Enrollment
60
Middle
DISTRICT 195 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 261644000892
Blandford School
3143 MILO ST NW, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49534 · (616) 819-2555 · Kent County
GRADES 06–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL60 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Michigan public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public middle schools
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
3 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
14 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 55%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 60 | 100% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
74.1%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
65.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Michigan's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Blandford School
Blandford School's state test result (69.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blandford School this school | 60 | 23.3% | 69.8% |
| New Buffalo Middle School NEW BUFFALO | 133 | 30.8% | 69.7% |
| Webberville Middle School WEBBERVILLE | 107 | 37.4% | N/A |
| John Ball Park Zoo School GRAND RAPIDS | 58 | 43.1% | 66.3% |
| Harbor Beach Middle School HARBOR BEACH | 100 | 41.0% | N/A |
| Goodwillie Environmental School ADA | 103 | 5.8% | 76.0% |
Matched among Michigan middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Blandford School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kent County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 60 | #487 of 491 | #37 of 39 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
60
+11 (+22%) vs 2020
0% since 2000-01, when it was 60
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 24.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60 | 2.5 | 24.0:1 | 23% (14) |
| 2023-24 | 60 | 2.6 | 23.1:1 | 30% (18) |
| 2022-23 | 60 | 2.6 | 23.1:1 | 33% (20) |
| 2020-21 | 49 | 2 | 24.5:1 | 33% (16) |
| 2017-18 | 61 | 2.2 | 27.7:1 | 41% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 60 | 2 | 30.0:1 | 35% (21) |
| 2010-11 | 63 | 2 | 31.5:1 | 32% (20) |
| 2000-01 | 60 | 4 | 15.0:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blandford School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (61 to 60); teachers up 14% (2.2 to 2.5).
About Blandford School
Blandford School is a small middle school with an address in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan. A total of 60 students attend the school, which covers grade 6. The average for middle schools in Michigan is about 502 students, so this school is 88% smaller than average.
Grand Rapids Public Schools operates 50 schools. Combined enrollment is 13,903 students.
The large majority of students at Blandford School, 83%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 12% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 73%. By the diversity index, Blandford School comes in at 29%.
A ratio of 24.0:1 comes from the school's 2.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in Michigan average 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 23% in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kent County is 47%.
Blandford School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 92% of Michigan public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Blandford School would score about 55.9%. It scores 69.8%, a top-10% result among Michigan schools on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Kent County show that median household income is about $82,631, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Blandford School is among the 239 public schools in Kent County.
The closest public school to Blandford School is CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Blandford School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Blandford School is 1st of 6 on proficiency.
Blandford School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Federal counts put enrollment at 49 in 2020-21 and 60 in 2024-25, a 22% gain.
Discussions about Blandford School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Kent County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
663,150
Census ACS
Median income
$82,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
239
97,253 students
Quick facts
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- CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Elementary0.3 mi · 476
- Zinser Elementary School1.2 mi · 443
- CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Middle High School1.3 mi · 309
- Kent Education CenterOakleigh1.5 mi · 32
- Shawmut Hills School1.6 mi · 267
- West MI Academy of Environmental Science1.8 mi · 666
Frequently asked questions
About Blandford SchoolHow many students attend Blandford School?
Blandford School enrolls approximately 60 students in grades 06-06.
What age range does Blandford School serve?
Blandford School serves students from grade 06 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Blandford School?
Approximately 24.0:1 students per teacher at Blandford School.
How diverse is Blandford School?
Blandford School reports a student body of 83% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Blandford School public or private?
Blandford School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Grand Rapids Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.