East Kentwood High School

East Kentwood High School is a high school of substantial scale in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, part of Kentwood Public Schools, educateing 2,068 students in grades 10 through 12. That puts it 350% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Within Kentwood Public Schools, which oversees 16 schools and 9,536 students, East Kentwood High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, East Kentwood High School logs that 37% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 24% White, 18% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 10% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 106 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.5:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 65% of students at East Kentwood High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kent County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Kent County reports that median household earnings sit near $82,631, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. East Kentwood High School is one of 239 public schools in Kent County (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students).

The closest other public school is East Kentwood Freshman Campus, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East Kentwood High School.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 6%: 1,946 students in 2018 compared to 2,068 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 34% to 24%.

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