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The public high schools with the most Black students in Grand Rapids, Michigan

35 public high schools in Grand Rapids, Michigan appear in this ranking of the public high schools with the most Black students, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. East Kentwood High School leads the list at 761, against a median of 41 across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Top Black students

761

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	East Kentwood High School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Kentwood Public Schools	2,068	36.8%	761
2	Union High School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Grand Rapids Public Schools	881	35.8%	315
3	Ottawa Hills High School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Grand Rapids Public Schools	385	68.0%	262
4	East Kentwood Freshman Campus	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Kentwood Public Schools	742	33.1%	246
5	Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Grand Rapids Public Schools	494	46.6%	230
6	Grand River Preparatory High School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Grand River Preparatory High School	635	28.5%	181
7	Godwin Heights Senior High School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Godwin Heights Public Schools	656	23.6%	155
8	Innovation Central High	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Grand Rapids Public Schools	386	35.5%	137
9	Wellspring Preparatory High School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Wellspring Preparatory High School	267	43.5%	116
10	Northview High School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Northview Public Schools	1,078	10.4%	112
11	Covenant High School Grand Rapids	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Covenant High School Grand Rapids	218	50.5%	110
12	Crossroads Alternative High School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Kentwood Public Schools	216	42.6%	92
13	City High Middle School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Grand Rapids Public Schools	955	8.0%	76
14	CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Middle High School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Grand Rapids Public Schools	309	23.6%	73
15	Northern High School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Forest Hills Public Schools	1,088	6.5%	71
16	West Michigan Aviation Academy	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	West Michigan Aviation Academy	600	9.8%	59
17	Grand Rapids Public Museum High	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Grand Rapids Public Schools	267	18.7%	50
18	Southeast Career Pathways	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Grand Rapids Public Schools	106	38.7%	41
19	Grand Rapids Montessori MiddleHigh	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Grand Rapids Public Schools	184	22.3%	41
20	54th Street Academy	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Kelloggsville Public Schools	94	40.4%	38
21	Kenowa Hills High School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Kenowa Hills Public Schools	876	4.2%	37
22	Empower U	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Kent ISD	188	19.1%	36
23	NexTech High School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	NexTech High School	144	24.3%	35
24	Central High School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Forest Hills Public Schools	999	2.7%	27
25	East Grand Rapids High School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	East Grand Rapids Public Schools	908	2.8%	25
26	Godwin Heights Learning Center	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Godwin Heights Public Schools	97	25.8%	25
27	Union High Transition	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Grand Rapids Public Schools	50	40.0%	20
28	Southwest MiddleHigh Academia Bilingue	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Grand Rapids Public Schools	378	5.0%	19
29	Grand Rapids Learning Center	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Grand Rapids Public Schools	39	30.8%	12
30	Kenowa Hills Pathways High School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Kenowa Hills Public Schools	99	12.1%	12
31	Kent Education CenterBeltline	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Kent ISD	43	25.6%	11
32	Ottawa High Transition	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Grand Rapids Public Schools	14	57.1%	8
33	Lighthouse Academy The Pier	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Lighthouse Academy	7	71.4%	5
34	Northview Next Career Center	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Northview Public Schools	32	12.5%	4
35	Bethany Based School	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	Grand Rapids Public Schools	12	8.3%	1

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