Alger Middle School

Set in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Alger Middle School is a cozy 6-8 campus, one of the schools within Grand Rapids Public Schools. It enrolls 314 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 37% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Within Grand Rapids Public Schools, which oversees 50 schools and 13,903 students, Alger Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Alger Middle School lists that 63% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder comes out to 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 9% White. The wider county runs roughly 10% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Alger Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Kent County's rate of about 47%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Kent County put median household earnings sit near $82,631, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Kent County runs 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), of which Alger Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Brookside Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Alger Middle School operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alger Middle School has shrank 7%, going from 339 students in 2018 to 314 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 72% to 63% across the same window.

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