North Kent News

There were 53,611 white students enrolled in Kent County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.1% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Kent County welcomed 98,051 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 54.7% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 228 schools in Kent County, Rockford High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,596 students.

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 have widened. Black and Hispanic students' average math proficiency dropped by 7% in 2022, to 13.5% and 28.2%, respectively.

School name	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Rockford High School	87.5	1,823
Grandville High School	72.9	1,717
Caledonia High School	82.3	1,427
Byron Center High School	79.9	1,363
Lowell Senior High School	89.9	1,050
Cedar Springs High School	88.4	1,015
Central High School	81.8	1,033
North Rockford Middle School	87.9	914
Northern High School	70.9	1,109
Northview High School	71.2	1,060
East Grand Rapids High School	81.6	874
Lowell Middle School	91.1	775
Sand Lake Elementary School	88.8	792
Sparta Senior High School	82.5	818
Chandler Woods Charter Academy	89.2	752
East Rockford Middle School	85.1	785
Kenowa Hills High School	72.5	886
Eastern High School	81.1	767
Kraft Meadows Intermediate School	81.5	714
Grandville Middle School	68.2	849
Duncan Lake Middle School	82.3	702
Valley View Elementary School	88.7	617
East Kentwood High School	25.9	2,087
Robert L. Nickels Intermediate School	78.7	681
East Grand Rapids Middle School	80.7	662
Byron Center West Middle School	76.8	694
City Middle-High School	56	927
Rockford High School Freshman Center	88.2	558
Brown Elementary School	80.7	600
Cross Creek Charter Academy	58.9	807
Ridgeview Elementary School	82.9	562
Knapp Forest Elementary School	83.5	557
Countryside Elementary School	73.7	617
Eastern Middle School	80.2	561
West Michigan Aviation Academy	73.7	608
Lakes Elementary School	87.5	502
Kent City Elementary School	77.6	554
Grandville Grand View Elementary School	68.1	621
Pine Ridge Elementary School	89.1	475
Appleview Elementary School	80.7	522
Central Middle School	81.6	510
Lincoln Heights Elementary School	92.4	450
Cherry Creek Elementary School	86.9	473
Crestwood Elementary School	87.8	468
Breton Downs School	88	466
West Michigan Academy of Environmental Science	61	669
Cedar Trails Elementary School	85.7	475
Red Hawk Elementary School	89.7	446
Kenowa Hills Middle School	66.3	602
Sparta Middle School	81.4	490
Cedar View Elementary School	90	442
Marshall Elementary School	74.8	528
Kenowa Hills Central Elementary School	71.1	551
Lakeside School	84.8	461
Grandville Century Park Learning Center	69.7	554
Murray Lake Elementary School	89.9	427
Beach Elementary School	88.2	433
Wealthy School	81.8	466
Northern Hills Middle School	70.8	534
Walker Charter Academy	52.2	718
Central Woodlands 5-6 School	82.3	451
Grandville Cummings Elementary School	76.6	479
Alto Elementary School	90.6	404
Meadow Ridge Elementary School	83.1	432
Vanguard Charter Academy	45.1	791
Zinser Elementary School	79.1	440
Northern Trails 5-6 School	65.9	499
Emmons Lake Elementary School	80.3	400
Ada Vista Elementary School	70	457
Kettle Lake Elementary School	88.3	359
Orchard View Elementary School	71.8	436
CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Elementary	64.2	480
Crossroads Middle School	67.8	453
Wyoming High School	23.9	1,283
Highlands School	69.4	434
Grandville South Elementary School	78.2	380
Thornapple Elementary School	76.7	387
Comstock Park High School	57	505
East Oakview Elementary School	75.3	377
Belmont Elementary School	84.9	325
Creative Technologies Academy	86.9	314
Kent City High School	69.4	389
North Oakview Elementary School	72.5	367
Meadow Brook Elementary School	59.1	445
North Park Montessori Academy	70.6	371
Caledonia Elementary School	83.4	308
Collins Elementary School	68	375
Roguewood Elementary School	86.4	295
Ada Elementary School	81.3	310
Excel Charter Academy	31.7	783
Rockford Spanish Immersion	80.7	306
PrepNet Virtual Academy	21.4	1,136
Bushnell Elementary School	85.2	271
Parkside Elementary School	84.4	270
Pine Island Elementary School	59.9	377
Stoney Creek Elementary School	50.5	432
Dutton Elementary School	71.9	299
Cannonsburg Elementary School	88.7	231
Explorer Elementary School	36.1	563
Pinewood Middle School	23.9	831
Grandville West Elementary School	66.2	299
Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center	68.1	285
Mill Creek Middle School	49.7	390
Alpine Elementary School	58.5	330
Grand Rapids Montessori Academy	65.4	295
Discovery Elementary School	26.7	700
Kent City Middle School	70.5	264
Community Transition Campus	59	307
Grandville East Elementary School	62.4	287
West Oakview Elementary School	70	250
Cedar Springs Middle School	82.4	210
East Kentwood Freshman Campus	24	718
Grandville Central Elementary School	73.2	228
Crestwood Middle School	24.5	678
Byron Center Charter School	80.5	190
Wyoming Junior High School	28	546
Wyoming Intermediate School	24.3	600
Vestaburg Community Alternative Education School Wyoming	56.2	258
CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Middle High School	40.8	336
Grand Rapids Public Museum High School	46.9	277
Southwood Elementary School	42.5	301
Endeavor Elementary School	23.1	550
Grand River Preparatory High School	20	634
Knapp Charter Academy	27.2	430
Oriole Park Elementary School	38	284
West Elementary School	22	472
Valleywood Middle School	18.2	528
Goodwillie Environmental School	91.3	104
Shawmut Hills School	32.8	290
Glenwood Elementary School	20.1	467
Aberdeen Academy	38.5	239
Harrison Park Academy	15	605
Ridgemoor Park Montessori	63.2	144
Kelloggsville High School	14.9	599
Grand Rapids Montessori Middle-High School	48.6	179
Coit Creative Arts Academy	34.4	241
Lincoln School	55.7	149
Brookwood Elementary School	21.8	363
Union High School	8.2	939
Parkview Elementary School	24.4	312
Kelloggsville Middle School	16.8	447
Central Kelloggsville Elementary School	14.6	501
Congress Elementary School	39	182
Townline Elementary School	24.1	295
Wellspring Preparatory High School	23.9	284
Challenger Elementary School	17.4	367
Meadowlawn Elementary School	18.2	351
Bowen Elementary School	18.1	348
Grand Rapids Public Museum Middle School	37.3	169
Gladiola Elementary School	22.1	281
Northview Next Learning Center	61.4	101
NexTech High School	42.9	140
Lincoln Developmental Center	58.6	99
West Godwin Elementary School	13.5	430
Kenowa Hills Pathways High School	53.9	102
Duncan Lake Early Childhood Center	82.8	64
Ridge Park Charter Academy	10.5	507
New Beginnings Alternative High School	82.5	63
Blandford School	85	60
Godwin Heights Middle School	12.2	410
Palmer School	27.2	184
Brookside Elementary School	20.3	241
North Godwin Elementary School	12.9	381
Crossroads Alternative High School	24.4	197
Godwin Heights Senior High School	7.4	653
Vista Charter Academy	7.2	666
Innovation Central High School	11.4	414
West Kelloggsville School	18.8	245
John Ball Park Zoo School	75.4	57
Southwest Elementary Academia Bilingue	6.5	661
Pine Grove Learning Center	40.8	103
Southeast Kelloggsville School	14.7	286
Center for Economicology	60	60
River Valley Academy	87.5	40
Mulick Park Elementary School	12.2	279
Sibley School	13.8	247
Lee High School	6.3	508
Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy	6.4	487
New Branches Charter Academy	8.6	359
Ottawa Hills High School	7.7	402
Stocking Elementary School	19.3	161
Lighthouse Academy - South Campus	16.6	181
Kent Intermediate School District Deaf and Hard of Hearing	48.3	60
Lee Middle School	7.5	386
Alger Middle School	7.3	358
Godfrey Elementary School	7.3	344
Kent Education Center - Beltline	54.3	46
Kent Hills Elementary School	11.4	219
Godfrey-Lee Early Childhood Center	5.8	377
Kent Education Center - Oakleigh	56.4	39
Martin Luther King Leadership Academy	7.8	268
Riverside Middle School	8.6	244
Comstock Park Flex Academy	48.7	39
East Leonard Elementary School	10.9	174
Grandville Education Center	66.7	27
Westwood Middle School	9.5	189
Forest Hills Transition Center	89.5	19
Kelloggsville Virtual School	27.9	61
Dickinson Academy	7	228
Northview Next Career Center	51.6	31
Bethany Based School	88.2	17
Covenant House Academy Grand Rapids	6.1	231
River City Scholars Charter Academy	4.8	293
Campus Elementary School	5.6	233
Ken-O-Sha Park Elementary School	10.3	126
Kent City Alternative High School	59.1	22
Buchanan Elementary School	2.6	387
Burton Middle School	2.3	444
Sherwood Global Studies Academy	7.6	131
Southeast Career Pathways	10.5	95
Union High Transition	18.9	53
Unity Alternative School	66.7	15
Burton Elementary School	2.4	380
Lighthouse Academy - Waalkes	11.3	80
East Lee Campus	7.4	108
54th Street Academy	8.8	80
Grand Rapids Learning Center	20	30
Duncan Lake Transitions Program	62.5	8
Gerald R. Ford Academic Center	2.2	230
Southwest Middle-High Academia Bilingue	1.3	384
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary School	1	397
Ottawa High Transition	33.3	12
Hope Academy of West Michigan	1	314
William C. Abney Academy Elementary	0.7	292
Godwin Heights Learning Center	1.1	92
Newcomers Community School	0.7	135
Home Education Site	0	1
Lighthouse Academy - the Pier	0	16