Pine Creek Elementary School

Located at 1184 136TH AVE, in HOLLAND, Michigan, Pine Creek Elementary School is a reasonably sized primary school that instructs 418 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by West Ottawa Public School District.

Across the 13 schools in West Ottawa Public School District (6,729 students total), Pine Creek Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Pine Creek Elementary School lists that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 13% White, 8% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 10% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Ottawa County's rate of about 34%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pine Creek Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 30.4%; Pine Creek Elementary School posts 17.8%, -12.6 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Ottawa County shows 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), Pine Creek Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Macatawa Bay Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Pine Creek Elementary School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Pine Creek Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 4% since 2018, when it stood at 402 (now 418).

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.