Enrollment
260
Elementary
DISTRICT 267 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAND HAVEN AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 261638005283
Mary A White School
1400 WISCONSIN ST, GRAND HAVEN, MI 49417 · (616) 850-5700 · Ottawa County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL260 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
118 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 | 59 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 13% larger than its 4th grade class (52).
Student demographics
37%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
Mary A White School→White Pines Intermediate School
Based on grade levels within Grand Haven Area Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
57.1%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
56.1%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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
56.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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 Mary A White School
Mary A White School's state test result (56.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary A White School this school | 260 | 45.4% | 56.5% |
| Hill Elementary School DAVISON | 261 | 48.3% | 66.0% |
| Hughes Elementary School MARSHALL | 261 | 45.6% | 62.0% |
| Bessie B Baker School WAYLAND | 280 | 45.0% | N/A |
| Lake Hills Elementary School SPRING LAKE | 273 | 46.5% | 53.4% |
| WR Bush Elementary School ESSEXVILLE | 236 | 46.6% | N/A |
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 Mary A White School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Ottawa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #281 of 1,085 | #29 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #299 of 1,072 | #25 of 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #320 of 1,139 | #31 of 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 260 | #1,238 of 1,630 | #43 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #221 of 1,424 | #24 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.7% | #678 of 1,424 | #29 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #972 of 1,563 | #17 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #467 of 979 | #25 of 38 |
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
260
-11 (-4%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 331
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 260 | 19 | 13.7:1 | 45% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 261 | 20 | 13.1:1 | 49% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 18 | 14.3:1 | 49% (127) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | 19 | 14.3:1 | 43% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 300 | 20 | 15.0:1 | 39% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 312 | 19 | 16.4:1 | 36% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 324 | 20 | 16.2:1 | 41% (133) |
| 2000-01 | 181 | 10 | 18.1:1 | 30% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 331 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary A White School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (300 to 260); teachers down 5% (20 to 19).
About Mary A White School
Mary A White School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Michigan, located in GRAND HAVEN. The school's 260 students are in pre-K through 4. Statewide, elementary schools in Michigan average about 369 students each.
Mary A White School is run by Grand Haven Area Public Schools, whose 13 schools enroll 5,171 students.
White students make up a majority at Mary A White School, at 78%. Other students are 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 2% Black. The school's diversity index is 37%, meaning two students picked at random have a 37% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.7 students per teacher. That is 2.2 students per teacher below the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 45% of students. The gap from the 34% average for public schools in Ottawa County is 11 points.
allk12 grades Mary A White School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 56.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 46.2%.
Census estimates describe Ottawa County this way: the median household income is $90,502, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. In all, Ottawa County has 103 public schools and roughly 42,894 students.
Lakeshore Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Mary A White School comes in 4th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment is down 4% from 2020-21, when Mary A White School had 271 students, to 2024-25, when it had 260.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Mary A White School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Lake Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 273 students
Other schools in GRAND HAVEN
- 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
- Rosy Mound SchoolElementary · 243 students
Nearby schools
- Lakeshore Middle School0.5 mi · 733
- Central High School0.8 mi · 89
- Career Development School0.8 mi · 6
- Ferry School0.9 mi · 232
- White Pines Intermediate School1.2 mi · 740
- Griffin Elementary School1.2 mi · 308
Frequently asked questions
About Mary A White SchoolHow many students attend Mary A White School?
Mary A White School enrolls approximately 260 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Mary A White School serve?
Mary A White School serves grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Mary A White School have?
Mary A White School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
How diverse is Mary A White School?
Mary A White School reports a student body of 78% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Mary A White School?
Mary A White School is overseen by Grand Haven Area Public Schools in Ottawa County.
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