Kent City Middle School

Kent City Middle School operates as a close-knit middle school in KENT CITY, Michigan, run under Kent City Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 290 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 502 students per school, that is 42% smaller than typical.

Kent City Community Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,233 students; Kent City Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Kent City Middle School shows that 72% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 24% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Kent County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 60% of students at Kent City Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Kent County's rate of about 47%.

With demographic context factored in, Kent City Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.6%.

In the area at large, census data for Kent County shows the typical household earns roughly $82,631 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kent County runs 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), of which Kent City Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Kent City Virtual Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Kent City Middle School. On composite proficiency, Kent City Middle School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.8%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 12%: 330 students in 2018 compared to 290 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.