The top reported proficiency rate is 45% in English language arts. The lowest is 20% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Tc Holbrook Elementary School
TC Holbrook Elementary School sits in the city of Grand Ledge, a small Michigan community along the Grand River about a dozen miles west of downtown Lansing. Grand Ledge takes its name from the sandstone ledges rising above the river, and the town grew around a historic downtown near Fitzgerald Park and Island Park. Publicly reported sources describe the community as primarily residential today, with a resort-town heritage and some commercial and light-industrial employers, including a Lowe's distribution center. The broader Grand Ledge Public Schools district stretches well beyond the city itself, reaching into Delta Township and the communities of Delta Mills, Mulliken, Wacousta, and Eagle. Grand Ledge High School is reported to have the largest student enrollment in the Lansing area, which gives families in the district access to a relatively large feeder system even though Holbrook itself is an elementary building.
Holbrook serves kindergarten through fourth grade and operates as a regular public school. The building's current grade configuration reflects a district-wide reorganization that took effect in the 2021-22 school year, when elementary schools shifted from a first-through-sixth model to the current K-4 structure. Kindergarten, which had previously been centralized in a separate building, moved into the elementary schools at that time. A parent considering Holbrook should know that after fourth grade, students move on to Hayes Intermediate for grades five and six, then Beagle Middle School for seven and eight, and finally Grand Ledge High School. The district also recently opened a new Wacousta Elementary building and invested in athletic and performing arts facilities through a multi-phase bond, signaling ongoing capital investment across the system.
State assessment results for Holbrook come from the M-STEP and cover third and fourth grade in math and English language arts. In English language arts, roughly half of third graders reached proficiency, and a somewhat smaller share of fourth graders did the same. Math results were lower, with under half of third graders and a noticeably smaller portion of fourth graders demonstrating proficiency. Science and social studies results also appear in the data, but those come from fifth grade testing in an earlier school year, when Holbrook still served fifth graders before the reconfiguration. Those results showed modest proficiency levels. Taken together, Holbrook's overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint among Eaton County districts, which gives a reasonable picture of academic performance relative to neighboring systems. A parent may want to look into the fourth-grade math results in particular with the school, as that was the weakest reported figure.
The school's enrollment is moderate for an elementary building, drawing a predominantly white student body with smaller Hispanic and multiracial populations. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not reported, so those populations cannot be characterized here. No graduation rate applies, since Holbrook does not serve high school grades, and chronic absenteeism figures were also not available.
The housing market around the school's zip code shows typical home values above the state benchmark but below the national figure, with prices rising modestly year over year. Rents are affordable relative to local incomes, and the estimated mortgage cost for a typical home sits slightly above the typical rent, which means families weighing buying versus renting face a fairly narrow gap. The broader economy features a national unemployment rate in the low single digits and mortgage rates that have been easing slightly in recent months but remain elevated by historical standards.
What Holbrook offers families is a place in a well-established, mid-sized district with a clear K-12 pathway and recent facility investment, set in a compact riverside community within commuting distance of Lansing. The academic results are mixed, stronger in early literacy than in math at the upper elementary grades, and the school's standing relative to Eaton County peers is solidly in the middle of the pack or just above. Families looking for a traditional public elementary in a community with character and continuity may find Holbrook a good fit, while those seeking higher proficiency numbers may want to ask the school directly about its math instruction and support strategies.
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