West MI Academy of Environmental Science

As a heavily attended multi-level school in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, West MI Academy of Environmental Science works with 666 students from grades pre-K through 12, operated by West MI Academy of Environmental Science. That puts it 137% bigger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 281 students.

West MI Academy of Environmental Science is the operating authority for West MI Academy of Environmental Science, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, West MI Academy of Environmental Science records that 59% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Kent County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 47% of students at West MI Academy of Environmental Science qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, West MI Academy of Environmental Science sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.7%; this one delivers 49.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Kent County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $82,631 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Kent County's 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), West MI Academy of Environmental Science is one campus in the mix.

Zinser Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West MI Academy of Environmental Science ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 53.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting. As a public charter, West MI Academy of Environmental Science runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West MI Academy of Environmental Science has shrank 11%, going from 751 students in 2018 to 666 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 21% to 27% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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