Kraft Meadows Intermediate School

As a moderately sized junior high in CALEDONIA, Michigan, Kraft Meadows Intermediate School teaches 703 students from grades 5 through 6, overseen by Caledonia Community Schools. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 502 students each, so Kraft Meadows Intermediate School sits 40% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 9 schools in Caledonia Community Schools (4,564 students total), Kraft Meadows Intermediate School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Kraft Meadows Intermediate School lists that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Kraft Meadows Intermediate School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Kraft Meadows Intermediate School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Kent County's rate of about 47%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kraft Meadows Intermediate School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.5%.

Across the wider county, Kent County reports that median household earnings sit near $82,631, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Kent County's 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), Kraft Meadows Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Caledonia High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kraft Meadows Intermediate School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 74.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kraft Meadows Intermediate School has ticked up 18%, going from 598 students in 2018 to 703 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 87% to 79% over that span.

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