North Park Montessori Academy

North Park Montessori Academy is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, one of the schools within Grand Rapids Public Schools, hosting 379 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 50 schools in Grand Rapids Public Schools (13,903 students total), North Park Montessori Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, North Park Montessori Academy logs that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting North Park Montessori Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kent County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, North Park Montessori Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.2%; this one delivers 45.8%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Kent County put the typical household earns roughly $82,631 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Kent County's 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), North Park Montessori Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is West Oakview Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around North Park Montessori Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts North Park Montessori Academy at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 46.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 428 students in 2018 compared to 379 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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