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How has Creekside Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
577
Middle
DISTRICT 674 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ZEELAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 263666007295
Creekside Middle School
179 W ROOSEVELT AVE, ZEELAND, MI 49464 · (616) 748-3300 · Ottawa County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL577 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Michigan public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
124 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 213 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 175 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 189 | 33% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 56% · US 70%
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
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
52.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
44.2%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Creekside Middle School
Creekside Middle School's state test result (51.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creekside Middle School this school | 577 | 21.5% | 51.3% |
| Cityside Middle School ZEELAND | 771 | 17.6% | 52.0% |
| Haslett Middle School HASLETT | 660 | 23.2% | 58.8% |
| Allendale Middle School ALLENDALE | 564 | 28.7% | 51.5% |
| Kenneth T Beagle Middle School GRAND LEDGE | 835 | 23.6% | 56.2% |
| Jenison Junior High School JENISON | 754 | 23.9% | 60.3% |
Matched among Michigan middle 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 Creekside Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Ottawa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #113 of 397 | #11 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #114 of 380 | #10 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #102 of 377 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 577 | #199 of 491 | #12 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #77 of 436 | #5 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.9% | #175 of 437 | #4 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.5% | #403 of 477 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #265 of 339 | #7 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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 2024-25Enrollment
577
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 709
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 16.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 577 | 37.2 | 15.5:1 | 21% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 581 | 37.5 | 15.5:1 | 31% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 37 | 16.3:1 | 31% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 588 | 35 | 16.8:1 | 26% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 619 | 32 | 19.3:1 | 27% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 32 | 20.1:1 | 23% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 24 | 19.1:1 | 34% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 556 | 29 | 19.2:1 | 10% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 709 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Creekside Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (619 to 577); teachers up 16% (32 to 37.2).
About Creekside Middle School
Creekside Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Michigan, located in ZEELAND. The school had 577 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25.
Zeeland Public Schools serves 5,777 students across 12 schools.
White students are the majority at Creekside Middle School, with 74% of enrollment. It is also 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Ottawa County's residents are about 84% White, 10 points above the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 42% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1 at Creekside Middle School, with 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, middle schools in Michigan have 17.5:1, compared with 15.5:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 21% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Ottawa County average 34%.
allk12 grades Creekside Middle School a B. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Creekside Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Michigan is predicted to score 56.8%. Creekside Middle School scores 51.3%, 5.5 points below that line.
County data help place the school in context: in Ottawa County, the median household income is $90,502, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. In all, Ottawa County has 103 public schools and roughly 42,894 students.
Of nearby public schools, Roosevelt Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Creekside Middle School. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Creekside Middle School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Creekside Middle School is Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment at Creekside Middle School was 588 in 2020-21 and 577 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.5:1) than in 2020-21 (16.8:1).
Community posts for Creekside Middle School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Ottawa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Zeeland Public Schools
- Zeeland West High SchoolHigh · 975 students
- Zeeland East High SchoolHigh · 935 students
- Cityside Middle SchoolMiddle · 771 students
- New Groningen SchoolElementary · 512 students
- Quincy Elementary SchoolElementary · 455 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
Other schools in ZEELAND
- Zeeland West High SchoolHigh · 975 students
- Zeeland East High SchoolHigh · 935 students
- Cityside Middle SchoolMiddle · 771 students
- New Groningen SchoolElementary · 512 students
- Quincy Elementary SchoolElementary · 455 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
Other Creekside Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Creekside Middle. Creekside Middle School is the 8th largest of the 8.
- Creekside Middle SchoolCarmel, IN · 1,428 students
- CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLPORT ORANGE, FL · 1,120 students
- Creekside Middle SchoolFairfield, OH · 1,111 students
- Creekside MiddlePatterson, CA · 907 students
- Creekside MiddleCastro Valley, CA · 754 students
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt Elementary School0.1 mi · 261
- Zeeland Quest0.1 mi · 144
- Zeeland East High School0.6 mi · 935
- Zeeland West High School0.7 mi · 975
- Venture Academy0.7 mi · 82
- Lincoln Elementary School1.0 mi · 361
Frequently asked questions
About Creekside Middle SchoolHow many students attend Creekside Middle School?
Creekside Middle School enrolls approximately 577 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Creekside Middle School serve?
Creekside Middle School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Creekside Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Creekside Middle School is approximately 15.5:1 (37 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Creekside Middle School?
Creekside Middle School reports a student body of 74% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Creekside Middle School public or private?
Creekside Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Zeeland Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.