Enrollment
251
Elementary
STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALDEN GREEN MONTESSORI·NCES 260011200703
Walden Green Montessori
17339 ROOSEVELT RD, SPRING LAKE, MI 49456 · (616) 842-4523 · Ottawa County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL251 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Michigan public elementary schools
- A+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
19.6:1
13 FTE teachers
STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
64 students
STATE 55%
Community
0
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 | 45 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 17 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 15 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 200% larger than its 8th grade class (15).
Student demographics
16%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
77.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
71.2%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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
74.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 55% 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 19 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 Walden Green Montessori
Walden Green Montessori's state test result (74.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walden Green Montessori this school | 251 | 25.5% | 74.4% |
| Mill Creek Academy WILLIAMSBURG | 233 | 24.5% | N/A |
| Shay Elementary School HARBOR SPGS | 258 | 23.3% | 44.2% |
| Bushnell Elementary School LOWELL | 253 | 28.1% | N/A |
| Central Elementary School PETOSKEY | 234 | 26.5% | 51.3% |
| Bentheim Elementary School HAMILTON | 281 | 26.3% | 57.3% |
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 Walden Green Montessori ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Ottawa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #37 of 1,085 | #7 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #82 of 1,072 | #10 of 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #20 of 1,139 | #2 of 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 251 | #1,275 of 1,630 | #47 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #1,323 of 1,424 | #50 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.5% | #1,184 of 1,424 | #51 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.5% | #1,301 of 1,563 | #34 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.6% | #176 of 440 | #2 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. 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
251
+24 (+11%) vs 2020
+139% since 2000-01, when it was 105
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 251 | 12.8 | 19.6:1 | 25% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 237 | 13.5 | 17.6:1 | 36% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 232 | 13.5 | 17.2:1 | 38% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 227 | 13 | 17.5:1 | 38% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 227 | 12.7 | 17.9:1 | 48% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 181 | 8 | 22.6:1 | 38% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 216 | 9 | 24.0:1 | 25% (55) |
| 2000-01 | 105 | 5 | 21.0:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walden Green Montessori.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (227 to 251); teachers up 1% (12.7 to 12.8).
About Walden Green Montessori
Walden Green Montessori is a low-enrollment elementary school in SPRING LAKE, Michigan, under Walden Green Montessori. The grade span is kindergarten through 8, and enrollment is 251 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Michigan is about 369, so this school runs 32% smaller than that.
In federal data, the district for Walden Green Montessori is the school itself.
The large majority of students at Walden Green Montessori, 91%, are White. Next come 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Walden Green Montessori belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 16%.
Staffing totals 12.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.6:1. That ratio is over the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Walden Green Montessori is 25%. Compared with the 34% average for public schools in Ottawa County, the school's rate is lower.
Measured against Michigan public elementary schools, Walden Green Montessori receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 55.0% for Walden Green Montessori, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 74.4%. The 19.4-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Michigan schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Ottawa County, median household income is about $90,502, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. A total of 103 public schools operate in Ottawa County, serving about 42,894 students.
The school nearest to Walden Green Montessori is West MI Academy of Arts and Academics, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Walden Green Montessori is 2nd on average proficiency.
Walden Green Montessori is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Mid-size. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 11%, from 227 to 251. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.5:1 in 2020-21, and 19.6:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Walden Green Montessori covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 SPRING LAKE
- Spring Lake High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Holmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Jeffers Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- West MI Academy of Arts and AcademicsElementary · 371 students
- Spring Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 345 students
- Spring Lake Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 330 students
Nearby schools
- West MI Academy of Arts and Academics0.4 mi · 371
- Lake Hills Elementary School1.1 mi · 273
- Spring Lake Intermediate School1.9 mi · 330
- Holmes Elementary School1.9 mi · 409
- Spring Lake Middle School1.9 mi · 345
- Career Development School2.0 mi · 6
Frequently asked questions
About Walden Green MontessoriHow many students attend Walden Green Montessori?
Walden Green Montessori enrolls approximately 251 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Walden Green Montessori serve?
Walden Green Montessori serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Walden Green Montessori?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Walden Green Montessori is approximately 19.6:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Walden Green Montessori?
Student demographics at Walden Green Montessori are roughly 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Walden Green Montessori public or private?
Walden Green Montessori is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Walden Green Montessori.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.