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Ferry School

1050 PENNOYER AVE, GRAND HAVEN, MI 49417 · (616) 850-5300 · Ottawa County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL232 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% 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.
  • A-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
232
Elementary
DISTRICT 267 · STATE 369
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
138 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Kindergarten6930%
Grade 14419%
Grade 22913%
Grade 35022%
Grade 44017%

This year's kindergarten class (69) is 73% larger than its 4th grade class (40).

Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 56% · US 70%
White
17776%
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
209%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
31%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 18% · US 15%
Asian
94%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
219%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
11047%
Female
12253%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Ferry School→White Pines Intermediate School
Based on grade levels within Grand Haven Area Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
45.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
52.9%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Ferry School

Ferry School's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Ferry School this school23259.5%49.0%
Duvall Elementary School
DEARBORN
22955.5%51.3%
Washington Elementary School
CHARLOTTE
25561.6%30.6%
North Elementary School
IRON MOUNTAIN
26363.5%55.5%
Morenci Elementary School
MORENCI
22761.2%N/A
Pennfield Dunlap Elementary
BATTLE CREEK
27361.2%31.5%
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 Ferry School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MichiganIn Ottawa County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
49.0%#445 of 1,085#37 of 48
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
52.9%#366 of 1,072#29 of 47
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
45.2%#626 of 1,139#41 of 49
Enrollment
ranked largest first
232#1,339 of 1,630#50 of 54
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.9:1#19 of 1,424#3 of 51
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
40.1%#623 of 1,424#24 of 51
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
59.5%#715 of 1,563#11 of 54
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-21.1%#207 of 979#12 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
232
+9 (+4%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2523221.410.9:159% (138)
2023-2422719.611.6:157% (129)
2022-2320419.710.4:165% (132)
2020-212232011.2:152% (116)
2017-182942312.8:164% (188)
2015-163002015.0:165% (195)
2010-113042015.2:166% (200)
2000-013061817.0:143% (132)
1990-91401N/AN/AN/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ferry School.

Since 2017-18: students down 21% (294 to 232); teachers down 7% (23 to 21.4).

About Ferry School

This page covers Ferry School, a low-enrollment elementary school in GRAND HAVEN, Michigan. Grades offered run from pre-K through 4, with 232 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Michigan average about 369 students.

Grand Haven Area Public Schools enrolls 5,171 students in 13 schools, including Ferry School.

White students are the majority at Ferry School, with 76% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 9% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. Ferry School's diversity index is 40%, against a US figure of 70%.

Teachers at Ferry School total 21.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.9:1. That is 5.0 students per teacher below the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 59%. Compared with the 34% average for public schools in Ottawa County, the school's rate is higher.

Ferry School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 69% of Michigan public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

On BeatsExpectations, Ferry School is 9.0 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Michigan schools.

Federal survey data for Ottawa County show that the median household income is $90,502, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 103 public schools in Ottawa County, enrolling about 42,894 students in all.

The closest public school to Ferry School is Career Development School, about 0.5 miles away. Ferry School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 49.0% average proficiency ranks 6th among 6 nearby schools.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

2024-25 enrollment was 232, a 4% gain from 223 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
Ferry School
District
Grand Haven Area Public Schools
Address
1050 PENNOYER AVE, GRAND HAVEN, MI 49417
Phone
(616) 850-5300
County
Ottawa County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–04
Total enrollment
232
Teachers (FTE)
21
Student–teacher ratio
10.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
138 (59%)
Locale
22-Suburb: Mid-size
NCES ID
261638005279
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Ferry School
How large is Ferry School?
Ferry School enrolls approximately 232 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Ferry School serve?
Ferry School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ferry School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ferry School is approximately 10.9:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Ferry School?
Ferry School reports a student body of 76% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Ferry School in?
Ferry School is part of Grand Haven Area Public Schools.
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