Grand Rapids Reporter

Among the many ethnicities represented in Kent County schools, white was the most prevalent ethnicity among Kent County students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Of the 98,371 students attending Kent County schools, 55.1% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 20% of Kent County students.

In the previous school year, white students were still the most common group in Kent County, representing 55.1% of the student body.

Townline Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, which included 26.7% Hispanic students, 22.1% African American students, 21.5% white students, 15.3% multiracial students, 13.7% Asian students, 0.3% Hawaiian students, and 0.3% American Indian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1.5% when compared to the previous year.

Overall student enrollment in Michigan remains below pre-pandemic levels, with white students experiencing the largest decline at 6.5%.

Academic performance has also suffered, with the state's average NAEP score dropping by 6.5 points and ethnic achievement gaps widening. Black and Hispanic students' average math proficiency dropped by 7% in 2022, to 13.5% and 28.2%, respectively.

School name	Most represented ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
54th Street Academy	Hispanic	43.6%	78
Aberdeen Academy	White	35.9%	234
Ada Elementary School	White	81.9%	331
Ada Vista Elementary School	White	72.3%	470
Alger Middle School	African American	69.9%	342
Alpine Elementary School	White	58.6%	350
Alto Elementary School	White	91.9%	407
Appleview Elementary School	White	84%	513
Beach Elementary School	White	88.6%	446
Belmont Elementary School	White	87.3%	354
Bethany Based School	White	77.8%	18
Blandford School	White	78.3%	60
Bowen Elementary School	African American	34.8%	365
Breton Downs School	White	88.2%	459
Brookside Elementary School	African American	48.2%	280
Brookwood Elementary School	African American	40.1%	349
Brown Elementary School	White	81.1%	583
Buchanan Elementary School	Hispanic	86.9%	359
Burton Elementary School	Hispanic	85.4%	376
Burton Middle School	Hispanic	70.7%	482
Bushnell Elementary School	White	82.2%	276
Byron Center Charter School	White	83.4%	193
Byron Center High School	White	79%	1,339
Byron Center West Middle School	White	79.5%	673
CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Elementary	White	65.6%	448
CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Middle High School	White	44.3%	357
Caledonia Elementary School	White	83.3%	312
Caledonia High School	White	83.6%	1,464
Campus Elementary School	African American	73.7%	266
Cannonsburg Elementary School	White	89%	228
Cedar Springs High School	White	87.2%	1,049
Cedar Springs Middle School	White	86.5%	489
Cedar Trails Elementary School	White	86.5%	495
Cedar View Elementary School	White	88.6%	455
Center for Economicology	White	52.5%	59
Central High School	White	82.1%	1,053
Central Kelloggsville Elementary School	Hispanic	37.5%	483
Central Middle School	White	82.9%	526
Central Woodlands 5-6 School	White	84.8%	453
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary School	Hispanic	78.4%	412
Challenger Elementary School	African American	42.2%	341
Chandler Woods Charter Academy	White	89.5%	773
Cherry Creek Elementary School	White	87.4%	468
City Middle-High School	White	51.7%	908
Coit Creative Arts Academy	African American	36%	242
Collins Elementary School	White	72.3%	358
Community Transition Campus	White	62.7%	284
Comstock Park Flex Academy	White	51%	49
Comstock Park High School	White	61.6%	489
Congress Elementary School	White	37.2%	191
Countryside Elementary School	White	74.9%	589
Covenant House Academy Grand Rapids	African American	51.7%	230
Creative Technologies Academy	White	88.9%	323
Crestwood Elementary School	White	85.7%	510
Crestwood Middle School	African American	35.3%	682
Cross Creek Charter Academy	White	60.9%	780
Crossroads Alternative High School	African American	39.5%	253
Crossroads Middle School	White	72.3%	404
Dickinson Academy	Hispanic	46.3%	244
Discovery Elementary School	White	28.8%	711
Duncan Lake Early Childhood Center	White	83.3%	66
Duncan Lake Middle School	White	85.4%	679
Duncan Lake Transitions Program	White	66.7%	6
Dutton Elementary School	White	72.2%	266
East Grand Rapids High School	White	81.7%	914
East Grand Rapids Middle School	White	81.4%	652
East Kentwood Freshman Campus	African American	38.1%	743
East Kentwood High School	African American	32.3%	2,010
East Lee Campus	Hispanic	76.4%	110
East Leonard Elementary School	African American	53.9%	167
East Oakview Elementary School	White	73.1%	375
East Rockford Middle School	White	87.2%	740
Eastern High School	White	79.9%	802
Eastern Middle School	White	79.7%	552
Emmons Lake Elementary School	White	80%	400
Endeavor Elementary School	African American	33.1%	544
Excel Charter Academy	White	37.1%	784
Explorer Elementary School	White	36.4%	527
Forest Hills Transition Center	White	89.3%	28
Gerald R. Ford Academic Center	African American	53.9%	230
Gladiola Elementary School	Hispanic	54.5%	292
Glenwood Elementary School	African American	35.5%	406
Godfrey Elementary School	Hispanic	77.6%	331
Godfrey-Lee Early Childhood Center	Hispanic	77%	330
Godwin Heights Learning Center	Hispanic	48.5%	97
Godwin Heights Middle School	Hispanic	57.3%	389
Godwin Heights Senior High School	Hispanic	61%	689
Goodwillie Environmental School	White	92.3%	104
Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center	White	65.2%	287
Grand Rapids Learning Center	African American	40.5%	42
Grand Rapids Montessori Academy	White	66.6%	320
Grand Rapids Montessori Middle-High School	White	48.3%	180
Grand Rapids Public Museum High School	White	48.4%	273
Grand Rapids Public Museum Middle School	White	38.2%	173
Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy	Hispanic	47%	466
Grand River Preparatory High School	Hispanic	49.8%	604
Grandville Central Elementary School	White	77%	239
Grandville Century Park Learning Center	White	69.2%	545
Grandville Cummings Elementary School	White	79.7%	474
Grandville East Elementary School	White	64.5%	313
Grandville Education Center	White	43.8%	16
Grandville Grand View Elementary School	White	70.8%	654
Grandville High School	White	72.4%	1,767
Grandville Middle School	White	71.7%	830
Grandville South Elementary School	White	80.1%	356
Grandville West Elementary School	White	65.3%	300
Harrison Park Academy	Hispanic	48.2%	639
Highlands School	White	71.8%	412
Home Education Site	African American	100%	1
Hope Academy of West Michigan	Hispanic	86.1%	359
Innovation Central High School	Hispanic	50.7%	523
John Ball Park Zoo School	White	76.3%	59
Kelloggsville High School	Hispanic	46.2%	632
Kelloggsville Middle School	Hispanic	44.4%	450
Kelloggsville Virtual School	Hispanic	43.2%	81
Ken-O-Sha Park Elementary School	African American	62.6%	123
Kenowa Hills Central Elementary School	White	69.3%	551
Kenowa Hills High School	White	71.3%	933
Kenowa Hills Middle School	White	66.9%	623
Kenowa Hills Pathways High School	White	49.4%	85
Kent City Alternative High School	White	82.6%	23
Kent City Elementary School	White	79.4%	563
Kent City High School	White	71.2%	416
Kent City Middle School	White	68.4%	275
Kent Education Center - Beltline	White	54.5%	55
Kent Education Center - Oakleigh	White	59.4%	32
Kent Hills Elementary School	African American	54%	189
Kent Intermediate School District Deaf and Hard of Hearing	White	46.7%	60
Kettle Lake Elementary School	White	88.1%	371
Knapp Charter Academy	African American	40.1%	576
Knapp Forest Elementary School	White	82.7%	572
Kraft Meadows Intermediate School	White	82.6%	683
Lakes Elementary School	White	87.4%	509
Lakeside School	White	85.1%	451
Lee High School	Hispanic	84.1%	503
Lee Middle School	Hispanic	78.5%	358
Lighthouse Academy - South Campus	African American	37.2%	148
Lighthouse Academy - Waalkes	African American	63.7%	80
Lighthouse Academy - the Pier	African American	73.5%	34
Lincoln Developmental Center	White	60.2%	93
Lincoln Heights Elementary School	White	92.1%	432
Lincoln School	White	55.5%	137
Lowell Middle School	White	91.6%	771
Lowell Senior High School	White	90.3%	1,099
Marshall Elementary School	White	76.1%	523
Martin Luther King Leadership Academy	African American	71.6%	296
Meadow Brook Elementary School	White	57.9%	463
Meadow Ridge Elementary School	White	84.7%	439
Meadowlawn Elementary School	African American	33.1%	378
Mill Creek Middle School	White	53.2%	391
Mulick Park Elementary School	African American	68.9%	244
Murray Lake Elementary School	White	92%	437
New Beginnings Alternative High School	White	78.4%	37
New Branches Charter Academy	African American	51.4%	358
Newcomers Community School	Hispanic	72.5%	102
NexTech High School	White	44.3%	140
North Godwin Elementary School	Hispanic	59.2%	407
North Oakview Elementary School	White	71.9%	342
North Park Montessori Academy	White	70.5%	376
North Rockford Middle School	White	85.9%	885
Northern High School	White	73.2%	1,134
Northern Hills Middle School	White	71.4%	546
Northern Trails 5-6 School	White	68.8%	478
Northview High School	White	71.2%	1,092
Northview Next Career Center	White	60%	30
Northview Next Learning Center	White	61.5%	91
Orchard View Elementary School	White	73%	407
Oriole Park Elementary School	White	41.9%	289
Ottawa High Transition	African American	62.5%	16
Ottawa Hills High School	African American	69.9%	369
Palmer School	African American	31.5%	178
Parkside Elementary School	White	85.3%	286
Parkview Elementary School	Hispanic	56.4%	326
Pine Grove Learning Center	White	37.8%	98
Pine Island Elementary School	White	55.8%	403
Pine Ridge Elementary School	White	90.2%	491
Pinewood Middle School	African American	35%	809
PrepNet Virtual Academy	African American	53%	1,220
Red Hawk Elementary School	White	89.8%	215
Ridge Park Charter Academy	African American	65.1%	493
Ridgemoor Park Montessori	White	59.8%	132
Ridgeview Elementary School	White	83.2%	572
River City Scholars Charter Academy	African American	73.7%	346
River Valley Academy	White	80.4%	51
Riverside Middle School	African American	52.8%	248
Robert L. Nickels Intermediate School	White	77.8%	702
Rockford High School	White	87.2%	1,819
Rockford High School Freshman Center	White	89.6%	597
Rockford Spanish Immersion	White	80.9%	304
Roguewood Elementary School	White	87.7%	301
Sand Lake Elementary School	White	88.8%	392
Shawmut Hills School	Hispanic	34.1%	261
Sherwood Global Studies Academy	African American	59.4%	128
Sibley School	Hispanic	43.8%	256
Southeast Career Pathways	African American	56.2%	105
Southeast Kelloggsville School	African American	34.4%	282
Southwest Elementary Academia Bilingue	Hispanic	83.9%	635
Southwest Middle-High Academia Bilingue	Hispanic	90.3%	330
Southwood Elementary School	White	42.2%	332
Sparta Middle School	White	82.5%	473
Sparta Senior High School	White	82.7%	851
Stocking Elementary School	Hispanic	41.2%	148
Stoney Creek Elementary School	White	54.8%	420
Thornapple Elementary School	White	77.2%	395
Townline Elementary School	Hispanic	26.7%	307
Union High School	Hispanic	51.8%	922
Union High Transition	African American	50.8%	59
Unity Alternative School	White	72.2%	18
Valley View Elementary School	White	89.7%	631
Valleywood Middle School	African American	37.2%	514
Vanguard Charter Academy	White	47.3%	797
Vestaburg Community Alternative Education School Wyoming	White	49.4%	324
Vista Charter Academy	Hispanic	55.9%	605
Walker Charter Academy	White	55%	698
Wealthy School	White	82.5%	462
Wellspring Preparatory High School	African American	41%	307
West Elementary School	Hispanic	39%	469
West Godwin Elementary School	Hispanic	55.9%	413
West Kelloggsville School	Hispanic	45.8%	251
West Michigan Academy of Environmental Science	White	61.3%	728
West Michigan Aviation Academy	White	72.9%	605
West Oakview Elementary School	White	70.2%	255
Westwood Middle School	Hispanic	39.7%	189
William C. Abney Academy Elementary	African American	96.5%	347
Wyoming High School	Hispanic	51.1%	1,284
Wyoming Intermediate School	Hispanic	45.4%	573
Wyoming Junior High School	Hispanic	48.4%	578
Wyoming Regional Center	White	52.1%	48
Zinser Elementary School	White	79.1%	430