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Enrollment
450
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUDSONVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 261884001907
Georgetown Elementary School
3909 BALDWIN ST, HUDSONVILLE, MI 49426 · (616) 797-9797 · Ottawa County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Michigan public elementary schools
- ATest 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
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
51 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 55%
Community
5
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 95 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (99).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Georgetown Elementary School→56 Building at Georgetown→Baldwin Street Middle School→Hudsonville High School
Based on grade levels within Hudsonville Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
63.9%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
70.2%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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
66.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Georgetown Elementary School
Georgetown Elementary School's state test result (66.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown Elementary School this school | 450 | 11.3% | 66.8% |
| Sayre Elementary School SOUTH LYON | 450 | 14.0% | 58.1% |
| Independence Elementary School CLARKSTON | 446 | 11.4% | 68.6% |
| Alward Elementary School HUDSONVILLE | 435 | 12.6% | 66.3% |
| Springfield Plains Elem School CLARKSTON | 495 | 11.5% | 62.0% |
| Crestwood Elementary School ROCKFORD | 469 | 12.4% | 75.7% |
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 Georgetown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Ottawa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #101 of 1,085 | #11 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #95 of 1,072 | #11 of 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #182 of 1,139 | #22 of 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #443 of 1,630 | #8 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #502 of 1,424 | #37 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.0% | #955 of 1,424 | #43 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.3% | #1,502 of 1,563 | #54 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.2% | #227 of 979 | #14 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 2024-25Enrollment
450
-120 (-21%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 552
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 450 | 29.8 | 15.1:1 | 11% (51) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 30.6 | 16.3:1 | 14% (72) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 32.7 | 17.8:1 | 9% (55) |
| 2020-21 | 570 | 35 | 16.3:1 | 12% (69) |
| 2017-18 | 564 | 30 | 18.8:1 | 10% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 588 | 31 | 19.0:1 | 8% (47) |
| 2010-11 | 552 | 31 | 17.8:1 | 13% (71) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Georgetown Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (564 to 450); teachers down 1% (30 to 29.8).
About Georgetown Elementary School
Georgetown Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in HUDSONVILLE, Michigan. The school serves kindergarten through 4. Enrollment is 450 students. Elementary schools in Michigan have about 369 students on average; enrollment here is 22% higher.
Georgetown Elementary School is a school in Hudsonville Public School District. The district has 12 schools and 6,654 students.
Georgetown Elementary School is 86% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. That is in line with Ottawa County, where about 84% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 25%.
With 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Georgetown Elementary School, 11% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Ottawa County is 34%.
Among Michigan public elementary schools, Georgetown Elementary School outscored 85%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Michigan with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 61.3%. Georgetown Elementary School scores 66.8%.
In Ottawa County, home to about 301,203 people, median household income comes to about $90,502, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Ottawa County's 103 public schools enroll about 42,894 students and include Georgetown Elementary School.
Georgetown Elementary School is about 0.1 miles from Baldwin Street Middle School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Georgetown Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 21% decline, from 570 to 450. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.3:1 to 15.1:1 over the same years.
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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 Hudsonville Public School District
- Hudsonville High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Riley Street Middle SchoolMiddle · 688 students
- 56 Building at GeorgetownMiddle · 626 students
- Baldwin Street Middle SchoolMiddle · 610 students
- Alward Elementary SchoolElementary · 435 students
- South Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
Other schools in HUDSONVILLE
- Hudsonville High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Riley Street Middle SchoolMiddle · 688 students
- 56 Building at GeorgetownMiddle · 626 students
- Baldwin Street Middle SchoolMiddle · 610 students
- Alward Elementary SchoolElementary · 435 students
- South Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
Other Georgetown Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Georgetown Elementary. Georgetown Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 8.
- Georgetown Elementary SchoolGeorgetown, DE · 825 students
- Georgetown Elementary SchoolGeorgetown, IN · 659 students
- Georgetown Elementary SchoolGeorgetown, OH · 549 students
- Georgetown Elementary SchoolAurora, IL · 420 students
- Georgetown Elementary SchoolColumbus, GA · 394 students
Nearby schools
- Baldwin Street Middle School0.1 mi · 610
- 56 Building at Georgetown0.7 mi · 626
- Jenison Public Schools Early Childhood Center1.2 mi · 189
- El Puente Spanish Immersion1.2 mi · 380
- Bauer Elementary School1.2 mi · 329
- Alward Elementary School1.5 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About Georgetown Elementary SchoolHow large is Georgetown Elementary School?
Georgetown Elementary School enrolls approximately 450 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Georgetown Elementary School serve?
Georgetown Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Georgetown Elementary School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Georgetown Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Georgetown Elementary School?
At Georgetown Elementary School, the student body is approximately 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Georgetown Elementary School?
Georgetown Elementary School is overseen by Hudsonville Public School District in Ottawa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.