Enrollment
287
Elementary
STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAND RAPIDS CHILD DISCOVERY CENTER·NCES 260025201235
Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center
409 LAFAYETTE AVE SE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49503 · (616) 459-0330 · Kent County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL287 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Michigan public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
17 FTE teachers
STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
84 students
STATE 55%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
68.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
62.1%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center
Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center's state test result (63.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center this school | 287 | 29.3% | 63.8% |
| Allendale Early Childhood Center ALLENDALE | 279 | 29.0% | N/A |
| Grandville South Elementary School GRANDVILLE | 287 | 31.4% | 60.8% |
| Oakland Elementary School ROYAL OAK | 242 | 30.2% | 55.1% |
| Dutton Elementary School CALEDONIA | 317 | 28.4% | 73.5% |
| Glencairn School EAST LANSING | 298 | 23.8% | 53.8% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kent County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #143 of 1,085 | #31 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #188 of 1,072 | #35 of 79 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #99 of 1,139 | #25 of 82 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 287 | #1,135 of 1,630 | #83 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #958 of 1,424 | #68 of 105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #424 of 1,424 | #45 of 105 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.3% | #1,242 of 1,563 | #79 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.5% | #196 of 440 | #12 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
287
+16 (+6%) vs 2020
+246% since 2000-01, when it was 83
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 16.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 287 | 16.9 | 17.0:1 | 29% (84) |
| 2023-24 | 285 | 16 | 17.8:1 | 34% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 287 | 15 | 19.1:1 | 36% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | 16 | 16.9:1 | 38% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 262 | 15 | 17.5:1 | 46% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 249 | 13 | 19.1:1 | 45% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 220 | 12 | 18.3:1 | 66% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 83 | 4 | 20.8:1 | 77% (64) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (262 to 287); teachers up 13% (15 to 16.9).
About Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center
Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center is an elementary school in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, reachable at (616) 459-0330. The school enrolls 287 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Michigan) has about 369 students.
In federal data, the district for Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center is the school itself.
Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center's enrollment is 66% White. Other groups make up 13% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 8% multiracial. By the diversity index, Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center comes in at 52%.
At Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center, 16.9 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 17.0:1. That ratio is over the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 29% of enrollment. That is 18 points below the 47% average for public schools in Kent County.
allk12 grades Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center an A. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center would be expected to post about 53.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 63.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Kent County show that 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. Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center is one of 239 public schools in Kent County, which together enroll about 97,253 students.
Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 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. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
Enrollment was 271 in 2020-21 and 287 in 2024-25, a gain of 16 students.
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Kent County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
663,150
Census ACS
Median income
$82,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
239
97,253 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Grand Rapids Child Discovery CenterHow many students attend Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center?
Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center enrolls approximately 287 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center serve?
Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center have?
Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center?
At Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center, the student body is approximately 66% White, 13% Hispanic, 12% Black, 8% Two or more.
Is Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center public or private?
Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center.
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