Harrison Park Academy

Harrison Park Academy is a K-5 school of well-populated scale in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, run under Grand Rapids Public Schools, serveing 708 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Harrison Park Academy sits 92% above that benchmark.

Grand Rapids Public Schools runs 50 schools in total, collectively educating 13,903 students. Harrison Park Academy is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Harrison Park Academy reports that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 30% Black, 12% White, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Kent County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Kent County's rate of about 47%.

Across the wider county, 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%. In all, Kent County runs 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), of which Harrison Park Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Stocking Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Harrison Park Academy operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harrison Park Academy has edged down 4%, going from 740 students in 2018 to 708 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 53% to 46% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.