Crestwood Elementary School

As a medium-sized elementary campus in ROCKFORD, Michigan, Crestwood Elementary School works with 469 students from grades K through 5, run under Rockford Public Schools. That puts it 27% bigger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Rockford Public Schools runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 7,440 students. Crestwood Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Crestwood Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Other groups include 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Kent County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Kent County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Crestwood Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Michigan schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 60.8%; actual is 75.7%, +14.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Kent County reports that the typical household earns roughly $82,631 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Crestwood Elementary School is one of 239 public schools in Kent County (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students).

The closest other public school is Rockford HS Freshman Center, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Crestwood Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Crestwood Elementary School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 62.2%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 478 students in 2018 compared to 469 in 2025.

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