2023-24 School Year: How many students were enrolled in Ottawa County schools?

MI Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael F. Rice 2023 | Michigan Department of Education

By Holland Reporter

Aug 1, 2024

There were 42,756 students enrolled in Ottawa County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.4% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Boys made up 51.4% of the county student body, while the other 48.6% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 69.9% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Ottawa County schools, followed by 19.3% of Hispanic students, 5.1% of multiracial students, 2.8% of Asian students, 2.6% of African American students, 0.2% of American Indian students and less than 0.1% of Hawaiian students.

West Ottawa High School Campus had the highest enrollment among Ottawa County's 102 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 2,185 students.

Overall student enrollment in Michigan remains below pre-pandemic levels, with white students experiencing the largest decline at 6.5%.

Academic performance has also suffered, with the state's average NAEP score dropping by 6.5 points and ethnic achievement gaps have widened. Black and Hispanic students' average math proficiency dropped by 7% in 2022, to 13.5% and 28.2%, respectively.

Enrollment in Ottawa County Over 9 Years

Enrollment in Ottawa County Schools

School name	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
West Ottawa High School Campus	2,196	2,185	-0.5
Hudsonville High School	1,513	1,951	28.9
Grand Haven High School	1,732	1,724	-0.5
Jenison High School	1,495	1,470	-1.7
Holland High School	962	966	0.4
Zeeland East High School	973	956	-1.7
Zeeland West High School	976	953	-2.4
Coopersville High School	888	864	-2.7
Harbor Lights Middle School	817	856	4.8
Spring Lake High School	788	793	0.6
Allendale High School	775	772	-0.4
Jenison Junior High School	752	769	2.3
Cityside Middle School	736	767	4.2
Lakeshore Middle School	760	749	-1.4
White Pines Intermediate School	762	738	-3.1
Riley Street Middle School	687	687	0
Macatawa Bay Middle School	646	661	2.3
Coopersville Middle School	610	611	0.2
Holland Middle School	583	609	4.5
Creekside Middle School	604	581	-3.8
Eagle Crest Charter Academy	649	580	-10.6
Evergreen Elementary School	547	577	5.5
Baldwin Street Middle School	844	570	-32.5
Allendale Middle School	554	565	2
Black River Public School Middle-High	546	550	0.7
New Groningen School	549	534	-2.7
Bauerwood School	488	503	3.1
Coopersville South Elementary School	509	503	-1.2
Georgetown Elementary School	581	499	-14.1
Rosewood School	505	483	-4.4
Quincy Elementary School	480	478	-0.4
Woodside Elementary School	459	455	-0.9
Alward Elementary School	497	449	-9.7
Lakeshore Elementary School	419	439	4.8
Waukazoo Elementary School	454	438	-3.5
Great Lakes Elementary School	409	435	6.4
Vanderbilt Charter Academy	486	432	-11.1
West Michigan Academy of Arts and Academics	453	423	-6.6
Sandy Hill School	424	422	-0.5
Holmes Elementary School	419	420	0.2
Bursley School	411	402	-2.2
West	380	397	4.5
Black River Public School Elementary	395	396	0.3
South Elementary School	395	394	-0.3
Woodbridge Elementary School	398	392	-1.5
Pine Creek Elementary School	366	390	6.6
Adams Elementary School	377	377	0
Elementary Puente Spanish Immersion	380	376	-1.1
Jeffers Elementary School	367	368	0.3
Lincoln Elementary School	385	368	-4.4
Spring Lake Middle School	379	366	-3.4
Oakwood Intermediate School	385	358	-7
Bauer Elementary School	421	351	-16.6
Pinewood School	344	335	-2.6
Spring Lake Intermediate School	347	331	-4.6
Holland Language Academy at Van Raalte	326	326	0
Griffin Elementary School	335	323	-3.6
Jamestown Upper Elementary School	319	321	0.6
Peach Plains School	328	319	-2.7
Jamestown Lower Elementary School	335	318	-5.1
Lakewood Elementary School	296	308	4.1
Coopersville East Elementary School	322	307	-4.7
Park Elemementary School	379	280	-26.1
Jefferson	296	277	-6.4
Lake Hills Elementary School	273	275	0.7
North Holland Elementary School	267	274	2.6
Rosy Mound School	293	268	-8.5
Innocademy	269	267	-0.7
Allendale Early Childhood Center	301	265	-12
Roosevelt Elementary School	288	262	-9
Mary A. White School	258	261	1.2
Holland Heights	227	249	9.7
Forest Grove Elementary School	263	243	-7.6
Walden Green Montessori	232	237	2.2
Ferry School	204	227	11.3
ICademy Global	242	227	-6.2
Roerink-Knoll Education Center	203	216	6.4
Robinson School	211	200	-5.2
Coopersville West Early Childhood Center	197	189	-4.1
Jenison Public Schools Early Childhood Center	181	161	-11
Sheldon Woods Elementary School	150	153	2
Jenison International Academy	140	150	7.1
Zeeland Quest	147	146	-0.7
Ottawa Area Center	129	112	-13.2
Central High School	101	91	-9.9
Grand Haven Cyber School	113	91	-19.5
Venture Academy	82	80	-2.4
Jenison Innovation Academy Elementary School	56	53	-5.4
New Options High School	55	45	-18.2
Dunes Alternative High School	49	42	-14.3
Holland Virtual Technology High School	42	36	-14.3
West Ottawa Virtual Academy	30	35	16.7
CAPS Academy	20	29	45
Sheldon Pines School	20	24	20
Lighthouse Academy Ottawa Juvenile Detention Center	24	21	-12.5
Spring Lake Alternative Education	26	15	-42.3
Lighthouse Academy Juvenile Justice Institute	8	10	25
Career Development School	8	5	-37.5
Early Childhood Building	50	--	--
Hudsonville Freshman Building	468	--	--