Lakewood Elementary School

Lakewood Elementary School is a K-5 school of modestly sized scale in HOLLAND, Michigan, run under West Ottawa Public School District, instructing 293 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% below the state mean of about 369.

West Ottawa Public School District runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,729 students. Lakewood Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Lakewood Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Lakewood Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lakewood Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 48.9%; this one delivers 68.3%, a residual of +19.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for Ottawa County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,502 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Ottawa County runs 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,894 students), of which Lakewood Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Waukazoo Elementary School, roughly 1.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lakewood Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lakewood Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 41.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lakewood Elementary School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 294 (now 293). Hispanic enrollment moved from 14% to 19% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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