West MI Academy of Arts and Academics

West MI Academy of Arts and Academics is one of the moderately sized elementary schools in SPRING LAKE, Michigan, run under West MI Academy of Arts and Academics, with 371 students on its rolls from grades K through 8.

West MI Academy of Arts and Academics sits inside West MI Academy of Arts and Academics, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, West MI Academy of Arts and Academics logs that 71% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Ottawa County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, West MI Academy of Arts and Academics records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ottawa County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, West MI Academy of Arts and Academics performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.7%, the actual is 35.1%, a residual of -5.6 points.

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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. West MI Academy of Arts and Academics is one of 103 public schools in Ottawa County (combined enrollment of about 42,894 students).

Nearest neighbor: Walden Green Montessori, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West MI Academy of Arts and Academics ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 65.6%.

West MI Academy of Arts and Academics operates from a commuter-belt location. West MI Academy of Arts and Academics is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. West MI Academy of Arts and Academics's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 451 (now 371). Over the same period, the White share declined from 81% to 71%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.