Brookside Elementary

Families in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, are served by Brookside Elementary, a small elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 254 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Michigan enroll about 369 students on average.

Grand Rapids Public Schools has 50 schools; together they serve 13,903 students.

The biggest share of students at Brookside Elementary, 40%, is Black. The next largest groups are 28% Hispanic, 21% White, and 10% multiracial. In Kent County overall, about 10% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.

Based on 15.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, Brookside Elementary has a ratio of 16.6:1. The gap from the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan is 0.8 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 75%. Compared with the 47% average for public schools in Kent County, the school's rate is higher.

In Kent County, home to about 663,150 people, median household income comes to about $82,631, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 239 public schools in the county, enrolling about 97,253, Brookside Elementary among them.

Alger Middle School is about 0.7 miles from Brookside Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).

The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 15% drop, from 298 to 254.

Brookside Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.