Grandville East Elementary School

Grandville East Elementary School is a tight-knit elementary-level community in GRANDVILLE, Michigan, part of Grandville Public Schools. The school works with 207 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Grandville East Elementary School sits 44% below that benchmark.

Grandville East Elementary School is one of 11 schools operated by Grandville Public Schools, a district that caters to 5,512 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Grandville East Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 27% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Kent County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Grandville East Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Grandville East Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Kent County shows median household earnings sit near $82,631, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Kent County runs 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), of which Grandville East Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Grandville Central Elementary School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Grandville East Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grandville East Elementary School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 51.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Grandville East Elementary School's enrollment has fell 38% since 2018, when it stood at 336 (now 207). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 18% to 27%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Grandville East Elementary School typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.