Walnut Hills Elementary School

Walnut Hills Elementary School operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in GREENVILLE, Michigan, operated by Greenville Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 351 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Greenville Public Schools comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,346 students; Walnut Hills Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Walnut Hills Elementary School logs that nearly all students (87%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. Compared to Montcalm County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Walnut Hills Elementary School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 59% of students at Walnut Hills Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Walnut Hills Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.2%, the actual is 49.4%, a residual of +9.2 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Montcalm County put the typical household earns roughly $67,344 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Montcalm County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,168 students), of which Walnut Hills Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Seiter Education Center, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Walnut Hills Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Walnut Hills Elementary School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 53.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Walnut Hills Elementary School has contracted 19%, going from 431 students in 2018 to 351 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.