West MI Academy of Arts and Academics

Summary:

West MI Academy of Arts and Academics is a public charter elementary school serving 453 students in grades K-8 in Spring Lake, Michigan. While the school has a more diverse student population and faces challenges like higher chronic absenteeism and a larger proportion of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, it has some bright spots in its academic performance.

Compared to nearby public schools like Peach Plains School, Jeffers Elementary School, and Holmes Elementary School, West MI Academy of Arts and Academics generally underperforms academically. However, the school's 5th-grade students outperformed the state average in English Language Arts and Science in 2022-2023. The school's performance also varies significantly by student subgroup, with female students and white students performing better than male students and low socioeconomic status students.

Over the years, the school's statewide ranking has fluctuated, suggesting ups and downs in its academic performance. While the school's per-student spending has increased, reaching $10,923 in 2022-2023, this has not translated into significantly better academic outcomes compared to the nearby schools in the Grand Haven Area Public Schools and Spring Lake Public Schools districts. Addressing the school's areas of weakness, such as chronic absenteeism and subgroup performance, could be key to improving its overall academic outcomes.


Detail:

Public, Charter K-8

 17350 Hazel St
       Spring Lake, MI  49456-1222


(616) 844-9961

District: West MI Academy of Arts and Academics

SchoolDigger Rank:
775th of 1,486 Michigan Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,923 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  12.0 Help
Number of students:  453

Racial breakdown:

White:
73.1%
Hispanic:
9.9%
Two or more races:
9.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  63.8% Help


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Compare Details West MI Academy of Arts and Academics ranks worse than 52.2% of elementary schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 44.37. (See more...)
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Compare Details West MI Academy of Arts and Academics ranks better than 63.7% of middle schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 55.62. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (73.1%), Hispanic (9.9%), two or more races (9.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 63.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at West MI Academy of Arts and Academics is 12. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at West MI Academy of Arts and Academics is $10,923.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

West MI Academy of Arts and Academics:

SchoolDigger ranks West MI Academy of Arts and Academics 775th of 1486 Michigan public elementary schools. (See West MI Academy of Arts and Academics in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks West MI Academy of Arts and Academics 326th of 897 Michigan public middle schools. (See West MI Academy of Arts and Academics in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks West MI Academy of Arts and Academics 253rd of 610 Michigan school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for West MI Academy of Arts and Academics

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Rank History for all elementary school students at West MI Academy of Arts and Academics

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 70.33 429th 1545 72.2%
2007 64.41 610th 1565 61.0%
2008 61.72 715th 1577 54.7%
2009 71.43 460th 1589 71.1%
2010 79.01 168th 1552 89.2%
2011 78.79 228th 1552 85.3%
2012 68.47 471st 1566 69.9%
2013 75.46 334th 1563 78.6%
2014 69.48 439th 1533 71.4%
2015 68.93 462nd 1580 70.8%
2016 57.92 641st 1548 58.6%
2017 53.16 630th 1466 57.0%
2018 68.82 460th 1448 68.2%
2019 48.59 691st 1408 50.9%
2021 51.19 499th 1153 56.7%
2022 47.71 653rd 1344 51.4%
2023 57.55 579th 1470 60.6%
2024 44.37 775th 1486 47.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at West MI Academy of Arts and Academics

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.43 182nd 1397 87.0%
2019 60.90 371st 1134 67.3%
2021 62.28 220th 749 70.6%
2022 72.29 198th 1099 82.0%
2023 64.94 365th 1350 73.0%
2024 47.00 682nd 1381 50.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at West MI Academy of Arts and Academics

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.61 545th 1443 62.2%
2019 51.13 549th 1171 53.1%
2021 41.96 516th 902 42.8%
2022 58.55 400th 1106 63.8%
2023 55.09 521st 1321 60.6%
2024 36.29 828th 1342 38.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at West MI Academy of Arts and Academics

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.81 429th 1446 70.3%
2019 53.29 535th 1196 55.3%
2021 56.81 351st 915 61.6%
2022 39.30 684th 1139 39.9%
2023 50.29 622nd 1334 53.4%
2024 46.34 685th 1347 49.1%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at West MI Academy of Arts and Academics

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.55 502nd 1253 59.9%
2019 41.16 674th 1128 40.2%
2021 54.02 425th 1005 57.7%
2022 45.31 603rd 1102 45.3%
2023 51.42 561st 1198 53.2%
2024 45.24 645th 1204 46.4%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for West MI Academy of Arts and Academics

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Rank History for all middle school students at West MI Academy of Arts and Academics

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 75.09 184th 806 77.2%
2007 76.89 168th 823 79.6%
2008 70.72 262nd 839 68.8%
2009 73.45 212th 847 75.0%
2010 73.41 214th 851 74.9%
2011 79.49 125th 858 85.4%
2012 79.92 143rd 900 84.1%
2013 83.54 103rd 919 88.8%
2014 78.55 151st 921 83.6%
2015 81.71 124th 919 86.5%
2016 70.27 226th 894 74.7%
2017 62.91 250th 821 69.5%
2018 75.15 184th 838 78.0%
2019 57.54 295th 792 62.8%
2021 53.08 266th 675 60.6%
2022 64.75 215th 776 72.3%
2023 65.89 239th 883 72.9%
2024 55.62 326th 897 63.7%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at West MI Academy of Arts and Academics

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.37 72nd 815 91.2%
2021 91.43 18th 523 96.6%
2022 75.26 100th 691 85.5%
2023 61.90 241st 825 70.8%
2024 75.21 112th 836 86.6%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at West MI Academy of Arts and Academics

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.13 227th 794 71.4%
2019 59.81 227th 658 65.5%
2021 68.47 112th 521 78.5%
2022 68.87 145th 657 77.9%
2023 62.86 221st 770 71.3%
2024 46.24 374th 771 51.5%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at West MI Academy of Arts and Academics

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.51 135th 797 83.1%
2019 48.27 299th 639 53.2%
2021 36.12 331st 540 38.7%
2022 57.31 231st 658 64.9%
2023 61.14 235th 776 69.7%
2024 59.85 257th 786 67.3%
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Rank History for middle school White students at West MI Academy of Arts and Academics

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.58 199th 678 70.6%
2019 52.84 265th 624 57.5%
2021 53.04 237th 577 58.9%
2022 60.49 201st 638 68.5%
2023 62.52 211th 688 69.3%
2024 49.87 307th 701 56.2%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for West MI Academy of Arts and Academics

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1997 156 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 156
1998 108 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 108
1999 112 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 114
2000 184 0 2 0 2 n/a n/a 0 188
2001 265 9 3 7 2 n/a n/a 0 286
2002 313 25 5 11 4 n/a n/a 6 364
2003 313 25 5 11 4 n/a n/a 6 364
2004 302 30 3 8 2 n/a n/a 14 359
2005 320 32 4 3 1 n/a n/a 18 378
2006 327 25 4 4 0 n/a n/a 17 377
2007 321 22 4 5 0 n/a n/a 24 376
2008 320 26 4 5 1 n/a n/a 31 387
2009 318 23 5 5 2 n/a n/a 25 378
2010 339 15 7 4 2 n/a n/a 25 392
2011 319 18 6 14 2 0 17 0 376
2012 341 17 6 17 3 0 14 0 398
2013 368 15 7 16 1 0 17 0 424
2014 384 10 10 22 1 0 20 0 447
2015 382 10 11 17 2 0 18 0 440
2016 404 12 14 24 2 0 25 0 481
2017 405 11 17 29 1 0 28 0 491
2018 364 8 9 30 3 0 37 0 451
2019 347 13 8 30 7 0 34 0 439
2020 320 11 7 40 5 0 35 0 418
2021 325 12 4 42 4 0 30 0 417
2022 338 17 4 40 2 0 36 0 437
2023 331 22 8 45 2 0 45 0 453

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at West MI Academy of Arts and Academics

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1997 156 13.0 12.0 0
1998 108 11.0 9.8 0
1999 114 9.0 12.7 0
2000 188 15.8 11.9 0
2001 286 20.3 14.1 0
2002 364 n/a n/a n/a
2003 364 n/a n/a n/a
2004 359 23.8 15.1 n/a
2005 378 23.2 16.3 n/a
2006 377 22.8 16.5 0
2007 376 22.2 16.9 12.2
2008 387 23.8 16.3 25
2009 378 23.5 16.1 22.4
2010 392 22.7 17.2 28.9
2011 376 26.2 14.3 26.9
2012 398 27.0 14.7 31.7
2013 424 27.2 15.5 33.5
2014 447 31.8 14.0 30.6
2015 440 33.0 13.3 21.1
2016 481 32.0 15.0 22
2017 491 33.2 14.7 21.2
2018 451 34.0 13.2 37.7
2019 439 30.0 14.6 39.9
2020 418 30.2 13.8 45
2021 417 32.6 12.7 53.5
2022 437 34.8 12.5 60.4
2023 453 37.5 12.0 63.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio West MI Academy of Arts and Academics

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1997 156 13.0 12.0 0
1998 108 11.0 9.8 0
1999 114 9.0 12.7 0
2000 188 15.8 11.9 0
2001 286 20.3 14.1 0
2002 364 n/a n/a n/a
2003 364 n/a n/a n/a
2004 359 23.8 15.1 n/a
2005 378 23.2 16.3 n/a
2006 377 22.8 16.5 0
2007 376 22.2 16.9 12.2
2008 387 23.8 16.3 25
2009 378 23.5 16.1 22.4
2010 392 22.7 17.2 28.9
2011 376 26.2 14.3 26.9
2012 398 27.0 14.7 31.7
2013 424 27.2 15.5 33.5
2014 447 31.8 14.0 30.6
2015 440 33.0 13.3 21.1
2016 481 32.0 15.0 22
2017 491 33.2 14.7 21.2
2018 451 34.0 13.2 37.7
2019 439 30.0 14.6 39.9
2020 418 30.2 13.8 45
2021 417 32.6 12.7 53.5
2022 437 34.8 12.5 60.4
2023 453 37.5 12.0 63.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for West MI Academy of Arts and Academics

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $437 (5.8%) $7,073 (94.2%) $7,510
2020 $461 (5.6%) $7,818 (94.4%) $8,278
2021 $1,612 (16.6%) $8,117 (83.4%) $9,730
2022 $1,698 (15.8%) $9,042 (84.2%) $10,741
2023 $1,827 (16.7%) $9,096 (83.3%) $10,923

Data source: Michigan Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on West MI Academy of Arts and Academics

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 691st of 1408 Elementary schoolsRanks 579th of 1470 Elementary schools
 9.7%
Ranks 295th of 792 Middle schoolsRanks 239th of 883 Middle schools
 10.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)64.640.4
 24.2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)64.640.4
 24.2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)45.140.9
 4.2%
3rd Grade Math (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)62.529.8
 32.7%
   3rd Grade Math (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)62.529.8
 32.7%
   3rd Grade Math (Michigan)46.742.9
 3.8%
4th Grade English Language Arts (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)55.860
 4.2%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)55.860
 4.2%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)45.844.3
 1.5%
4th Grade Math (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)34.646.7
 12.1%
   4th Grade Math (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)34.646.7
 12.1%
   4th Grade Math (Michigan)41.838.6
 3.2%
5th Grade English Language Arts (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)42.655.6
 13%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)42.655.6
 13%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)46.243.9
 2.3%
5th Grade Math (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)27.830.6
 2.8%
   5th Grade Math (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)27.830.6
 2.8%
   5th Grade Math (Michigan)34.831.5
 3.3%
5th Grade Social Studies (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)1325
 12%
   5th Grade Social Studies (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)1325
 12%
   5th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)17.418.6
 1.2%
6th Grade English Language Arts (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)45.528.9
 16.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)45.528.9
 16.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)41.737.5
 4.2%
6th Grade Math (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)22.724.1
 1.4%
   6th Grade Math (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)22.724.1
 1.4%
   6th Grade Math (Michigan)35.128.4
 6.7%
7th Grade English Language Arts (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)64.358.7
 5.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)64.358.7
 5.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)42.736.9
 5.8%
7th Grade Math (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)30.434.8
 4.4%
   7th Grade Math (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)30.434.8
 4.4%
   7th Grade Math (Michigan)35.731
 4.7%
8th Grade Social Studies (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)17.531
 13.5%
   8th Grade Social Studies (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)17.531
 13.5%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)2826.7
 1.3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)82.165.5
 16.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)82.165.5
 16.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)61.959.7
 2.2%
8th Grade Mathematics (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)51.334.5
 16.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (West MI Academy of Arts and Academics)51.334.5
 16.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Michigan)41.436.3
 5.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students439453
 3.2%
African American1322
 69.2%
American Indian72
 71.4%
Asian88
Hispanic3045
 50%
Pacific Islander00
White347331
 4.6%
Two or More Races3445
 32.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients39.9%63.8%
 23.9%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 453 students attended West MI Academy of Arts and Academics.

Students at West MI Academy of Arts and Academics are 73% White, 10% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races, 5% African American, 2% Asian.

West MI Academy of Arts and Academics ranks 775th of 1486 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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