Total enrollment
13,567
-353 (-3%) vs SY 2020-21
51 schools in Grand Rapids Public Schools
Michigan · 13,903 students · 1 city
Grand Rapids Public Schools's 51 public K-12 schools collectively enroll about 13,903 students across 25 elementary, 8 middle, and 15 high.
4-year change in Grand Rapids Public Schools
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
47
-3 (-6%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Grand Rapids Public Schools ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Michigan | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 13,903 | #8 of 454 | #613 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 50 | #2 of 454 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #176 of 452 | #6,719 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 70.6% | #93 of 454 | #1,891 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #9 of 325 | #404 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 Grand Rapids Public Schools
State test results across the district's 9 scored schools run from City High Middle School at 72.2% proficient to Southwest Elementary Academia Bilingue at 18.1%, a gap of 54.1 points. That is the 4th widest gap among 129 Michigan districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 41 district schools that reported both years went from 14,188 to 12,290 students (down 13%) and from 834 to 760 full-time teachers (down 9%), 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.
About Grand Rapids Public Schools
As a moderately sized district in Michigan, Grand Rapids Public Schools hosts 13,903 students across 51 schools.
On the level-by-level breakdown, Grand Rapids Public Schools comprises 25 elementary, 8 middle, 15 high schools, and 3 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, Grand Rapids Public Schools runs about 273 students per school, 33% below the state mean of roughly 406.
Looking at the last 4 years. Total public-school enrollment in Grand Rapids Public Schools has fell 3% since SY 2020-21, moving from about 13,920 students to 13,567. The school count fell from 50 to 47 across the same 4-year window.
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