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Alumni: what's one memory from Crestwood Middle School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
700
Middle
DISTRICT 694 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENTWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 262034005716
Crestwood Middle School
2674 44TH ST SE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49512 · (616) 455-1200 · Kent County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL700 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of Michigan public middle schools
- B-Test 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
16.9:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
512 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 55%
Community
5
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 | 250 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 221 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 229 | 33% |
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Kentwood Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
42.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
34.4%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 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 Crestwood Middle School
Crestwood Middle School's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestwood Middle School this school | 700 | 73.1% | 41.3% |
| Pinewood Middle School GRAND RAPIDS | 842 | 67.6% | 31.5% |
| PD Chatterton Middle School WARREN | 409 | 74.3% | N/A |
| Wolfe Middle School CENTER LINE | 506 | 66.0% | 21.7% |
| Valleywood Middle School GRAND RAPIDS | 541 | 81.1% | N/A |
| Warren Woods Middle School WARREN | 741 | 59.4% | 32.3% |
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 Crestwood Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kent County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #203 of 397 | #20 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #197 of 380 | #19 of 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #185 of 377 | #19 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 700 | #104 of 491 | #10 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #165 of 436 | #11 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.0% | #2 of 437 | #2 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.1% | #82 of 477 | #11 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.1% | #56 of 101 | #9 of 11 |
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
700
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 848
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 700 | 41.5 | 16.9:1 | 73% (512) |
| 2023-24 | 678 | 42.5 | 15.9:1 | 74% (500) |
| 2022-23 | 682 | 41.8 | 16.3:1 | 70% (480) |
| 2020-21 | 702 | 40 | 17.6:1 | 72% (507) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 39.8 | 16.6:1 | 73% (485) |
| 2015-16 | 635 | 34 | 18.7:1 | 68% (430) |
| 2010-11 | 642 | 35 | 18.3:1 | 66% (422) |
| 2000-01 | 652 | 36 | 18.1:1 | 31% (200) |
| 1990-91 | 848 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crestwood Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (660 to 700); teachers up 4% (39.8 to 41.5).
About Crestwood Middle School
Crestwood Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school with an address in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan. It has an enrollment of 700 students in grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Michigan, the average enrollment is about 502.
Kentwood Public Schools, which runs Crestwood Middle School, has 16 schools and 9,536 students.
About 35% of students at Crestwood Middle School are Black, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 23% White, 20% Asian, 15% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Among all residents of Kent County, the Black share is about 10%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 76%.
Crestwood Middle School has 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.9:1. The 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan is close to this figure. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 73% at Crestwood Middle School. The gap from the 47% average for public schools in Kent County is 26 points.
Crestwood Middle School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 67% of Michigan public middle schools.
A school with Crestwood Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Michigan is predicted to score 33.9%. Crestwood Middle School scores 41.3%, 7.5 points above that line.
In Kent County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $82,631 a year, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Crestwood Middle School, Kent County has 239 public schools.
About 0.6 miles separate Crestwood Middle School from the closest public school, Excel Charter Academy. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Crestwood Middle School at 2nd of 6.
Crestwood Middle School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 702 in 2020-21, 700 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Crestwood Middle School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Kentwood Public Schools
- East Kentwood High SchoolHigh · 2,068 students
- Pinewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 842 students
- East Kentwood Freshman CampusHigh · 742 students
- Discovery ElementaryElementary · 674 students
- Explorer ElementaryElementary · 556 students
- Endeavor ElementaryElementary · 553 students
Other schools in GRAND RAPIDS
- East Kentwood High SchoolHigh · 2,068 students
- Northern High SchoolHigh · 1,088 students
- PrepNet Virtual AcademyCombined · 1,080 students
- Northview High SchoolHigh · 1,078 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 999 students
- City High Middle SchoolHigh · 955 students
Other Crestwood Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Crestwood Middle. Crestwood Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Crestwood MiddleFrederick, MD · 996 students
- Crestwood MiddleChesapeake, VA · 557 students
- Crestwood Middle SchoolCresco, IA · 283 students
Nearby schools
- Excel Charter Academy0.6 mi · 791
- Challenger Elementary0.9 mi · 413
- Sherwood Global Studies Academy1.3 mi · 121
- Lighthouse Academy South Campus1.3 mi · 213
- Bowen Elementary1.4 mi · 357
- PrepNet Virtual Academy1.8 mi · 1,080
Frequently asked questions
About Crestwood Middle SchoolHow many students attend Crestwood Middle School?
Crestwood Middle School enrolls approximately 700 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Crestwood Middle School serve?
Crestwood Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Crestwood Middle School?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Crestwood Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Crestwood Middle School?
Student demographics at Crestwood Middle School are roughly 23% White, 15% Hispanic, 35% Black, 20% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Crestwood Middle School in?
Crestwood Middle School is part of Kentwood Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.