Vanderbilt Charter Academy

Vanderbilt Charter Academy is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in HOLLAND, Michigan, run under Vanderbilt Charter Academy, with 401 students on its rolls from grades K through 8.

Vanderbilt Charter Academy is a school of Vanderbilt Charter Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, Vanderbilt Charter Academy logs that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 26% White, 9% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 10% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 81% of students at Vanderbilt Charter Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Ottawa County's rate of about 34%.

With demographic context factored in, Vanderbilt Charter Academy is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 30.4%; this one delivers 52.3%, a residual of +21.9 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Ottawa County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,502, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Ottawa County runs 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,894 students), of which Vanderbilt Charter Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Holland Language Academy at Van Raalte, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Vanderbilt Charter Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Vanderbilt Charter Academy at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 46.3%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. As a public charter, Vanderbilt Charter Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Vanderbilt Charter Academy has declined 15%, going from 474 students in 2018 to 401 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 31% to 26% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.