Aberdeen Academy

Aberdeen Academy operates as a low-enrollment K-5 school in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, overseen by Grand Rapids Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 241 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Aberdeen Academy sits 35% leaner than that benchmark.

Aberdeen Academy is one of 50 schools operated by Grand Rapids Public Schools, a district that educates 13,903 students overall.

On demographics, Aberdeen Academy reports that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 32% Black, 20% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Aberdeen Academy has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. 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, census data for Kent County shows the typical household earns roughly $82,631 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Kent County's 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), Aberdeen Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Riverside Middle School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Aberdeen Academy.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Aberdeen Academy has ticked up 3%, going from 233 students in 2018 to 241 in 2025. The White share of enrollment expanded from 30% to 37% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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