Gerald Dawkins Academy

Gerald Dawkins Academy is an elementary school in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, reachable at (517) 281-8626. The latest federal count shows 152 students in kindergarten through 5. Against the 369-student average for elementary schools in Michigan, enrollment here is 59% lower.

Federal records list Gerald Dawkins Academy as its own district.

The large majority of students at Gerald Dawkins Academy, 89%, are Black. The rest of enrollment is 7% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Kent County, the Black share is about 10%. The chance that two students picked at random at Gerald Dawkins Academy belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 21%.

Gerald Dawkins Academy operates with 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 11.7:1. That ratio is under the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Gerald Dawkins Academy reports 97% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Kent County, the average eligibility rate is 47%.

In Kent County (population about 663,150), median household income is about $82,631, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. A total of 239 public schools operate in Kent County, serving about 97,253 students.

The shortest distance from Gerald Dawkins Academy to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to River City Scholars Charter Academy. The five-mile area around Gerald Dawkins Academy holds at least 8 other public schools.

Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. Gerald Dawkins Academy is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.

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