Park Elemementary School

Park Elemementary School, a small elementary-level community in HUDSONVILLE, Michigan, run under Hudsonville Public School District, works with 260 students, covering grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 30% leaner than typical.

Park Elemementary School is one of 12 schools operated by Hudsonville Public School District, a district that enrolls 6,654 students overall.

On demographics, Park Elemementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder reads as 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Park Elemementary School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Ottawa County's rate of about 34%.

With demographic context factored in, Park Elemementary School ranks in the top 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 58.8%; Park Elemementary School posts 75.8%, +17.1 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Ottawa County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,502 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Park Elemementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: South Elementary School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Park Elemementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 64.3%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Park Elemementary School has contracted 36%, going from 406 students in 2018 to 260 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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