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Enrollment
398
Elementary
STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KNAPP CHARTER ACADEMY·NCES 260014800909
Knapp Charter Academy
1759 LEFFINGWELL AVE NE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49525 · (616) 364-1100 · Kent County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of Michigan public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
28 FTE teachers
STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
305 students
STATE 55%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 31 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 168% larger than its 8th grade class (28).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
52.9%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
39.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Michigan's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Knapp Charter Academy
Knapp Charter Academy's state test result (45.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knapp Charter Academy this school | 398 | 76.6% | 45.9% |
| Bedford School DEARBORN HEIGHTS | 389 | 82.3% | 28.0% |
| Wexford Montessori Magnet School LANSING | 356 | 84.0% | N/A |
| Ann J Kellogg School BATTLE CREEK | 348 | 81.3% | N/A |
| Kinyon Elementary School TAYLOR | 375 | 77.6% | 30.1% |
| Milwood Elementary School KALAMAZOO | 362 | 70.4% | 21.9% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Knapp Charter Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kent County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #547 of 1,085 | #53 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #680 of 1,072 | #59 of 79 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #404 of 1,139 | #43 of 82 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 398 | #660 of 1,630 | #48 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #316 of 1,424 | #23 of 105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.3% | #32 of 1,424 | #10 of 105 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.6% | #418 of 1,563 | #39 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -45.6% | #15 of 979 | #4 of 80 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
398
-281 (-41%) vs 2020
-38% since 2000-01, when it was 646
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 17.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 398 | 28 | 14.2:1 | 77% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 36 | 11.9:1 | 82% (352) |
| 2022-23 | 576 | 37.5 | 15.4:1 | 79% (455) |
| 2020-21 | 679 | 38 | 17.9:1 | 74% (501) |
| 2017-18 | 732 | 38 | 19.3:1 | 67% (487) |
| 2015-16 | 766 | 36 | 21.3:1 | 60% (456) |
| 2010-11 | 739 | 36 | 20.5:1 | 54% (401) |
| 2000-01 | 646 | 30 | 21.5:1 | 9% (60) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Knapp Charter Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 46% (732 to 398); teachers down 26% (38 to 28).
About Knapp Charter Academy
Knapp Charter Academy sits in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, and is classified as an elementary school. It teaches 398 students in kindergarten through 8.
Knapp Charter Academy is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
No group is above 50% at Knapp Charter Academy; the largest is Black, at 34%. After that, the student body is 29% White, 19% Hispanic, and 17% multiracial. Among all residents of Kent County, the Black share is about 10%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 73%.
Knapp Charter Academy lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.2 students per teacher. The gap from the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan is 1.6 students per teacher. About 77% of students at Knapp Charter Academy are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 47% average for public schools in Kent County is 30 points.
Knapp Charter Academy holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 67% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Knapp Charter Academy outperforms its prediction by 13.5 points. The model expects 32.3% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Michigan; the school's rate is 45.9%.
Kent County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $82,631 a year, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Kent County number 239, with about 97,253 students.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Kent Education CenterBeltline, is the closest to Knapp Charter Academy. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Knapp Charter Academy. Its average proficiency rate of 45.9% is below the 65.2% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Knapp Charter Academy is a publicly funded charter school.
Enrollment was 679 in 2020-21 and 398 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. The ratio was 17.9:1 in 2020-21 and 14.2:1 in 2024-25.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Kent County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
663,150
Census ACS
Median income
$82,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
239
97,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GRAND RAPIDS
- East Kentwood High SchoolHigh · 2,068 students
- Northern High SchoolHigh · 1,088 students
- PrepNet Virtual AcademyCombined · 1,080 students
- Northview High SchoolHigh · 1,078 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 999 students
- City High Middle SchoolHigh · 955 students
Nearby schools
- Kent Education CenterBeltline0.2 mi · 43
- Home Education Site0.7 mi · 1
- Northern Hills Middle School1.2 mi · 515
- Northern Trails 56 School1.3 mi · 520
- Orchard View Elementary School1.3 mi · 439
- Forest Hills Transition Center1.3 mi · 8
Frequently asked questions
About Knapp Charter AcademyHow many students attend Knapp Charter Academy?
Knapp Charter Academy enrolls approximately 398 students in grades KG-08.
Is Knapp Charter Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Knapp Charter Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Knapp Charter Academy?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Knapp Charter Academy.
What is the student diversity at Knapp Charter Academy?
Student demographics at Knapp Charter Academy are roughly 29% White, 19% Hispanic, 34% Black, 1% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is Knapp Charter Academy public or private?
Knapp Charter Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Knapp Charter Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.