Zeeland Quest

Set in ZEELAND, Michigan, Zeeland Quest is an one-room-style primary school, operated by Zeeland Public Schools. It teaches 144 students across grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 61% leaner than the state mean of about 369.

Zeeland Public Schools comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 5,777 students; Zeeland Quest is among them.

On demographics, Zeeland Quest records that White students make up the majority at 78%. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school reports having 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Ottawa County (around 34%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Zeeland Quest tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Ottawa County put the typical household earns roughly $90,502 per year, 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 Zeeland Quest is one.

Nearest neighbor: Roosevelt Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Zeeland Quest. On composite proficiency, Zeeland Quest comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Zeeland Quest has shrank 16%, going from 172 students in 2018 to 144 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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