Kent City Elementary School

Kent City Elementary School operates as an average-sized K-5 school in KENT CITY, Michigan, overseen by Kent City Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 537 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Kent City Elementary School sits 46% larger than that benchmark.

Kent City Community Schools runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,233 students. Kent City Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Kent City Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 21% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 34 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. An estimated 66% of students are eligible 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%.

With demographic context factored in, Kent City Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Kent County indicate median household earnings sit near $82,631, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Kent City Elementary School is one of 239 public schools in Kent County (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students).

Nearest neighbor: Kent City Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Kent City Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kent City Elementary School at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 38.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Kent City Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 607 (now 537). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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