Harbor Lights Middle School

Located at 1024 136TH AVE, in HOLLAND, Michigan, Harbor Lights Middle School is an expansive intermediate school that serves 903 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by West Ottawa Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 80% larger than the state mean of about 502.

West Ottawa Public School District runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,729 students. Harbor Lights Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Harbor Lights Middle School lists that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 39% White, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 10% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Ottawa County's rate of about 34%.

With demographic context factored in, Harbor Lights Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.9%; this one delivers 37.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Ottawa County indicate median household income runs about $90,502, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ottawa County runs 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,894 students), of which Harbor Lights Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Pine Creek Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Harbor Lights Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Harbor Lights Middle School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 28.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 915 students in 2018 compared to 903 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 46% to 39% across the same window.

On the community side, the feed for Harbor Lights Middle School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.