Kent Hills Elementary

Kent Hills Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan. Federal data show 370 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.

Grand Rapids Public Schools operates 50 schools. Combined enrollment is 13,903 students.

Of every 100 students at Kent Hills Elementary, about 59 are Black. The school is also 21% Hispanic, 10% White, and 10% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 10%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Kent Hills Elementary scores 59%.

With 17.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 20.8:1. Elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1, 4.9 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 88% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 47% average for public schools in Kent County.

In the surrounding county, Kent County, median household income comes to about $82,631, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 239 public schools and about 97,253 students.

Of the public schools around it, Kent Hills Elementary is closest to Wellspring Preparatory High School, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

The school counted 183 students in 2020-21 and 370 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 12.2:1 to 20.8:1.

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