Pine Ridge Elementary School

Pine Ridge Elementary School is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, one of the schools within Forest Hills Public Schools, instructing 472 students in grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 28% bigger than typical.

Across the 18 schools in Forest Hills Public Schools (8,797 students total), Pine Ridge Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Pine Ridge Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Beyond that, the school shows 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, Kent County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Pine Ridge Elementary School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Pine Ridge Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 8% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Kent County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Pine Ridge Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.6%, the actual is 73.6%, a residual of +11.0 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Kent County indicate the typical household earns roughly $82,631 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Pine Ridge Elementary School is one of 239 public schools in Kent County (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students).

Thornapple Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pine Ridge Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 71.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pine Ridge Elementary School has declined 5%, going from 499 students in 2018 to 472 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.