Orchard View Elementary School

Located at 2770 LEFFINGWELL AVE NE, in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Orchard View Elementary School is a mid-sized K-5 school that educates 439 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Forest Hills Public Schools.

Forest Hills Public Schools runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 8,797 students. Orchard View Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Orchard View Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment; the rest looks like 10% Asian, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Kent County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Orchard View Elementary School logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kent County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Orchard View Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.5%; this one delivers 63.5%.

Around the school, Kent County reports that median household earnings sit near $82,631, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Kent County's 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), Orchard View Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Knapp Charter Academy, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Orchard View Elementary School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.4%.

Orchard View Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Orchard View Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 23% since 2018, when it stood at 569 (now 439). White enrollment moved from 78% to 70% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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