Holland Heights

Located at 856 E 12TH ST, in HOLLAND, Michigan, Holland Heights is a low-enrollment elementary campus that educates 247 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Holland City School District. That puts it 33% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Holland City School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,841 students. Holland Heights is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Holland Heights logs that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% White, 11% Black, 10% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 10% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Holland Heights tighter than the state norm the norm. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Ottawa County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Holland Heights performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.7%, the actual is 34.9%, a residual of -1.8 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Ottawa County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,502 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Holland Heights is one of 103 public schools in Ottawa County (combined enrollment of about 42,894 students).

Nearest neighbor: Holland Middle School, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Holland Heights. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Holland Heights ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 47.5%.

Holland Heights operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Holland Heights has shrank 12%, going from 282 students in 2018 to 247 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 21% to 28% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Holland Heights typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.