The top reported proficiency rate is 55% in Social studies. The lowest is 47% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Eagle Crest Charter Academy
Eagle Crest Charter Academy is a single-school charter district in Holland, Michigan, serving kindergarten through eighth grade. The enrollment is moderate for a K-8 building, with relatively even distribution across grade levels. The student body is diverse: Hispanic students form the largest group, followed by White students, with smaller Asian and multiracial populations and a very small Black enrollment. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not reported, and the school's IEP and English-learner rates were not available in the data we reviewed, so those windows into student need are gaps a parent may want to ask the school about directly.
Academically, Eagle Crest posts a mixed but generally improving pattern as students move up through the grades. On Michigan's M-STEP, third-grade math proficiency is the clear soft spot, with fewer than a third of tested students meeting the bar. From fourth grade onward, math results climb and mostly sit in the mid-forties to mid-fifties range, with seventh grade the strongest. English language arts follows a similar upward arc: third and fourth grade land in the low-to-mid forties, but by eighth grade, proficiency jumps to a level that stands out as the school's best result across all subjects and grades. Science is tested in fifth and eighth grade, with the older students performing noticeably better. Social studies follows the same pattern, with eighth-grade proficiency far ahead of fifth grade. Taken together, the upper grades at Eagle Crest are where the academic program appears to hit its stride, while the early elementary years, particularly third grade, are where a parent may want to look into support and instruction further with the school.
Compared with Ottawa County's districts, Eagle Crest sits just below the midpoint on an overall proficiency index that averages results across tested subjects and grades. The county's districts span a wide range, and Eagle Crest falls closer to the middle-lower portion of that spread. Its chronic absenteeism rate sits above the county midpoint, meaning a larger share of students miss significant school days than at the typical county district, though the rate is not among the highest in the cohort. Per-pupil current spending is in the lower range for the county. As a K-8 entity, Eagle Crest has no graduation rate, and no high school metrics apply.
Publicly reported information about the school points to a few specific program and operational details. Eagle Crest offers Project Lead The Way, a STEM-oriented curriculum, and uses a Moral Focus character curriculum. Meals are provided at no charge to families through the Community Eligibility Provision. The school does not offer bus transportation, which is a practical consideration for families weighing daily logistics.
We searched for recent district-level changes that would matter to parents considering the area and did not find any that clear a lasting-impact threshold. No locale brief was available for Holland in the data provided, so we cannot speak to housing values, rents, or broader community context here. State participation rates for the assessments were also missing from the data. What the picture does show is a charter school with a diverse student body, solid upper-grade results especially in reading and social studies, weaker early-elementary math, and a resource and attendance profile that sits below the county median on several measures.
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