Westwood Middle School

Located at 1525 MOUNT MERCY DR NW, in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Westwood Middle School is a minimally staffed middle-grades school that hosts 176 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Grand Rapids Public Schools. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 502 students each, so Westwood Middle School sits 65% leaner than that benchmark.

Grand Rapids Public Schools runs 50 schools in total, collectively educating 13,903 students. Westwood Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Westwood Middle School records that the largest single group is Black at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 14% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kent County (around 47%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Kent County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $82,631 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Kent County's 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), Westwood Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Union High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Westwood Middle School has fell 44%, going from 312 students in 2018 to 176 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 44% to 35% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.