Glenside Elementary

Glenside Elementary operates as a tight-knit elementary school in MUSKEGON, Michigan, one of the schools within Muskegon Public Schools of the City of. Current enrollment sits at 185 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Glenside Elementary sits 50% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Muskegon Public Schools of the City of, which oversees 7 schools and 3,325 students, Glenside Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Glenside Elementary reports that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 29% Black, 9% multiracial, 6% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 6%.

On the resource side, On paper, Glenside Elementary has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 86% of students at Glenside Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Muskegon County (around 59%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Muskegon County) shows that median household income runs about $65,024, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Glenside Elementary is one of 71 public schools in Muskegon County (combined enrollment of about 25,245 students).

Lighthouse AcademyMuskegon Community Building is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

On this page, the feed for Glenside Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.