Enrollment
273
Elementary
DISTRICT 267 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAND HAVEN AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 261638005289
Lake Hills Elementary School
18181 DOGWOOD DR, SPRING LAKE, MI 49456 · (616) 850-5600 · Ottawa County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL273 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Michigan public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
13.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
127 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 55%
Community
0
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 | 71 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 39% larger than its 4th grade class (51).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
Lake Hills Elementary School→White Pines Intermediate School
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
55.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
50.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 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 Lake Hills Elementary School
Lake Hills Elementary School's state test result (53.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Hills Elementary School this school | 273 | 46.5% | 53.4% |
| Mary A White School GRAND HAVEN | 260 | 45.4% | 56.5% |
| Ruth Hoppin School THREE RIVERS | 293 | 47.4% | 39.8% |
| Flushing Early Childhood Center FLUSHING | 305 | 44.6% | N/A |
| Hughes Elementary School MARSHALL | 261 | 45.6% | 62.0% |
| Edmonson Elementary School MADISON HEIGHTS | 305 | 48.5% | 43.7% |
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 Lake Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Ottawa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #336 of 1,085 | #32 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #418 of 1,072 | #32 of 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #348 of 1,139 | #34 of 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 273 | #1,184 of 1,630 | #40 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #217 of 1,424 | #23 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.4% | #587 of 1,424 | #21 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.5% | #953 of 1,563 | #14 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.1% | #409 of 440 | #9 of 10 |
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
273
-36 (-12%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 303
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 273 | 20 | 13.7:1 | 47% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 275 | 18.8 | 14.6:1 | 47% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 273 | 20.2 | 13.5:1 | 49% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 21 | 14.7:1 | 50% (156) |
| 2017-18 | 270 | 18.4 | 14.7:1 | 52% (141) |
| 2015-16 | 263 | 16 | 16.4:1 | 52% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 314 | 16 | 19.6:1 | 51% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 180 | 9 | 20.0:1 | 29% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 303 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (270 to 273); teachers up 9% (18.4 to 20).
About Lake Hills Elementary School
Lake Hills Elementary School is an elementary school in SPRING LAKE, Michigan, according to federal school records. It teaches 273 students in pre-K through 4. Elementary schools in Michigan have about 369 students on average; enrollment here is 26% lower.
The 13 schools in Grand Haven Area Public Schools enroll 5,171 students altogether, Lake Hills Elementary School among them.
Of every 100 students at Lake Hills Elementary School, about 75 are White. After that, the student body is 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 7% Black, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Ottawa County, the White share is about 84%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 42%.
Lake Hills Elementary School lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.7 students per teacher. The gap from the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan is 2.2 students per teacher. About 47% of students at Lake Hills Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 34% average for public schools in Ottawa County is 13 points.
Lake Hills Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 74% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Lake Hills Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.4% is 7.7 points above the 45.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Ottawa County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $90,502 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Ottawa County number 103, with about 42,894 students.
Lake Hills Elementary School's nearest public school is Walden Green Montessori (about 1.1 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Lake Hills Elementary School is 5th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 273, from 309 in 2020-21. The ratio was 14.7:1 in 2020-21 and 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Grand Haven Area Public Schools
- Grand Haven High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
- White Pines Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Lakeshore Middle SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Peach Plains SchoolElementary · 328 students
- Griffin Elementary SchoolElementary · 308 students
- Mary A White SchoolElementary · 260 students
Other schools in SPRING LAKE
- Spring Lake High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Holmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 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
Other Lake Hills Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lake Hills Elementary. Lake Hills Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Lake Hills ElementaryRiverside, CA · 638 students
- Lake Hills ElementaryBellevue, WA · 498 students
- Lake Hills Elementary SchoolMichigan City, IN · 345 students
Nearby schools
- Walden Green Montessori1.1 mi · 251
- West MI Academy of Arts and Academics1.5 mi · 371
- Career Development School2.7 mi · 6
- Central High School2.7 mi · 89
- Ferry School2.9 mi · 232
- Spring Lake Intermediate School3.0 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Hills Elementary SchoolHow large is Lake Hills Elementary School?
Lake Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 273 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Lake Hills Elementary School serve?
Lake Hills Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lake Hills Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lake Hills Elementary School is approximately 13.7:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lake Hills Elementary School?
At Lake Hills Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Lake Hills Elementary School public or private?
Lake Hills Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Grand Haven Area Public Schools.
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