East Grand Rapids Middle School

East Grand Rapids Middle School is one of the reasonably sized intermediate schools in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, part of East Grand Rapids Public Schools, with 710 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 502 students each, so East Grand Rapids Middle School sits 41% bigger than that benchmark.

East Grand Rapids Public Schools runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,984 students. East Grand Rapids Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, East Grand Rapids Middle School logs that nearly all students (82%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

On the income-and-resources front, East Grand Rapids Middle School reports 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting East Grand Rapids Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. About 8% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Kent County's rate of about 47%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), East Grand Rapids Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Kent County indicate median household earnings sit near $82,631, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Kent County runs 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), of which East Grand Rapids Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: East Grand Rapids High School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), East Grand Rapids Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 78.5%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Grand Rapids Middle School has grew 7%, going from 664 students in 2018 to 710 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 88% to 82% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.