56 Building at Georgetown

56 Building at Georgetown is a mid-tier middle-grades school in HUDSONVILLE, Michigan, overseen by Hudsonville Public School District. The school serves 626 students in grades 5 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 25% bigger than the state mean of about 502.

Across the 12 schools in Hudsonville Public School District (6,654 students total), 56 Building at Georgetown accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, 56 Building at Georgetown logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%); the rest consists of 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. Compared to Ottawa County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, 56 Building at Georgetown has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 13% of students at 56 Building at Georgetown qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Ottawa County's rate of about 34%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), 56 Building at Georgetown sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.5%; this one delivers 62.2%.

In the broader community, Ottawa County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,502, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ottawa County's 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,894 students), 56 Building at Georgetown is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Baldwin Street Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts 56 Building at Georgetown at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 67.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

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