Black River Public School Elementary

As an average-sized elementary school in HOLLAND, Michigan, Black River Public School Elementary serves 395 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Black River Public School.

Black River Public School comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 964 students; Black River Public School Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Black River Public School Elementary lists that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment; the rest reads as 21% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ottawa County (around 34%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Black River Public School Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.3%; this one delivers 47.6%.

In the broader community, Ottawa County reports that median household income runs about $90,502, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ottawa County runs 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,894 students), of which Black River Public School Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Black River Public School MiddleHigh, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Black River Public School Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Black River Public School Elementary at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 41.8%.

Black River Public School Elementary operates from an urban location. Black River Public School Elementary is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 396 students in 2018 compared to 395 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

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