Lake Hills Elementary School

Set in SPRING LAKE, Michigan, Lake Hills Elementary School is a modestly sized elementary school, part of Grand Haven Area Public Schools. It teaches 273 students across grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 26% smaller than typical.

Within Grand Haven Area Public Schools, which oversees 13 schools and 5,171 students, Lake Hills Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Lake Hills Elementary School logs that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 7% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Lake Hills Elementary School reports 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Ottawa County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lake Hills Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.7%, the actual is 53.4%, a residual of +7.7 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Ottawa County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,502 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ottawa County's 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,894 students), Lake Hills Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Walden Green Montessori, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lake Hills Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lake Hills Elementary School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 62.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lake Hills Elementary School has changed only slightly, going from 270 students in 2018 to 273 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 81% to 75%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.