New Branches Charter Academy

New Branches Charter Academy is an elementary school in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, and it is part of New Branches Charter Academy. It offers kindergarten through 8 and has 345 students enrolled.

New Branches Charter Academy is its own local education agency in federal data.

More than half of enrollment at New Branches Charter Academy is Black: 51%. The remaining shares are 26% Hispanic, 10% White, 10% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Kent County as a whole is about 10% Black, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.

There are 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at New Branches Charter Academy, giving a ratio of 12.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1. A total of 307 students, or 89%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 42 points above the 47% average for public schools in Kent County.

Kent County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $82,631, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Kent County's 239 public schools enroll about 97,253 students and include New Branches Charter Academy.

KenOSha Park Elementary is the nearest public school to New Branches Charter Academy, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. New Branches Charter Academy holds a charter, making it a public charter school.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 365 to 345, a 5% decline. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.6:1) than in 2020-21 (14.0:1).

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