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Enrollment
401
Elementary
STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VANDERBILT CHARTER ACADEMY·NCES 260011500706
Vanderbilt Charter Academy
301 W 16TH ST, HOLLAND, MI 49423 · (616) 820-5050 · Ottawa County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Michigan public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
31 FTE teachers
STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
325 students
STATE 55%
Community
5
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 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 46% larger than its 8th grade class (37).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
68.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
43.4%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 30% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Michigan's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Vanderbilt Charter Academy
Vanderbilt Charter Academy's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt Charter Academy this school | 401 | 81.0% | 52.3% |
| Fennville Elementary School FENNVILLE | 503 | 84.3% | 27.2% |
| Pine Creek Elementary School HOLLAND | 418 | 81.1% | 17.8% |
| Gladiola Elementary School WYOMING | 290 | 84.5% | N/A |
| Great Lakes Elementary School HOLLAND | 426 | 75.1% | 30.8% |
| Parkview Elementary School WYOMING | 296 | 86.8% | 27.8% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Vanderbilt Charter Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Ottawa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #358 of 1,085 | #33 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #595 of 1,072 | #37 of 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #102 of 1,139 | #11 of 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 401 | #645 of 1,630 | #18 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #144 of 1,424 | #19 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #285 of 1,424 | #7 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.0% | #350 of 1,563 | #2 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #390 of 979 | #23 of 38 |
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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
401
-77 (-16%) vs 2020
+10% since 2000-01, when it was 363
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 401 | 31 | 12.9:1 | 81% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 28.7 | 15.1:1 | 80% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 30.7 | 15.8:1 | 80% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 29 | 16.5:1 | 77% (367) |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 28.4 | 16.7:1 | 74% (353) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 26 | 17.4:1 | 73% (328) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 26 | 18.1:1 | 74% (350) |
| 2000-01 | 363 | 19 | 19.1:1 | 18% (66) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vanderbilt Charter Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (474 to 401); teachers up 9% (28.4 to 31).
About Vanderbilt Charter Academy
Vanderbilt Charter Academy is a mid-sized elementary school in HOLLAND, Michigan, under Vanderbilt Charter Academy. The school has 401 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 8.
Vanderbilt Charter Academy is its own local education agency in federal data.
Hispanic students are 57% of those enrolled at Vanderbilt Charter Academy. The next largest groups are 26% White, 9% multiracial, and 5% Black. In Ottawa County overall, about 10% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
Vanderbilt Charter Academy lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.9 students per teacher. The school's 12.9:1 compares with an average of 15.8:1 for elementary schools in Michigan. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 81% of the student body. That rate is above the 34% average among public schools in Ottawa County.
Among Michigan public elementary schools, Vanderbilt Charter Academy outscored 82%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Vanderbilt Charter Academy ranks in the top 10% of Michigan schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 52.3%. Predicted: 30.4%. Difference: 21.9 points.
The school is in Ottawa County, where the median household earns about $90,502 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Vanderbilt Charter Academy shares Ottawa County with 102 other public schools.
About 0.3 miles separate Vanderbilt Charter Academy from the closest public school, Holland Language Academy at Van Raalte. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Vanderbilt Charter Academy's average proficiency of 52.3% compares with 46.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. Vanderbilt Charter Academy is a public charter school.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 401, down from 478 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 16.5 in 2020-21 to 12.9 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Vanderbilt Charter Academy can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 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
- Holland Language Academy at Van Raalte0.3 mi · 307
- Holland Virtual Tech High School0.6 mi · 48
- Holland High School0.6 mi · 967
- West0.8 mi · 413
- Jefferson0.9 mi · 254
- Black River Public School MiddleHigh1.1 mi · 569
Frequently asked questions
About Vanderbilt Charter AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Vanderbilt Charter Academy?
Vanderbilt Charter Academy enrolls approximately 401 students in grades KG-08.
Is Vanderbilt Charter Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Vanderbilt Charter Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vanderbilt Charter Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vanderbilt Charter Academy is approximately 12.9:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Vanderbilt Charter Academy?
Student demographics at Vanderbilt Charter Academy are roughly 26% White, 57% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Vanderbilt Charter Academy in?
Vanderbilt Charter Academy is part of Vanderbilt Charter Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.