Zeeland West High School

Families in ZEELAND, Michigan, are served by Zeeland West High School, a large high school. The latest federal count shows 975 students in grades 9 through 12. Against the 460-student average for high schools in Michigan, enrollment here is 112% higher.

Zeeland Public Schools operates 12 schools. Combined enrollment is 5,777 students.

White students account for 72% of enrollment at Zeeland West High School. Other groups make up 17% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Ottawa County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at Zeeland West High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 45%.

Zeeland West High School's 51.9 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 18.8:1. That ratio is under the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Michigan. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 16%. The 34% average for public schools in Ottawa County is 18 points higher.

Zeeland West High School is located in Ottawa County, where 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. Zeeland West High School is one of 103 public schools in Ottawa County, which together enroll about 42,894 students.

The nearest public school is Venture Academy, at less than a tenth of a mile. Zeeland West High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

The school's locale code, Suburb: Mid-size, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Zeeland West High School saw enrollment fall 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 21.0:1 in 2020-21, and 18.8:1 in 2024-25.

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