West Kelloggsville School

West Kelloggsville School is an elementary campus of close-knit scale in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, part of Kelloggsville Public Schools, caters to 253 students in grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 31% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Kelloggsville Public Schools runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,259 students. West Kelloggsville School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, West Kelloggsville School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 18% White, 18% Black, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Kent County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, West Kelloggsville School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting West Kelloggsville School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Kent County's rate of about 47%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Kent County indicate median household income runs about $82,631, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Kent County's 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), West Kelloggsville School is one campus in the mix.

Kelloggsville High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Kelloggsville School has ticked down 17%, going from 303 students in 2018 to 253 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 31% to 18% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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