Breton Downs School

Located at 2500 BOSTON ST SE, in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Breton Downs School is a medium-sized elementary campus that caters to 451 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by East Grand Rapids Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 22% bigger than typical.

Across the 5 schools in East Grand Rapids Public Schools (2,984 students total), Breton Downs School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Breton Downs School records that nearly all students (88%) are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 7% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kent County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Breton Downs School ranks in the top 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 63.0%; Breton Downs School posts 78.5%, +15.4 points above that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Kent County indicate median household income runs about $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. In all, Kent County runs 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), of which Breton Downs School is one.

The closest other public school is Lakeside School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Breton Downs School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 75.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 14%: 395 students in 2018 compared to 451 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 5% to 1% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 today.

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