Hardwood Acres’s public schools
Traverse City Area Public Schools and Benzie County Central School have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hardwood Acres. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 97% of students in Michigan’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Hardwood Acres’s schools, in brief
School by school
14 of Hardwood Acres’s 20 district schools with test results score above the middle of Michigan’s 2,812 public schools. Willow Hill Elementary School places highest (better than 91%); Traverse Heights Elem School lowest (16%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
14 elementary schools serve Hardwood Acres, graded from C− to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then six middle schools and four high schools: West Senior High, Central High School, Benzie Central Sr High School and Benzie Academy. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Hardwood Acres, with each school’s own grade.
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Traverse City Area Public Schools.
Two districts serve Hardwood Acres
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Hardwood Acres vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Michigan towns that share Hardwood Acres’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Hardwood Acres | — | Traverse City Area PK–12 · Benzie County Central School PK–12 |
| Lake Ann | — | Benzie County Central School |
Every school in Hardwood Acres
21 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Michigan’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Hardwood Acres’s schools
Are Hardwood Acres’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Hardwood Acres. Traverse City Area Public Schools and Benzie County Central School have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hardwood Acres. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 14 of its 20 district schools with test results score above the middle of Michigan’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Hardwood Acres in?
Traverse City Area Public Schools and Benzie County Central School.
Where do Hardwood Acres kids go to high school?
One of four high schools, depending on your address: West Senior High, Central High School, Benzie Central Sr High School and Benzie Academy.
Parents talk
What Hardwood Acres families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Hardwood Acres → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.