Schools · Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, MI schools
Grand Rapids’s public schools score well below Michigan’s averages: 29% of students are proficient in reading against 47.9% statewide, and 81% of high schoolers graduate on time against 82.9%. Kids attend Shared Time.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C
Grand Rapids’s School Grade: C
The public schools Grand Rapids’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 70% of Michigan’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
CTest scoresCGraduation
Michigan school districts we grade (796)Better than 30%
Lower resultsHigher results
Michigan towns with similar household incomes (1,263)Better than 9%
High confidence. Built on 4,577 tested students and a graduating class of 807; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Michigan’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Michigan only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Michigan with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Grand Rapids kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades K–12, Grand Rapids Public Schools)29%
State average 47.9%
Math (grades K–12, Grand Rapids Public Schools)15%
State average 34.6%
Graduation · class of 2020
81% graduate on time
Graduation rate
81%
MI: 82.9%
Graduating class
807
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #421 of 536 MI towns →
Districts
The district serving Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 48 schools · 13,567 students
$19,531 per studentMI $16,528CEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 86 schools in Grand Rapids
Showing 1–30 of 86 schools
Harrison Park AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 708 students
DPublicSouthwest Elementary Academia BilingueElementary · Grades PK–6 · 661 students
C-PublicCA Frost Environmental Science Academy ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 476 students
B+PublicCesar E Chavez ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 437 students
DPublicBuchanan ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 379 students
DPublicNorth Park Montessori AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 379 students
B-PublicKent Hills ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 370 students
DPublicBurton ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 365 students
D-PublicNew Branches Charter AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 345 students
C-CharterSibley SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 308 students
C-PublicMartin Luther King Leadership AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 299 students
DPublicGrand Rapids Child Discovery CenterElementary · Grades K–5 · 287 students
A-CharterRiver City Scholars Charter AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 286 students
DCharterWilliam C Abney Academy ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 273 students
DCharterShawmut Hills SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 267 students
C-PublicMulick Park Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 264 students
C-PublicBrookside ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 254 students
DPublicCoit Creative Arts AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 246 students
C-PublicAberdeen AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 241 students
C-PublicCongress ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 237 students
B+PublicDickinson AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 224 students
DPublicGerald R Ford Academic CenterElementary · Grades PK–8 · 213 students
DPublicCampus ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 210 students
D-PublicPalmer SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 187 students
DPublicGerald Dawkins AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 152 students
CharterRidgemoor Park MontessoriElementary · Grades PK–6 · 131 students
CPublicSherwood Global Studies AcademyElementary · Grades PK–6 · 121 students
DPublicKenOSha Park ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 118 students
C-PublicKent Education CenterOakleighElementary · Grades K–8 · 32 students
C-PublicBurton Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 488 students
DPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.