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Great Lakes Elementary School

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Great Lakes Elementary School ranks 1093 rd of 1492 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

1093^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,492 Michigan Elementary Schools

Better than 27% of Michigan elementary schools

Summary

Great Lakes Elementary School in Holland, MI, is a PK-5 school with 426 students, serving a high-needs community within the West Ottawa Public School District.

Great Lakes Elementary faces significant academic challenges, ranking in the bottom third of Michigan elementary schools. This is especially striking when compared to other schools in the same district. For example, 4th-grade math proficiency at Great Lakes is just 17.3%, compared to 77.8% at Lakewood Elementary School and 64.1% at Lakeshore Elementary School, both just a few miles away. Reading proficiency tells a similar story, with only 32% of 4th graders proficient versus 84.4% at Lakewood. A major factor appears to be chronic absenteeism, which affects 37% of students at Great Lakes—more than double the rate at Waukazoo Elementary School (12.2%) and Lakewood (17.7%). This pattern holds across the district: schools with higher poverty and absenteeism rates, like Great Lakes and Pine Creek Elementary School, tend to have lower academic rankings than their more affluent neighbors.

Despite spending a substantial $18,317 per student—comparable to higher-performing schools like Lakewood ($19,420)—the investment is not translating into strong results. The school's performance for its White students has also dropped sharply, from the 52nd to the 22nd percentile in just one year. On a more positive note, Great Lakes appears relatively more effective for its low-income students (33rd percentile) than for its overall student body (27th percentile). For parents, the key takeaway is that while the school has resources, its biggest hurdles are improving attendance and addressing the specific needs of its diverse student population to reverse its downward trend.

426

Students ?

12.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,317

Per pupil spending ?

75.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3200 152nd Ave
Holland, MI 49424-5902

(616) 786-1200

District: West Ottawa Public School District

Students who attend Great Lakes Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Harbor Lights Middle School
High:	West Ottawa High School Campus

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

54.0%

White:

24.9%

Asian:

8.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 40th percentile in 2016 → 27th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Michigan average (24% vs 38% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (37% vs 28% Michigan)

!Ranking has slipped — down 13 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school24%

District avg36%

Michigan avg38%

1,093^rd of 1,492

Michigan public elementary schools ?

Bottom 27%▼ down 13 pts since 2016

From bottom 40% (2016) to bottom 27% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

7^th of 8Elementary Schools in the West Ottawa Public School District

249^th of 625West Ottawa Public School District among Michigan districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	24.3	1093 of 1492	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	30.4	1007 of 1488	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.6	1044 of 1486	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.7	921 of 1470	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.3	867 of 1344	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	29.4	825 of 1153	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	43.9	769 of 1408	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	54.1	720 of 1448	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2017	41.4	843 of 1466	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2016	42.3	926 of 1548	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2015	50.6	818 of 1580	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2014	66.4	502 of 1533	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2013	58.3	678 of 1563	56.6%	★★★☆☆
2012	62.0	583 of 1566	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2011	68.3	529 of 1552	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2010	43.4	1181 of 1552	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	51.3	1026 of 1589	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2008	49.5	1043 of 1577	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2007	46.8	1062 of 1565	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2006	40.9	1171 of 1545	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	18.1	161 of 188	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.7	138 of 184	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.3	150 of 180	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	56.0	45 of 117	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	47.8	127 of 270	53.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	16.9	1155 of 1343	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	22.0	1043 of 1338	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.0	1002 of 1342	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.7	947 of 1321	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.8	873 of 1106	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	36.5	586 of 902	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	47.0	622 of 1171	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.1	755 of 1443	47.7%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	17.5	201 of 225	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	26.7	155 of 209	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.8	149 of 201	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	40.5	105 of 188	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.0	44 of 86	48.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	42.9	17 of 30	43.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	54.9	32 of 86	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.8	79 of 222	64.4%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	32.7	904 of 1352	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	35.8	861 of 1346	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.2	838 of 1381	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.8	773 of 1350	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.4	713 of 1099	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	33.4	541 of 749	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	57.6	427 of 1134	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	62.9	448 of 1397	67.9%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	27.2	977 of 1372	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	31.8	916 of 1366	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.1	1001 of 1347	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.1	860 of 1334	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.5	807 of 1139	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.7	738 of 915	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.7	801 of 1196	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	55.3	655 of 1446	54.7%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	24.4	930 of 1199	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	50.5	583 of 1206	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	39.3	738 of 1204	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	53.7	524 of 1198	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	51.4	529 of 1102	52.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	62.8	384 of 1128	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	76.4	253 of 1253	79.8%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)33rd percentile+6 vs school

Male (2026)29th percentile~ school

White (2026)22nd percentile-4 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)14th percentile-12 vs school

Female (2026)14th percentile-13 vs school

Hispanic (2026)11th percentile-16 vs school

By subject vs Michigan (2025-2026) ?

Science32%-8 vs state

English Language Arts29%-12 vs state

Math20%-19 vs state

Social Studies17%-11 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, January 6, 2020

This school has a system if your acting out they take time from your child's 15 min to eat . So they have like 5 min only to gobble everything if they can! That's child abuse period! Just wrong! So annoyed when I heard my child tell me that! So they go hungry if they act out , hes in second grade people! Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PSAT English Language Arts (2026)	PSAT Mathematics (2026)	M-Step English Language Arts (2026)					M-Step Math (2026)					M-Step Science (2026)		M-Step Social Studies (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 3rd Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 4th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 5th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 6th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 7th Grade	M-Step Math 3rd Grade	M-Step Math 4th Grade	M-Step Math 5th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Math 7th Grade	M-Step Science 5th Grade	M-Step Science 8th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Great Lakes Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3200 152nd Ave	Holland	49424	Ottawa County	West Ottawa Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(616) 786-1200	426	34	12.4	75.1%	106 (24.9%)	18 (4.2%)	230 (54.0%)	36 (8.5%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.5%)	24.3	1093^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	26.7%		30.4	1007^th of 1488 public elementary schools	32.3%	86			21.7	32.0	33.8			23.2	17.3	18.5			32.3		16.9		$18,317	$1,557	$16,760
Woodside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2591 N Division Ave	Holland	49424	Ottawa County	West Ottawa Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(616) 786-1900	431	38	11.4	72.6%	87 (20.2%)	19 (4.4%)	287 (66.6%)	14 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (5.3%)	34.3	936^th of 1492 public elementary schools	37.3%		30	1013^th of 1488 public elementary schools	31.9%	77			28.1	39.7	31.1			35.9	42.9	15.6			36.7		16.7		$18,915	$1,444	$17,471
Waukazoo Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1294 W Lakewood Blvd	Holland	49424	Ottawa County	West Ottawa Public School District	No	No	No	No	(616) 786-1800	466	28	16.5	30.3%	350 (75.1%)	7 (1.5%)	52 (11.2%)	8 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	46 (9.9%)	67.2	447^th of 1492 public elementary schools	70.0%		73.2	364^th of 1488 public elementary schools	75.5%	83			48.1	51.4	43.8			54.5	52.8	38.4			46.6		35.6		$15,529	$808	$14,721
Pine Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1184 136th Ave	Holland	49424	Ottawa County	West Ottawa Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(616) 786-1600	418	35	11.7	81.1%	55 (13.2%)	35 (8.4%)	267 (63.9%)	22 (5.3%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.2%)	32 (7.7%)	17.8	1221^st of 1492 public elementary schools	18.2%		13.1	1298^th of 1488 public elementary schools	12.8%	77			13.8	24.0	26.1			15.4	12.0	23.2			30.4		8.7		$18,297	$1,533	$16,764
Lakeshore Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3765 N 168th Ave	Holland	49424	Ottawa County	West Ottawa Public School District	No	No	No	No	(616) 786-1400	440	30	14.7	45.7%	224 (50.9%)	14 (3.2%)	167 (38.0%)	4 (0.9%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.1%)	67.6	441^st of 1492 public elementary schools	70.4%		79.7	277^th of 1488 public elementary schools	81.4%	164			59.5	64.1	55.8			51.4	64.1	31.8			36.4		27.3		$17,539	$886	$16,653
Lakewood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2134 W Lakewood Blvd	Holland	49424	Ottawa County	West Ottawa Public School District	No	No	No	No	(616) 786-1300	293	24	12.0	39.2%	209 (71.3%)	4 (1.4%)	55 (18.8%)	11 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.8%)	94.5	59^th of 1492 public elementary schools	96.0%		93.7	69^th of 1488 public elementary schools	95.4%	10			58.3	84.4	83.3			72.9	77.8	65.3			61.2		59.2		$19,420	$839	$18,581
Vanderbilt Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	301 W 16th St	Holland	49423	Ottawa County	Vanderbilt Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(616) 820-5050	401	31	12.9	81.0%	106 (26.4%)	21 (5.2%)	229 (57.1%)	6 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (9.5%)	65.1	491^st of 1492 public elementary schools	67.1%		63.7	512^th of 1488 public elementary schools	65.6%	21	80.0	52.0	55.1	46.0	58.3	50.0	41.0	55.1	46.0	31.3	29.4	33.3	42.6	32.0	31.9	36.0	$15,833	$1,532	$14,301
Holland Language Academy at Van Raalte	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	461 Van Raalte Ave	Holland	49423	Ottawa County	Holland City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(616) 494-2601	307	21	14.4	47.9%	99 (32.2%)	2 (0.7%)	194 (63.2%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.9%)	37.9	891^st of 1492 public elementary schools	40.3%		38.3	889^th of 1488 public elementary schools	40.3%	2			29.2	46.8	30.9			36.9	48.9	21.8			32.7		14.5		$23,252	$1,122	$22,130
West	Public	PK, KG-5	500 W 24th St	Holland	49423	Ottawa County	Holland City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(616) 494-5080	413	44	9.4	66.1%	171 (41.4%)	35 (8.5%)	161 (39.0%)	21 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	23 (5.6%)	47.9	732^nd of 1492 public elementary schools	50.9%		56.5	618^th of 1488 public elementary schools	58.5%	114			44.6	31.5	43.8			44.6	26.4	37.0			37.0		30.1		$35,805	$1,932	$33,872
Eagle Crest Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	11950 Riley St	Holland	49424	Ottawa County	Eagle Crest Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(616) 786-2400	561	40	14.0	65.4%	145 (25.8%)	10 (1.8%)	259 (46.2%)	82 (14.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (11.6%)	48.2	724^th of 1492 public elementary schools	51.5%		64.5	500^th of 1488 public elementary schools	66.4%	224	81.1	51.4	41.4	31.0	37.7	48.0	44.6	32.2	39.0	27.9	50.0	44.6	39.3	54.1	21.3	67.6	$13,886	$1,201	$12,684

Frequently Asked Questions about Great Lakes Elementary School

How many students attend Great Lakes Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 426 students attended Great Lakes Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of Great Lakes Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Great Lakes Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Harbor Lights Middle School
High : West Ottawa High School Campus

What is the racial makeup of Great Lakes Elementary School?

Students at Great Lakes Elementary School are 54% Hispanic, 25% White, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more races, 4% African American.

What district is Great Lakes Elementary School in?

West Ottawa Public School District

Is Great Lakes Elementary School a good school?

Great Lakes Elementary School ranks 1093^rd of 1492 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

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