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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COOPERSVILLE AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 261083007862

Coopersville East Elementary

198 EAST ST, COOPERSVILLE, MI 49404 · (616) 997-3101 · Ottawa County
GRADES 02–03ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL315 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of Michigan public elementary schools
  • BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools

Enrollment
315
Elementary
DISTRICT 335 · STATE 369
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
144 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 55%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 215349%
Grade 316251%
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 56% · US 70%
White
26785%
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
3110%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 18% · US 15%
Two+
144%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
16251%
Female
15349%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Coopersville East Elementary→Coopersville South Elementary School→Coopersville Middle School
Feeds from
Coopersville West Early Childhood CenterPK–01
Based on grade levels within Coopersville Area Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
46.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
55.3%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.

Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Coopersville East Elementary

Coopersville East Elementary's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Coopersville East Elementary this school31545.7%50.8%
Dorr School
DORR
31144.1%70.9%
Bessie B Baker School
WAYLAND
28045.0%N/A
Potterville Elementary School
POTTERVILLE
32245.0%N/A
Bridgman Elementary School
BRIDGMAN
30945.3%69.4%
Beach Elementary School
MUSKEGON
29548.8%42.6%
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Coopersville East Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MichiganIn Ottawa County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
50.8%#401 of 1,085#34 of 48
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
55.3%#321 of 1,072#26 of 47
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
46.2%#606 of 1,139#40 of 49
Enrollment
ranked largest first
315#1,027 of 1,630#34 of 54
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.6:1#631 of 1,424#41 of 51
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
27.0%#891 of 1,424#39 of 51
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
45.7%#965 of 1,563#15 of 54
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-23.0%#171 of 979#10 of 38
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
315
-13 (-4%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 378
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 19.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2531520.115.6:146% (144)
2023-2430719.615.7:148% (148)
2022-2332220.116.0:149% (159)
2020-213281719.3:143% (140)
2017-1840919.920.6:146% (188)
2015-163941920.7:147% (184)
2010-113781623.6:142% (158)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coopersville East Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 23% (409 to 315); teachers up 1% (19.9 to 20.1).

About Coopersville East Elementary

Coopersville East Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in COOPERSVILLE, Michigan. Classes run from 2 through 3, and the school has 315 students.

Within Coopersville Area Public School District, Coopersville East Elementary is one of 6 schools. The district enrolls 2,470 students.

Coopersville East Elementary enrolls a student body that is 85% White. The rest of enrollment is 10% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The White share in Ottawa County as a whole is similar, at about 84%. Coopersville East Elementary has a diversity index of 27%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

A ratio of 15.6:1 comes from the school's 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Michigan average about 15.8:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 46% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Ottawa County, the average eligibility rate is 34%.

allk12 grades Coopersville East Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.

On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Coopersville East Elementary is 4.7 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 50.8% actual, 46.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Michigan.

Census Bureau estimates for Ottawa County show that median household income is about $90,502, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Coopersville East Elementary is one of 103 public schools in Ottawa County, which together enroll about 42,894 students.

Coopersville West Early Childhood Center is located about 0.1 miles from Coopersville East Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: 5. Coopersville East Elementary comes in 2nd of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.

Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.

Coopersville East Elementary saw enrollment fall 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 15.6 students per teacher, compared with 19.3 in 2020-21.

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Ottawa County at a glance

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Population
301,203
Census ACS
Median income
$90,502
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
103
42,894 students

Quick facts

School name
Coopersville East Elementary
District
Coopersville Area Public School District
Address
198 EAST ST, COOPERSVILLE, MI 49404
Phone
(616) 997-3101
County
Ottawa County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
02–03
Total enrollment
315
Teachers (FTE)
20
Student–teacher ratio
15.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
144 (46%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
261083007862
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Coopersville East Elementary
How large is Coopersville East Elementary?
Coopersville East Elementary enrolls approximately 315 students in grades 02-03.
Is Coopersville East Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Coopersville East Elementary is an elementary school covering grades 02-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Coopersville East Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Coopersville East Elementary is approximately 15.6:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Coopersville East Elementary?
At Coopersville East Elementary, the student body is approximately 85% White, 10% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Coopersville East Elementary public or private?
Coopersville East Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Coopersville Area Public School District.
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