Grand Rapids Public Museum Middle

As a rural-scale junior high in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Grand Rapids Public Museum Middle works with 175 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Grand Rapids Public Schools. That puts it 65% below the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

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

On demographics, Grand Rapids Public Museum Middle reports that the most-represented group is White (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 28% Hispanic, 23% Black, 14% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Kent County's rate of about 47%.

In the broader community, census data for Kent County shows the typical household earns roughly $82,631 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Kent County's 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), Grand Rapids Public Museum Middle is one campus in the mix.

Sibley School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Grand Rapids Public Museum Middle operates from an urban location.

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