Wellspring Preparatory High School

Wellspring Preparatory High School, a close-knit senior high in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, run under Wellspring Preparatory High School, teaches 267 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 42% smaller than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Wellspring Preparatory High School is the operating authority for Wellspring Preparatory High School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Wellspring Preparatory High School shows that 43% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 21% White, 20% Hispanic, 14% multiracial. By comparison, Kent County as a whole is about 10% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Wellspring Preparatory High School records 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Kent County's rate of about 47%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Kent County put median household earnings sit near $82,631, 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), Wellspring Preparatory High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Kent Hills Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wellspring Preparatory High School.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. Wellspring Preparatory High School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 42%: 457 students in 2018 compared to 267 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 41% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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