Peach Plains School

Peach Plains School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in GRAND HAVEN, Michigan, part of Grand Haven Area Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 328 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

Grand Haven Area Public Schools comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 5,171 students; Peach Plains School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Peach Plains School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Beyond that, the school lists 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Ottawa County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Peach Plains School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Peach Plains 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 54.5%; Peach Plains School posts 71.5%, +17.0 points above that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Ottawa County) shows that median household income runs about $90,502, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Peach Plains School is one campus in the mix.

Grand Haven Cyber School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Peach Plains School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Peach Plains School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 62.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Peach Plains School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 333 (now 328). White enrollment moved from 91% to 84% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.