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Alumni: what's one memory from Holmes Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 394 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 263255006804
Holmes Elementary School
426 RIVER ST, SPRING LAKE, MI 49456 · (616) 846-5504 · Ottawa County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of Michigan public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
13.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
94 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 22% smaller than its 4th grade class (90).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
Holmes Elementary School→Spring Lake Intermediate School
Based on grade levels within Spring Lake Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
76.0%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
84.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Michigan's top 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 Holmes Elementary School
Holmes Elementary School's state test result (80.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes Elementary School this school | 409 | 23.0% | 80.5% |
| State Road Elementary School FENTON | 396 | 24.0% | 60.2% |
| Meadow Ridge Elementary School ROCKFORD | 397 | 22.2% | 61.4% |
| Torrey Hill Intermediate School FENTON | 422 | 25.1% | 55.2% |
| Whiteford Elementary School OTTAWA LAKE | 380 | 23.7% | 49.8% |
| Jeffers Elementary School SPRING LAKE | 379 | 22.2% | 77.8% |
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 Holmes Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Ottawa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #10 of 1,085 | #3 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.9% | #7 of 1,072 | #2 of 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #33 of 1,139 | #5 of 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #613 of 1,630 | #15 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #150 of 1,424 | #20 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.4% | #1,032 of 1,424 | #48 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.0% | #1,338 of 1,563 | #38 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #807 of 979 | #31 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
409
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 481
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 409 | 31.5 | 13.0:1 | 23% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 31.8 | 13.2:1 | 20% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 419 | 30.3 | 13.8:1 | 23% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 21% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 24.3 | 17.6:1 | 14% (62) |
| 2015-16 | 455 | 24 | 19.0:1 | 15% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 477 | 26 | 18.4:1 | 16% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 21 | 18.1:1 | 19% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 481 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holmes Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (428 to 409); teachers up 30% (24.3 to 31.5).
About Holmes Elementary School
Holmes Elementary School is a public mid-sized elementary school in SPRING LAKE, Michigan. Total enrollment is 409 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 4.
The 6 schools of Spring Lake Public Schools, including Holmes Elementary School, enroll 2,271 students.
The share of White students at Holmes Elementary School is 88%. Next come 6% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. In Ottawa County overall, the White share is about 84%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Holmes Elementary School scores 22%.
Staffing at Holmes Elementary School comes to 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.0:1. Elementary schools in Michigan have an average ratio of 15.8:1. On the income side, 23% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Ottawa County average 34%.
Holmes Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 99% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Holmes Elementary School scores 24.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 80.5% actual versus 56.1% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Michigan schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Ottawa County. According to Census Bureau estimates, 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 Holmes Elementary School.
Spring Lake Intermediate School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Holmes Elementary School ranks 1st of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 80.5% against a local average of 59.0%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Mid-size).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 422 to 409, a 3% decline. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.0:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Holmes Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Spring Lake Public Schools
- Spring Lake High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Jeffers Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Spring Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 345 students
- Spring Lake Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 330 students
- Spring Lake Alternative EducationHigh · 13 students
Other schools in SPRING LAKE
- Spring Lake High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Jeffers Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- West MI Academy of Arts and AcademicsElementary · 371 students
- Spring Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 345 students
- Spring Lake Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 330 students
- Lake Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 273 students
Other Holmes Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 11 states are named Holmes Elementary. Holmes Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 16.
- Holmes ElementaryYPSILANTI, MI · 191 students
- Holmes Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 536 students
- Holmes Elementary SchoolClarendon Hills, IL · 519 students
- Holmes ElementarySan Diego, CA · 495 students
- Holmes Elementary SchoolNew Britian, CT · 414 students
Nearby schools
- Spring Lake Intermediate School0.1 mi · 330
- Spring Lake Middle School0.2 mi · 345
- West MI Academy of Arts and Academics1.5 mi · 371
- Ferry School1.7 mi · 232
- Walden Green Montessori1.9 mi · 251
- Grand Haven Cyber School2.0 mi · 106
Frequently asked questions
About Holmes Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Holmes Elementary School?
Holmes Elementary School enrolls approximately 409 students in grades PK-04.
Is Holmes Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Holmes Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Holmes Elementary School have?
Holmes Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Holmes Elementary School?
Student demographics at Holmes Elementary School are roughly 88% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Holmes Elementary School?
Holmes Elementary School is overseen by Spring Lake Public Schools in Ottawa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.