Holmes Elementary School

Holmes Elementary School is an average-sized K-5 school in SPRING LAKE, Michigan, part of Spring Lake Public Schools. The school caters to 409 students in grades pre-K through 4.

Holmes Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Spring Lake Public Schools, a district that teaches 2,271 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Holmes Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest is composed of 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Ottawa County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Holmes Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 23% of students at Holmes Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Ottawa County's rate of about 34%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Holmes Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 56.1%; Holmes Elementary School posts 80.5%, +24.4 points above that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Ottawa County put median household income runs about $90,502, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Holmes Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Spring Lake Intermediate School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Holmes Elementary School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Holmes Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 428 (now 409). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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