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Enrollment
605
Middle
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOLLAND CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 261842000026
Holland Middle School
373 E 24TH ST, HOLLAND, MI 49423 · (616) 494-5085 · Ottawa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Michigan public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
378 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 195 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 203 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 207 | 34% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Holland Middle School→Holland High School
Based on grade levels within Holland City School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
31.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
19.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Holland Middle School
Holland Middle School's state test result (25.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holland Middle School this school | 605 | 62.5% | 25.6% |
| Macatawa Bay Middle School HOLLAND | 632 | 62.7% | 36.9% |
| Sturgis Middle School STURGIS | 634 | 68.8% | 22.8% |
| Harbor Lights Middle School HOLLAND | 903 | 52.8% | 37.0% |
| Springbrook Middle School ADRIAN | 612 | 60.9% | N/A |
| Bangor Middle School BANGOR | 272 | 65.4% | N/A |
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 Holland Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Ottawa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #378 of 397 | #15 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #352 of 380 | #15 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #322 of 377 | #15 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #175 of 491 | #10 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #71 of 436 | #3 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #39 of 437 | #1 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.5% | #124 of 477 | #2 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #73 of 101 | #4 of 6 |
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
605
-49 (-7%) vs 2020
0% since 2000-01, when it was 604
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 605 | 39.5 | 15.3:1 | 62% (378) |
| 2023-24 | 609 | 36.6 | 16.6:1 | 64% (392) |
| 2022-23 | 583 | 33.6 | 17.4:1 | 68% (394) |
| 2020-21 | 654 | 35 | 18.7:1 | 65% (426) |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 40.9 | 14.3:1 | 76% (447) |
| 2015-16 | 600 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 79% (471) |
| 2010-11 | 726 | 45 | 16.1:1 | 76% (553) |
| 2000-01 | 604 | 41 | 14.7:1 | 46% (277) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holland Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (585 to 605); teachers down 3% (40.9 to 39.5).
About Holland Middle School
A medium-sized middle-grades school in HOLLAND, Michigan, Holland Middle School is part of Holland City School District. The student body numbers 605 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Michigan is about 502, so this school runs 21% larger than that.
Within Holland City School District, Holland Middle School is one of 7 schools. The district enrolls 2,841 students.
At Holland Middle School, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 42%. The school is also 38% White, 12% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 10% Hispanic share among all Ottawa County residents. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 39.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.3:1. That is 2.2 students per teacher below the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Holland Middle School is 62%. That is higher than the 34% average for public schools in Ottawa County.
allk12 grades Holland Middle School an F. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Michigan with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 38.6%. Holland Middle School posts 25.6%, 13.0 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Within Ottawa County, the median household income is $90,502, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Besides Holland Middle School, Ottawa County has 102 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Black River Public School Elementary, is about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Holland Middle School is 6th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, Holland Middle School's enrollment dropped 7%, to 605. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.7:1 to 15.3:1.
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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 Holland City School District
- Holland High SchoolHigh · 967 students
- WestElementary · 413 students
- Holland Language Academy at Van RaalteElementary · 307 students
- JeffersonElementary · 254 students
- Holland HeightsElementary · 247 students
- Holland Virtual Tech High SchoolHigh · 48 students
Other schools in HOLLAND
- West Ottawa High School CampusHigh · 2,187 students
- Holland High SchoolHigh · 967 students
- Harbor Lights Middle SchoolMiddle · 903 students
- Macatawa Bay Middle SchoolMiddle · 632 students
- Black River Public School MiddleHighHigh · 569 students
- Eagle Crest Charter AcademyElementary · 561 students
Other Holland Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Holland Middle. Holland Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Holland Middle SchoolHolland, PA · 960 students
- Holland Middle SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 476 students
- HOLLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLHOLLAND, NY · 218 students
- Holland Middle SchoolHOLLAND, TX · 147 students
Nearby schools
- Black River Public School Elementary0.5 mi · 395
- Black River Public School MiddleHigh0.5 mi · 569
- Holland Heights1.2 mi · 247
- Holland Language Academy at Van Raalte1.5 mi · 307
- Jefferson1.6 mi · 254
- Holland High School1.6 mi · 967
Frequently asked questions
About Holland Middle SchoolHow many students attend Holland Middle School?
Holland Middle School enrolls approximately 605 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Holland Middle School serve?
Holland Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Holland Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Holland Middle School is approximately 15.3:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Holland Middle School?
At Holland Middle School, the student body is approximately 38% White, 42% Hispanic, 12% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Holland Middle School in?
Holland Middle School is part of Holland City School District.
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