Godwin Heights Learning Center

Godwin Heights Learning Center, a tiny senior high in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, part of Godwin Heights Public Schools, works with 97 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Godwin Heights Learning Center sits 79% leaner than that benchmark.

Godwin Heights Public Schools runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,928 students. Godwin Heights Learning Center is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Godwin Heights Learning Center records that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 26% Black, 9% White, 9% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 32.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Godwin Heights Learning Center higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 91% of students at Godwin Heights Learning Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Kent County's rate of about 47%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Kent County indicate 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), Godwin Heights Learning Center is one campus in the mix.

Godwin Heights Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Godwin Heights Learning Center.

Godwin Heights Learning Center operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 20%: 81 students in 2018 compared to 97 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 17% to 9%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 81.0:1 in 2018 to 32.8:1 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.