Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENTWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 262034005717
Meadowlawn Elementary
4939 BURGIS AVE SE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49508 · (616) 534-4608 · Kent County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% 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.
- A+Beats 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
15.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
306 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 55%
Community
0
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 | 81 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 53% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
78%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
46.9%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
46.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.3%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% 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 21 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 Meadowlawn Elementary
Meadowlawn Elementary's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowlawn Elementary this school | 339 | 90.3% | 46.9% |
| Cumberland School LANSING | 308 | 89.3% | N/A |
| Bowen Elementary GRAND RAPIDS | 357 | 78.2% | 37.3% |
| Challenger Elementary GRAND RAPIDS | 413 | 80.1% | 38.7% |
| Lyons School LANSING | 242 | 89.7% | N/A |
| Mound Park Elementary School WARREN | 296 | 79.7% | 22.0% |
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 Meadowlawn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kent County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #512 of 1,085 | #51 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #503 of 1,072 | #47 of 79 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #586 of 1,139 | #53 of 82 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #928 of 1,630 | #70 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #697 of 1,424 | #49 of 105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.0% | #2 of 1,424 | #1 of 105 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #189 of 1,563 | #15 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #684 of 979 | #62 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
339
-22 (-6%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 354
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 339 | 21.3 | 15.9:1 | 90% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 351 | 22.4 | 15.7:1 | 89% (313) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 22.4 | 16.9:1 | 84% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 361 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 88% (316) |
| 2017-18 | 366 | 15.7 | 23.3:1 | 86% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 335 | 16 | 20.9:1 | 83% (279) |
| 2010-11 | 293 | 15 | 19.5:1 | 69% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 336 | 17 | 19.8:1 | 38% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 354 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadowlawn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (366 to 339); teachers up 36% (15.7 to 21.3).
About Meadowlawn Elementary
Meadowlawn Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school for students in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan. The school's enrollment of 339 students covers pre-K through 5.
Across its 16 schools, Kentwood Public Schools enrolls 9,536 students. Meadowlawn Elementary is one of those schools.
Meadowlawn Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 32%. Smaller groups are 20% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 17% White, and 10% multiracial. County-wide, 10% of Kent County residents are Black. By the diversity index, Meadowlawn Elementary comes in at 78%.
The teaching staff at Meadowlawn Elementary is 21.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.9:1. Elementary schools in Michigan have a similar average ratio of 15.8:1. About 90% of students, or 306, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 47% average among public schools in Kent County.
The allk12 Grade for Meadowlawn Elementary is B+. Compared with Michigan public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 73% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Meadowlawn Elementary is among the top 10% of schools in Michigan. Predicted: 26.3%. Actual: 46.9%.
Kent County has about 663,150 residents, and median household income is about $82,631, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 239 public schools in Kent County, with a combined enrollment of about 97,253.
The shortest distance from Meadowlawn Elementary to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Valleywood Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Meadowlawn Elementary is 1st among 5 schools close by.
Meadowlawn Elementary is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
The number of students declined from 361 to 339 over 4 years.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Meadowlawn Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Kentwood Public Schools
- East Kentwood High SchoolHigh · 2,068 students
- Pinewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 842 students
- East Kentwood Freshman CampusHigh · 742 students
- Crestwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 700 students
- Discovery ElementaryElementary · 674 students
- Explorer ElementaryElementary · 556 students
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
Other Meadowlawn Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Meadowlawn Elementary. Meadowlawn Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Meadowlawn Elementary SchoolMonticello, IN · 533 students
- Meadowlawn Elementary SchoolSandusky, OH · 421 students
Nearby schools
- Valleywood Middle School0.2 mi · 541
- Grand River Preparatory High School0.6 mi · 635
- Bowen Elementary0.8 mi · 357
- Brookwood Elementary0.9 mi · 370
- Glenwood Elementary1.0 mi · 543
- Kelloggsville Virtual School1.1 mi · 61
Frequently asked questions
About Meadowlawn ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Meadowlawn Elementary?
Meadowlawn Elementary enrolls approximately 339 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Meadowlawn Elementary serve?
Meadowlawn Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Meadowlawn Elementary?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Meadowlawn Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Meadowlawn Elementary?
At Meadowlawn Elementary, the student body is approximately 17% White, 20% Hispanic, 32% Black, 19% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Meadowlawn Elementary in?
Meadowlawn Elementary is part of Kentwood Public Schools.
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