Kenowa Hills Middle School

Kenowa Hills Middle School operates as a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, part of Kenowa Hills Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 634 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 26% larger than the state mean of about 502.

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

Looking at the student body, Kenowa Hills Middle School lists that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment; the rest consists of 20% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Black.

On the resource side, Kenowa Hills Middle School shows 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 40% of students at Kenowa Hills Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Kenowa Hills Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 48.7%; Kenowa Hills Middle School posts 35.1%, -13.6 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Kent County put median household earnings sit near $82,631, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kenowa Hills Middle School is one of 239 public schools in Kent County (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students).

The closest other public school is Kenowa Hills Pathways High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kenowa Hills Middle School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 47.1%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Kenowa Hills Middle School's enrollment has contracted 12% since 2018, when it stood at 717 (now 634). Over the same period, the White share declined from 72% to 65%. Class-load math has fell: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

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