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If you could change one rule at Zinser Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
443
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENOWA HILLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 262028005705
Zinser Elementary School
3949 LEONARD ST NW, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49534 · (616) 453-2461 · Kent County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Michigan public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
152 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Zinser Elementary School→Kenowa Hills Middle School
Based on grade levels within Kenowa Hills Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
47.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
51.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Zinser Elementary School
Zinser Elementary School's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zinser Elementary School this school | 443 | 34.3% | 46.9% |
| Paw Paw Later Elementary PAW PAW | 453 | 37.5% | 41.2% |
| Shields Elementary School SAGINAW | 447 | 33.8% | N/A |
| Waukazoo Elementary School HOLLAND | 466 | 30.3% | 50.4% |
| Bursley School JENISON | 404 | 35.4% | 57.7% |
| Johnson Elementary School MILFORD | 419 | 39.1% | 42.0% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Zinser Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kent County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #511 of 1,085 | #50 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #397 of 1,072 | #44 of 79 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #571 of 1,139 | #52 of 82 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #465 of 1,630 | #33 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #1,096 of 1,424 | #73 of 105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.7% | #677 of 1,424 | #68 of 105 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.3% | #1,154 of 1,563 | #73 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.4% | #47 of 440 | #4 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
443
+32 (+8%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 375
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 16.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 443 | 25.1 | 17.6:1 | 34% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 440 | 26.1 | 16.9:1 | 36% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 26.9 | 16.0:1 | 38% (164) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 25 | 16.4:1 | 39% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 332 | 17.8 | 18.7:1 | 45% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 292 | 16 | 18.3:1 | 42% (124) |
| 2010-11 | 298 | 17 | 17.5:1 | 38% (112) |
| 2000-01 | 294 | 15 | 19.6:1 | 22% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 375 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Zinser Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 33% (332 to 443); teachers up 41% (17.8 to 25.1).
About Zinser Elementary School
This page covers Zinser Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan. The school's 443 students are in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Michigan average about 369 students each.
The Kenowa Hills Public Schools system has 6 schools and 2,913 students.
White students make up a majority at Zinser Elementary School, at 78%. The next largest groups are 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 37% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Zinser Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 17.6:1. That is 1.8 students per teacher above the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 34%. That rate is below the 47% average among public schools in Kent County.
The allk12 Grade for Zinser Elementary School is C+. Compared with Michigan public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 43% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Zinser Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Michigan schools: 46.9% actual against 51.1% predicted.
Zinser Elementary School is located in Kent County, where the median household income is $82,631, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Zinser Elementary School is one of 239 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, West MI Academy of Environmental Science is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. Zinser Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 46.9% average proficiency ranks 4th among 6 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Zinser Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Zinser Elementary School's enrollment grew 8%, to 443. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.4:1 in 2020-21 to 17.6:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Kent County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
663,150
Census ACS
Median income
$82,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
239
97,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kenowa Hills Public Schools
- Kenowa Hills High SchoolHigh · 876 students
- Kenowa Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 634 students
- Kenowa Hills Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 538 students
- Alpine Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Kenowa Hills Pathways High SchoolHigh · 99 students
Other schools in GRAND RAPIDS
- East Kentwood High SchoolHigh · 2,068 students
- Northern High SchoolHigh · 1,088 students
- PrepNet Virtual AcademyCombined · 1,080 students
- Northview High SchoolHigh · 1,078 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 999 students
- City High Middle SchoolHigh · 955 students
Nearby schools
- West MI Academy of Environmental Science0.6 mi · 666
- Blandford School1.2 mi · 60
- CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Elementary1.3 mi · 476
- Kenowa Hills Central Elementary School1.9 mi · 538
- Grandville Cummings Elementary School2.0 mi · 366
- Shawmut Hills School2.1 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Zinser Elementary SchoolHow large is Zinser Elementary School?
Zinser Elementary School enrolls approximately 443 students in grades KG-05.
Is Zinser Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Zinser Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Zinser Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Zinser Elementary School is approximately 17.6:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Zinser Elementary School?
At Zinser Elementary School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Zinser Elementary School in?
Zinser Elementary School is part of Kenowa Hills Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.