Kenowa Hills High School

Kenowa Hills High School is a well-populated four-year high school in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, run under Kenowa Hills Public Schools. The school serves 876 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Kenowa Hills High School sits 90% larger than that benchmark.

Kenowa Hills Public Schools runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,913 students. Kenowa Hills High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Kenowa Hills High School records that White students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Kent County's rate of about 47%.

In the broader community, census data for Kent County shows 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), Kenowa Hills High School is one campus in the mix.

Kenowa Hills Pathways High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kenowa Hills High School.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kenowa Hills High School has contracted 5%, going from 925 students in 2018 to 876 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

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