Zinser Elementary School

Zinser Elementary School operates as a moderately sized K-5 school in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, part of Kenowa Hills Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 443 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Zinser Elementary School sits 20% above that benchmark.

Kenowa Hills Public Schools runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,913 students. Zinser Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Zinser Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 34% of students at Zinser Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Kent County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Zinser Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.1%; this one delivers 46.9%.

In the broader community, Kent County reports that median household earnings sit near $82,631, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Kent County's 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), Zinser Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: West MI Academy of Environmental Science, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Zinser Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Zinser Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 53.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Zinser Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 33% since 2018, when it stood at 332 (now 443). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.