Mulick Park Elementary School
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (42).
Schools most like Mulick Park Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mulick Park Elementary School this school | 264 | 81.4% | N/A |
| Ralph J Bunche Academy ECORSE | 316 | 83.5% | N/A |
| Perry Early Learning Center YPSILANTI | 271 | 79.7% | N/A |
| Herrington School PONTIAC | 319 | 85.9% | N/A |
| Erickson Elementary YPSILANTI | 271 | 84.1% | N/A |
| Woodland Park Academy GRAND BLANC | 278 | 84.2% | 32.9% |
Where Mulick Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kent County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 264 | #1,216 of 1,630 | #92 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #738 of 1,424 | #52 of 105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #456 of 1,424 | #48 of 105 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.4% | #341 of 1,563 | #32 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.3% | #155 of 440 | #10 of 22 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 264 | 16.4 | 16.1:1 | 81% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 279 | 14.8 | 18.9:1 | 88% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 15.1 | 16.2:1 | 89% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 215 | 16 | 13.4:1 | 93% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 235 | 17.7 | 13.3:1 | 87% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 239 | 18 | 13.3:1 | 92% (219) |
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (235 to 264); teachers down 7% (17.7 to 16.4).
About Mulick Park Elementary School
Mulick Park Elementary School is an elementary school in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, and it is part of Grand Rapids Public Schools. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 264 students. The average among elementary schools in Michigan is roughly 369 students; this school is 28% smaller than that.
Mulick Park Elementary School is part of a district of 50 schools: Grand Rapids Public Schools, with 13,903 students.
Mulick Park Elementary School's enrollment is 67% Black. Next come 16% Hispanic, 12% White, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 10% Black among all Kent County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Mulick Park Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 51%.
The school reports 16.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.1 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Michigan have a similar average ratio of 15.8:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 81%. The 47% average for public schools in Kent County is 34 points lower.
In Kent County (population about 663,150), median household income is about $82,631, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Mulick Park Elementary School is one of 239 public schools in Kent County, which together enroll about 97,253 students.
The next-closest public school is Ottawa High Transition, about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Mulick Park Elementary School.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 215 in 2020-21 and 264 in 2024-25, a 23% rise. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.4:1 to 16.1:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Mulick Park Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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