 809 students attended Pinewood Middle School.

Students who attend Pinewood Middle School usually go on to attend East Kentwood High School


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