Jamestown Upper Elementary School

Set in JAMESTOWN, Michigan, Jamestown Upper Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary-level community, operated by Hudsonville Public School District. It caters to 327 students across grades 3 through 5.

Jamestown Upper Elementary School is one of 12 schools operated by Hudsonville Public School District, a district that hosts 6,654 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Jamestown Upper Elementary School lists that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 6% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Jamestown Upper Elementary School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ottawa County (around 34%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jamestown Upper Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.0%; this one delivers 65.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Ottawa County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,502 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jamestown Upper Elementary School is one of 103 public schools in Ottawa County (combined enrollment of about 42,894 students).

Nearest neighbor: Riley Street Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jamestown Upper Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 66.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 322 students in 2018 compared to 327 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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