KenOSha Park Elementary

KenOSha Park Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan. Enrollment is 118 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. Against the 369-student average for elementary schools in Michigan, enrollment here is 68% lower.

KenOSha Park Elementary is one school in a 50-school district, Grand Rapids Public Schools, which enrolls 13,903 students.

Black students account for 57% of enrollment at KenOSha Park Elementary. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 12% White, 11% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 10% Black. By the diversity index, KenOSha Park Elementary comes in at 62%.

Staffing totals 7.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.7:1. Across elementary schools in Michigan, the average ratio is about 15.8:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 94%. That rate is above the 47% average among public schools in Kent County.

Recent Census Bureau figures for Kent County show that median household income is about $82,631, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. KenOSha Park Elementary is one of 239 public schools in Kent County, which together enroll about 97,253 students.

The shortest distance from KenOSha Park Elementary to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to New Branches Charter Academy. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).

Compared with 2020-21, when it had 116 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 118. Students per teacher fell from 19.3 in 2020-21 to 15.7 in 2024-25.

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