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West Ottawa Public School District, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
West Ottawa Public School District runs 13 public schools with 6,757 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.9 students per teacher is 1.0 lower than the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 6,757
- Teachers (FTE)
- 426
- Students per teacher
- 15.9
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1138 136th Ave, Holland, MI 49424
- Phone
- (616)786-2099
- County
- Ottawa County
- Locale
- Suburb: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2635910
- State district ID
- MI-70070
- Total staff (FTE)
- 916
- School counselors (FTE)
- 11.0About 614 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 28.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.9
Michigan16.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (6,471), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $105.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $10.9 million
- State revenue
- $53.7 million
- Local revenue
- $41.0 million
- Total spending
- $104.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,113
- Salaries
- $39.5 million37.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $114.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.3%
- State: 50.8%
- Local: 38.8%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,113
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in West Ottawa Public School District
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 8 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dunes Alternative High School | High | 9 to 12 | 81 | 40.5 |
| Great Lakes Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 426 | 12.5 |
| Harbor Lights Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 903 | 18.1 |
| Lakeshore Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 440 | 15.2 |
| Lakewood Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 293 | 12.2 |
| Macatawa Bay Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 632 | 15.0 |
| North Holland Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 267 | 15.7 |
| Pine Creek Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 418 | 11.9 |
| Sheldon Woods Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 145 | 13.2 |
| Waukazoo Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 466 | 16.6 |
| West Ottawa High School CampusCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,187 | 19.7 |
| West Ottawa Virtual Academy | Other | K to 12 | 40 | 40.0 |
| Woodside Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 431 | 11.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Ottawa County
- Hudsonville Public School District 6,709 students
- Zeeland Public Schools 5,788 students
- Grand Haven Area Public Schools 5,202 students
- Jenison Public Schools 5,165 students
- Holland City School District 2,878 students
- Allendale Public Schools 2,568 students
- Coopersville Area Public School District 2,487 students
- Spring Lake Public Schools 2,275 students
- Ottawa Area ISD 1,988 students
- Black River Public School 964 students
- Eagle Crest Charter Academy 561 students
- Vanderbilt Charter Academy 401 students
- West MI Academy of Arts and Academics 371 students
- Innocademy 268 students
- Walden Green Montessori 251 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.