KenOSha Park Elementary

KenOSha Park Elementary is one of the one-room-style primary schools in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, operated by Grand Rapids Public Schools, with 118 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 68% leaner than the state mean of about 369.

Across the 50 schools in Grand Rapids Public Schools (13,903 students total), KenOSha Park Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, KenOSha Park Elementary shows that Black students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 12% White, 11% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Kent County as a whole is about 10% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 94% of students at KenOSha Park Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Kent County's rate of about 47%.

In the broader community, Kent County reports that median household income runs about $82,631, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Kent County's 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), KenOSha Park Elementary is one campus in the mix.

New Branches Charter Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KenOSha Park Elementary.

KenOSha Park Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KenOSha Park Elementary has ticked down 29%, going from 166 students in 2018 to 118 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 64% to 57% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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