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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Grand Rapids Public Schools Education: 13,787 students were enrolled in schools in 2022-23 school year

Superintendent of public instruction michael f rice 2023

MI Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael F. Rice 2023 | Michigan Department of Education

MI Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael F. Rice 2023 | Michigan Department of Education

There were 13,787 students enrolled in Grand Rapids Public Schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.8% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.6% of them were boys, and 48.4% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were Hispanic, representing 39.3% of the Grand Rapids Public Schools total enrollment.

Grand Rapids Public Schools covers 51 schools within Kent County with its main office in Grand Rapids. Among them, Union High School recorded the highest enrollment of 922 students in the 2022-23 school year.

Overall student enrollment in Michigan remains below pre-pandemic levels, 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.

Enrollment in Grand Rapids Public Schools Over 8 Years
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Enrollment by School in Grand Rapids Public Schools (2022-23)
SchoolTotal Enrollment
Aberdeen Academy234
Alger Middle School342
Bethany Based School18
Blandford School60
Brookside Elementary School280
Buchanan Elementary School359
Burton Elementary School376
Burton Middle School482
CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Elementary448
CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Middle High School357
Campus Elementary School266
Center for Economicology59
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary School412
City Middle-High School908
Coit Creative Arts Academy242
Congress Elementary School191
Dickinson Academy244
East Leonard Elementary School167
Gerald R. Ford Academic Center230
Grand Rapids Learning Center42
Grand Rapids Montessori Academy320
Grand Rapids Montessori Middle-High School180
Grand Rapids Public Museum High School273
Grand Rapids Public Museum Middle School173
Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy466
Harrison Park Academy639
Home Education Site1
Innovation Central High School523
John Ball Park Zoo School59
Ken-O-Sha Park Elementary School123
Kent Hills Elementary School189
Martin Luther King Leadership Academy296
Mulick Park Elementary School244
Newcomers Community School102
North Park Montessori Academy376
Ottawa High Transition16
Ottawa Hills High School369
Palmer School178
Ridgemoor Park Montessori132
Riverside Middle School248
Shawmut Hills School261
Sherwood Global Studies Academy128
Sibley School256
Southeast Career Pathways105
Southwest Elementary Academia Bilingue635
Southwest Middle-High Academia Bilingue330
Stocking Elementary School148
Union High School922
Union High Transition59
Westwood Middle School189

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