Grand Rapids Montessori Academy

Grand Rapids Montessori Academy operates as a mid-sized K-12 campus in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, part of Grand Rapids Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 297 students spanning grades pre-K through 12.

Across the 50 schools in Grand Rapids Public Schools (13,903 students total), Grand Rapids Montessori Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Grand Rapids Montessori Academy logs that White students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder comes out to 14% Black, 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Grand Rapids Montessori Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.9%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Kent County put the typical household earns roughly $82,631 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Kent County's 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), Grand Rapids Montessori Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Innovation Central High, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Grand Rapids Montessori Academy. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grand Rapids Montessori Academy ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 51.6%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 27%: 408 students in 2018 compared to 297 in 2025. The White share of enrollment rose from 49% to 65% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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