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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 48842

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At a glance

Schools

4,160

Students

Top rankedWilcox Elementary School401^st of 1,492 Michigan elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Sycamore Elementary School up 291 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Washington Woods Middle School 14.3 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Schools in zip code 48842 (Holt, Michigan) serve approximately 4,160 students across 7 schools in the Holt Public Schools district, which ranks in the middle of Michigan districts (296 out of 625). The district includes 4 elementary schools (Elliott Elementary School, Wilcox Elementary School, Horizon Elementary School, and Sycamore Elementary School), 2 middle schools (Holt Junior High School for grades 7-8 and Washington Woods Middle School for grades 5-6), and 1 high school (Holt Senior High School).

The clear standout is Wilcox Elementary School, which ranks in the 73rd percentile statewide (4 stars) and dramatically outperforms its peers—its 3rd grade math proficiency (64.7%) is nearly double the district average, and it achieves this despite having the second-highest poverty rate among elementary schools. In contrast, Washington Woods Middle School shows alarming declines, with 5th grade math proficiency at just 5.6% (vs. 32.2% statewide) despite once ranking in the 85th percentile a decade ago. Holt Junior High School is the most improved, climbing from the 42nd to 51st percentile over two years, while Sycamore Elementary School also showed strong year-over-year gains (26th to 46th percentile).

The district's most urgent issue is mathematics, which lags state averages at every level—Holt Senior High School posts SAT math proficiency of just 14.8% (vs. 26.5% statewide) while excelling in reading (57.6% vs. 52.1%). Resource allocation appears inefficient: Horizon Elementary School spends $31,215 per student (more than double Elliott Elementary School's $13,477) yet produces only mid-tier results, while top-performing Wilcox spends just $15,028. Chronic absenteeism varies widely, from Horizon's excellent 12.9% to Holt Senior High's concerning 38.3%. Positively, the district's graduation rate (86.1%) exceeds the state average, and middle school humanities instruction is relatively strong, suggesting the math struggles stem from specific instructional challenges rather than overall student capability.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PSAT English Language Arts (2026)			PSAT Mathematics (2026)			SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	M-Step English Language Arts (2026)					M-Step Math (2026)					M-Step Science (2026)			M-Step Social Studies (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT English Language Arts 9th Grade	PSAT English Language Arts 10th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 9th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 10th Grade	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 3rd Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 4th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 5th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 6th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 7th Grade	M-Step Math 3rd Grade	M-Step Math 4th Grade	M-Step Math 5th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Math 7th Grade	M-Step Science 5th Grade	M-Step Science 8th Grade	M-Step Science 11th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 8th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Horizon Elementary School	Public	K-5	5776 Holt Rd	Holt	48842	Ingham County	Holt Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 694-4224	354	19	18.6	35.3%	202 (57.1%)	42 (11.9%)	48 (13.6%)	20 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	41 (11.6%)	53.9	643^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	56.9%		53.6	669^th of 1488 public elementary schools	55.0%	26									34.2	40.0	53.2			38.2	37.5	41.9			46.8			30.6			$31,215	$535	$30,680
Washington Woods Middle School	Public	5-6	2055 S Washington Rd	Holt	48842	Ingham County	Holt Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 699-0250	346	24	14.3	46.0%	180 (52.0%)	39 (11.3%)	62 (17.9%)	22 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (12.4%)								(n/a)											27.4	31.3				5.6	26.1		11.1			6.8			$18,438	$576	$17,863
Holt Junior High School	Public	7-8	1784 Aurelius Rd	Holt	48842	Ingham County	Holt Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 694-7117	713	42	16.8	42.2%	362 (50.8%)	115 (16.1%)	107 (15.0%)	30 (4.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	97 (13.6%)	47	443^rd of 896 public middle schools	50.6%		45.4	471^st of 890 public middle schools	47.1%	28	67.8			22.1									27.4					26.2		35.4			52.5		$16,277	$410	$15,867
Elliott Elementary School	Public	K-5	4200 Bond Ave	Holt	48842	Ingham County	Holt Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 699-2106	457	23	19.6	50.8%	223 (48.8%)	82 (17.9%)	76 (16.6%)	14 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (13.6%)	37.9	890^th of 1492 public elementary schools	40.3%		35.8	925^th of 1488 public elementary schools	37.8%	35									31.0	42.5	35.1			36.6	46.6	16.9			29.9			19.5			$13,477	$822	$12,655
Holt Senior High School	Public	9-12	5885 Holt Rd	Holt	48842	Ingham County	Holt Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 694-2162	1,529	82	18.6	38.7%	814 (53.2%)	198 (12.9%)	242 (15.8%)	70 (4.6%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	202 (13.2%)	46.3	404^th of 800 public high schools	49.5%		51.4	354^th of 739 public high schools	52.1%	50		61.5	61.6		19.5	28.3	57.6	14.8													28.5			35.0	$16,112	$662	$15,450
Sycamore Elementary School	Public	K-4	4429 Sycamore St	Holt	48842	Ingham County	Holt Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 699-2185	348	22	15.9	54.3%	164 (47.1%)	65 (18.7%)	51 (14.7%)	11 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (16.4%)	42.9	809^th of 1492 public elementary schools	45.8%		23.7	1100^th of 1488 public elementary schools	26.1%	291									43.5	34.3				41.9	27.1										$19,308	$1,237	$18,072
Wilcox Elementary School	Public	K-5	1650 Laurelwood Dr	Holt	48842	Ingham County	Holt Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 699-0249	413	22	18.7	48.2%	215 (52.1%)	54 (13.1%)	60 (14.5%)	13 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (17.2%)	70.4	401^st of 1492 public elementary schools	73.1%		57.2	605^th of 1488 public elementary schools	59.3%	204									58.0	57.1	45.8			64.7	54.0	33.3			48.6			31.9			$15,028	$1,213	$13,815

Cities Near Zip Code 48842

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Holt	0.47 mi	8	320^th
Lansing	2.34 mi	51	464^th
Mason	3.81 mi	12	161^st
Okemos	4.79 mi	9	89^th
East Lansing	5.86 mi	13	259^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Michigan Department of Education.

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