Coopersville South Elementary School

Located at 198 EAST ST, in COOPERSVILLE, Michigan, Coopersville South Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that hosts 337 students (grades 4 through 5), operated by Coopersville Area Public School District.

Coopersville Area Public School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,470 students; Coopersville South Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Coopersville South Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Ottawa County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Coopersville South Elementary School lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Coopersville South Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.2%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Ottawa County put median household income runs about $90,502, 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 Coopersville South Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Coopersville West Early Childhood Center, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Coopersville South Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Coopersville South Elementary School at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 52.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Coopersville South Elementary School has contracted 44%, going from 599 students in 2018 to 337 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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