Godfrey Elementary School

Godfrey Elementary School, an average-sized elementary-level community in WYOMING, Michigan, part of Godfrey-Lee Public Schools, educates 325 students, covering grades 3 through 5.

Godfrey Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Godfrey-Lee Public Schools, a district that caters to 1,650 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Godfrey Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (81%); the rest comes out to 8% Black, 7% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Kent County's rate of about 47%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Kent County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $82,631 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kent County runs 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), of which Godfrey Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: GodfreyLee Early Childhood Ctr, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Godfrey Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Godfrey Elementary School has ticked down 15%, going from 384 students in 2018 to 325 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 76% to 81%.

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