Gladiola Elementary School

Gladiola Elementary School operates as a close-knit elementary campus in WYOMING, Michigan, part of Wyoming Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 290 students spanning grades K through 4. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Gladiola Elementary School sits 21% below that benchmark.

Wyoming Public Schools runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,767 students. Gladiola Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gladiola Elementary School logs that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 17% White, 13% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Gladiola Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Kent County's rate of about 47%.

Across the wider county, census data for Kent County shows median household earnings sit near $82,631, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kent County's 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), Gladiola Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

West Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Gladiola Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 27%: 399 students in 2018 compared to 290 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 50% to 62%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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.