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Enrollment
850
Middle
DISTRICT 501 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANDVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 261647005380
Grandville Middle School
4900 CANAL AVE SW, GRANDVILLE, MI 49418 · (616) 254-6612 · Kent County
GRADES 03–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL850 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of Michigan public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
261 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 7 | 410 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 439 | 52% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
56.1%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
38.2%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% 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 Grandville Middle School
Grandville Middle School's state test result (51.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grandville Middle School this school | 850 | 30.7% | 51.5% |
| Leon W Hayes Intermediate School GRAND LEDGE | 810 | 25.9% | 42.6% |
| Shumate Middle School ROCKWOOD | 839 | 31.3% | 32.0% |
| Kenneth T Beagle Middle School GRAND LEDGE | 835 | 23.6% | 56.2% |
| Mason Middle School MASON | 778 | 29.9% | 46.2% |
| Haslett Middle School HASLETT | 660 | 23.2% | 58.8% |
Matched among Michigan middle 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 Grandville Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kent County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #109 of 397 | #16 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #164 of 380 | #16 of 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #86 of 377 | #15 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 850 | #39 of 491 | #2 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #188 of 436 | #12 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #111 of 437 | #14 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.7% | #349 of 477 | #22 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #272 of 339 | #19 of 22 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
850
+22 (+3%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 598
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 850 | 49.6 | 17.1:1 | 31% (261) |
| 2023-24 | 849 | 47.6 | 17.9:1 | 36% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 830 | 48.1 | 17.3:1 | 36% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 828 | 48 | 17.3:1 | 35% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 904 | 46.6 | 19.4:1 | 33% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 814 | 46 | 17.7:1 | 28% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 910 | 49 | 18.6:1 | 27% (248) |
| 2000-01 | 883 | 53 | 16.7:1 | 8% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 598 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grandville Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (904 to 850); teachers up 6% (46.6 to 49.6).
About Grandville Middle School
Grandville Middle School is a large middle school in GRANDVILLE, Michigan. The school covers grades 3 through 8 and reported 850 students in 2024-25. Across middle schools in Michigan, the average enrollment is about 502.
Grandville Middle School is run by Grandville Public Schools, whose 11 schools enroll 5,512 students.
More than half of enrollment at Grandville Middle School is White: 66%. The remaining shares are 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, and 4% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 52%.
Grandville Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1, with 49.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan. Income data for the school show 31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 47% average among public schools in Kent County.
Among Michigan public middle schools, Grandville Middle School outscored 71%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Grandville Middle School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (51.5%) and its predicted rate (52.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Michigan schools.
For the population of Kent County, median household income comes to about $82,631, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kent County counts 239 public schools with about 97,253 students.
Grandville Middle School's nearest public school is Grandville High School (about 0.3 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 58.5%; Grandville Middle School's is 51.5%, ranking 5th of 7.
Grandville Middle School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 850 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 828.
This page is set up for the Grandville Middle School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Grandville Public Schools
- Grandville High SchoolHigh · 1,719 students
- Grandville Oakestown Intermediate SchoolElementary · 852 students
- Grandville Century Park Learning CenterElementary · 411 students
- Grandville Grand View Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Grandville Cummings Elementary SchoolElementary · 366 students
- Grandville South Elementary SchoolElementary · 287 students
Other schools in GRANDVILLE
- Grandville High SchoolHigh · 1,719 students
- Grandville Oakestown Intermediate SchoolElementary · 852 students
- Grandville South Elementary SchoolElementary · 287 students
- Grandville East Elementary SchoolElementary · 207 students
- Grandville Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 201 students
- Grandville West Elementary SchoolElementary · 191 students
Nearby schools
- Grandville High School0.3 mi · 1,719
- Grandville Grand View Elementary School0.6 mi · 406
- Grandville Century Park Learning Center1.1 mi · 411
- Grandville West Elementary School1.4 mi · 191
- Grandville South Elementary School1.5 mi · 287
- Grandville Oakestown Intermediate School1.7 mi · 852
Frequently asked questions
About Grandville Middle SchoolHow large is Grandville Middle School?
Grandville Middle School enrolls approximately 850 students in grades 03-08.
What grades does Grandville Middle School serve?
Grandville Middle School serves grades 03-08.
How many students per teacher at Grandville Middle School?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Grandville Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grandville Middle School?
At Grandville Middle School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 16% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Grandville Middle School in?
Grandville Middle School is part of Grandville Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.