Spring Lake Middle School

Located at 345 HAMMOND ST, in SPRING LAKE, Michigan, Spring Lake Middle School is a compact junior high that teaches 345 students (grades 7 through 8), run under Spring Lake Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 31% below the state mean of about 502.

Spring Lake Public Schools comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,271 students; Spring Lake Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Spring Lake Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school lists 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Spring Lake Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 17% of students at Spring Lake Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Ottawa County's rate of about 34%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Spring Lake Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.8%; this one delivers 68.0%.

Across the wider county, Ottawa County reports that median household income runs about $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%. Spring Lake Middle School is one of 103 public schools in Ottawa County (combined enrollment of about 42,894 students).

Nearest neighbor: Spring Lake Intermediate School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Spring Lake Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 61.5%.

Spring Lake Middle School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Spring Lake Middle School's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 390 (now 345). Class-load math has fell: from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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