Total enrollment
8,797
-516 (-6%) vs SY 2020-21
18 schools in Forest Hills Public Schools
Michigan · 8,797 students · 2 cities
Across the district, Forest Hills Public Schools runs 18 public K-12 schools teaching roughly 8,797 Michigan students (about 489 per school).
4-year change in Forest Hills Public Schools
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
18
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Forest Hills Public Schools ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Michigan | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #6 of 121 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 8,797 | #19 of 454 | #1,056 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 18 | #15 of 454 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #237 of 452 | #7,124 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 14.2% | #440 of 454 | #7,783 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.0% | #115 of 325 | #3,905 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Forest Hills Public Schools
State test results across the district's 14 scored schools run from Knapp Forest Elementary School at 82.4% proficient to Northern Trails 56 School at 62.5%, a gap of 19.9 points. That is the 59th widest gap among 129 Michigan districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 18 district schools that reported both years went from 9,764 to 8,797 students (down 10%) and from 505 to 518 full-time teachers (up 3%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern High School | Grand Rapids | High | 09-12 | 1,088 |
| Central High School | Grand Rapids | High | 09-12 | 999 |
| Eastern High School | Ada | High | 09-12 | 768 |
| Eastern Middle School | Ada | Middle | 06-08 | 528 |
| Knapp Forest Elementary School | Grand Rapids | Elementary | PK-05 | 520 |
| Northern Trails 56 School | Grand Rapids | Middle | 05-06 | 520 |
| Northern Hills Middle School | Grand Rapids | Middle | 07-08 | 515 |
| Central Middle School | Ada | Middle | 07-08 | 488 |
| Pine Ridge Elementary School | Grand Rapids | Elementary | PK-04 | 472 |
| Central Woodlands 56 School | Ada | Middle | 05-06 | 462 |
| Ada Vista Elementary School | Ada | Elementary | KG-04 | 446 |
| Orchard View Elementary School | Grand Rapids | Elementary | KG-05 | 439 |
| Meadow Brook Elementary School | Grand Rapids | Elementary | KG-04 | 431 |
| Thornapple Elementary School | Grand Rapids | Elementary | PK-04 | 361 |
| Collins Elementary School | Grand Rapids | Elementary | PK-04 | 356 |
| Ada Elementary School | Ada | Elementary | PK-04 | 293 |
| Goodwillie Environmental School | Ada | Middle | 05-06 | 103 |
| Forest Hills Transition Center | Grand Rapids | High | 12-12 | 8 |
About Forest Hills Public Schools
Forest Hills Public Schools is a rural-scale public-school district in Michigan. The district maintains 18 schools and educates approximately 8,797 students.
On the level-by-level breakdown, Forest Hills Public Schools spans 8 elementary, 6 middle, and 4 high schools.
On a per-school basis, Forest Hills Public Schools runs about 489 students per school, 20% above the state mean of roughly 406.
Looking at the last 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment shrank 6%: 9,313 students in SY 2020-21 versus 8,797 in SY 2024-25.
On allk12, the community for Forest Hills Public Schools discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.