Lakeshore Elementary School

Lakeshore Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary campus in HOLLAND, Michigan, one of the schools within West Ottawa Public School District, teaches 440 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 13 schools in West Ottawa Public School District (6,729 students total), Lakeshore Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Lakeshore Elementary School logs that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 38% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Ottawa County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Lakeshore Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 46% of students at Lakeshore Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Ottawa County's rate of about 34%.

After controlling for student poverty, Lakeshore Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.0%; this one delivers 56.0%.

Around the school, census data for Ottawa County shows median household income runs about $90,502, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Lakeshore Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Lakewood Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lakeshore Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 10%: 399 students in 2018 compared to 440 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 61% to 51% across the same window.

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