Alward Elementary School

As a moderately sized primary school in HUDSONVILLE, Michigan, Alward Elementary School caters to 435 students from grades pre-K through 4, part of Hudsonville Public School District.

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

On the student-mix side, Alward Elementary School logs that nearly all students (87%) are White; the rest consists of 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ottawa County (around 34%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Alward Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.7%, the actual is 66.3%, a residual of +5.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Ottawa County put the typical household earns roughly $90,502 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Ottawa County runs 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,894 students), of which Alward Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Park Elemementary School, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Alward Elementary School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 65.9%.

Alward Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alward Elementary School has fell 8%, going from 475 students in 2018 to 435 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 91% to 87% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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