Enrollment
287
Elementary
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANDVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 261647005382
Grandville South Elementary School
3650 NAVAHO ST SW, GRANDVILLE, MI 49418 · (616) 254-6211 · Kent County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL287 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of Michigan public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
16.7:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
90 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 59 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 8% smaller than its 4th grade class (64).
Student demographics
51%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
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
61.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
60.4%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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
60.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 South Elementary School
Grandville South Elementary School's state test result (60.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grandville South Elementary School this school | 287 | 31.4% | 60.8% |
| Dutton Elementary School CALEDONIA | 317 | 28.4% | 73.5% |
| Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center GRAND RAPIDS | 287 | 29.3% | 63.8% |
| Whitehills Elementary School EAST LANSING | 286 | 24.5% | 61.9% |
| Woodbridge Elementary School ZEELAND | 361 | 29.1% | 61.1% |
| Marble School EAST LANSING | 306 | 35.6% | 49.8% |
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 Grandville South Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kent County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #199 of 1,085 | #35 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #210 of 1,072 | #37 of 79 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #237 of 1,139 | #35 of 82 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 287 | #1,136 of 1,630 | #84 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #907 of 1,424 | #61 of 105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.9% | #449 of 1,424 | #47 of 105 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.4% | #1,201 of 1,563 | #77 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.8% | #68 of 979 | #10 of 80 |
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
-98 (-25%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 569
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 17.2 | 16.7:1 | 31% (90) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 26.9 | 14.1:1 | 34% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 356 | 25.3 | 14.1:1 | 29% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 24 | 16.0:1 | 30% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 427 | 24.5 | 17.4:1 | 27% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | 21 | 19.2:1 | 22% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 377 | 22 | 17.1:1 | 25% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 452 | 24 | 18.8:1 | 7% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 569 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grandville South Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (427 to 287); teachers down 30% (24.5 to 17.2).
About Grandville South Elementary School
Grandville South Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Grandville Public Schools in GRANDVILLE, Michigan. It enrolls 287 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 6. The school is 22% below the average for elementary schools in Michigan.
Grandville South Elementary School belongs to Grandville Public Schools, a district of 11 schools and 5,512 students.
The largest group at Grandville South Elementary School is White students, at 68%. The remaining students are 15% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The diversity index for Grandville South Elementary School is 51%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Grandville South Elementary School lists 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.7 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Michigan, the average ratio is 15.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 31% of the student body. The average for public schools in Kent County is 47%.
Grandville South Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 82% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Grandville South Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Michigan schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 60.8% and a predicted 52.4%.
For the population of Kent County, the median household earns about $82,631 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Kent County, 239 public schools serve about 97,253 students.
Grandville South Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Grandville Oakestown Intermediate School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Grandville South Elementary School ranks 3rd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 60.8% against a local average of 56.5%.
NCES assigns Grandville South Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 98 students, from 385 to 287.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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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Other schools in Grandville Public Schools
- Grandville High SchoolHigh · 1,719 students
- Grandville Oakestown Intermediate SchoolElementary · 852 students
- Grandville Middle SchoolMiddle · 850 students
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- Grandville Grand View Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Grandville Cummings Elementary SchoolElementary · 366 students
Other schools in GRANDVILLE
- Grandville High SchoolHigh · 1,719 students
- Grandville Oakestown Intermediate SchoolElementary · 852 students
- Grandville Middle SchoolMiddle · 850 students
- Grandville East Elementary SchoolElementary · 207 students
- Grandville Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 201 students
- Grandville West Elementary SchoolElementary · 191 students
Nearby schools
- Grandville Oakestown Intermediate School0.7 mi · 852
- Grandville West Elementary School0.7 mi · 191
- Grandville Central Elementary School0.9 mi · 201
- Grandville East Elementary School1.1 mi · 207
- Grandville Education Center1.3 mi · 22
- Grandville High School1.3 mi · 1,719
Frequently asked questions
About Grandville South Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Grandville South Elementary School?
Grandville South Elementary School enrolls approximately 287 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Grandville South Elementary School serve?
Grandville South Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grandville South Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grandville South Elementary School is approximately 16.7:1 (17 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Grandville South Elementary School?
Grandville South Elementary School reports a student body of 68% White, 15% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Grandville South Elementary School?
Grandville South Elementary School is overseen by Grandville Public Schools in Kent County.
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