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What's one thing Pine Creek Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 361 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST OTTAWA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 263591007660
Pine Creek Elementary School
1184 136TH AVE, HOLLAND, MI 49424 · (616) 786-1600 · Ottawa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
339 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 55%
Community
4
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 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 18% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
21.7%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
13.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 30% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Pine Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Ottawa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #1,083 of 1,085 | #48 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #1,068 of 1,072 | #47 of 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #1,095 of 1,139 | #49 of 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #577 of 1,630 | #13 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #60 of 1,424 | #7 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #358 of 1,424 | #10 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.1% | #348 of 1,563 | #1 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.0% | #317 of 440 | #5 of 10 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
418
+67 (+19%) vs 2020
-10% since 2000-01, when it was 467
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 418 | 35.4 | 11.8:1 | 81% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 390 | 35 | 11.1:1 | 75% (292) |
| 2022-23 | 366 | 33 | 11.1:1 | 81% (295) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 31 | 11.3:1 | 65% (227) |
| 2017-18 | 402 | 32.1 | 12.5:1 | 83% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 429 | 34 | 12.6:1 | 83% (356) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | 23 | 14.6:1 | 84% (281) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 25 | 18.7:1 | 48% (226) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pine Creek Elementary School.
About Pine Creek Elementary School
Pine Creek Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of HOLLAND, Michigan. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 418 students.
Besides Pine Creek Elementary School, West Ottawa Public School District runs 12 other schools. The district enrolls 6,729 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Pine Creek Elementary School is 64%, a majority. The school is also 13% White, 8% Black, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That is higher than the 10% Hispanic share among all Ottawa County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
The school's 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. Elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1, 4.1 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 81% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Ottawa County average 34%.
Pine Creek Elementary School trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 12.6 points (17.8% versus 30.4%), a bottom-10% result in Michigan on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Ottawa County, median household income comes to about $90,502, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 103 public schools and about 42,894 students.
Pine Creek Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Macatawa Bay Middle School, its nearest public school. Pine Creek Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Pine Creek Elementary School ranks 5th of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 17.8% against a local average of 33.1%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Mid-size).
The school's student count increased 19% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Pine Creek Elementary School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 West Ottawa Public School District
- West Ottawa High School CampusHigh · 2,187 students
- Harbor Lights Middle SchoolMiddle · 903 students
- Macatawa Bay Middle SchoolMiddle · 632 students
- Waukazoo Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Lakeshore Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Woodside Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
Other schools in HOLLAND
- West Ottawa High School CampusHigh · 2,187 students
- Holland High SchoolHigh · 967 students
- Harbor Lights Middle SchoolMiddle · 903 students
- Macatawa Bay Middle SchoolMiddle · 632 students
- Holland Middle SchoolMiddle · 605 students
- Black River Public School MiddleHighHigh · 569 students
Nearby schools
- Macatawa Bay Middle School0.2 mi · 632
- Harbor Lights Middle School0.3 mi · 903
- Woodside Elementary School1.5 mi · 431
- West Ottawa High School Campus1.6 mi · 2,187
- Dunes Alternative High School1.7 mi · 81
- Great Lakes Elementary School1.8 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About Pine Creek Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Pine Creek Elementary School?
Pine Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 418 students in grades PK-05.
Is Pine Creek Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pine Creek Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Pine Creek Elementary School have?
Pine Creek Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pine Creek Elementary School?
At Pine Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 13% White, 64% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Pine Creek Elementary School public or private?
Pine Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by West Ottawa Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.