Grandville West Elementary School

Set in GRANDVILLE, Michigan, Grandville West Elementary School is a compact primary school, operated by Grandville Public Schools. It instructs 191 students across grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 48% smaller than the state mean of about 369.

Across the 11 schools in Grandville Public Schools (5,512 students total), Grandville West Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Grandville West Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 16% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 11% Black. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Grandville West Elementary School lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kent County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Grandville West Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.9%; this one delivers 47.4%.

In the broader community, census data for Kent County shows the typical household earns roughly $82,631 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Grandville West Elementary School is one of 239 public schools in Kent County (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students).

Grandville Oakestown Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grandville West Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 58.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 46%: 355 students in 2018 compared to 191 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 60% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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