North Holland Elementary School

North Holland Elementary School is a small K-5 school in HOLLAND, Michigan, operated by West Ottawa Public School District. The school serves 267 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 28% below typical.

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

In terms of who attends, North Holland Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 28% White, 9% multiracial, 8% Asian, 2% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting North Holland Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Ottawa County's rate of about 34%.

After controlling for student poverty, North Holland Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Ottawa County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,502, 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 North Holland Elementary School is one.

Eagle Crest Charter Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around North Holland Elementary School. On composite proficiency, North Holland Elementary School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 39.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. North Holland Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 25% since 2018, when it stood at 214 (now 267). Over the same period, the Asian share ticked down from 18% to 8%. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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