Townline Elementary

Located at 100 60TH ST SE, in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Townline Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary campus that serves 320 students (grades K through 5), operated by Kentwood Public Schools.

Across the 16 schools in Kentwood Public Schools (9,536 students total), Townline Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Townline Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (31%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 24% Black, 24% White, 11% multiracial, 9% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Townline Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 83% of students at Townline Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Kent County (around 47%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Townline Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.5%, the actual is 31.8%, a residual of +2.3 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Kent County put median household income runs about $82,631, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kent County runs 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), of which Townline Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Crossroads Alternative High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 340 students in 2018 compared to 320 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 36% to 24%.

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