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Grand Rapids Public Schools

NCES agency ID 2616440 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

At a glance

Reported students

13,692

NCES CCD 2024–25

Open schools

46

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Student–teacher ratio

16.3:1

Calculated from NCES 2024–25 enrollment and teacher FTE

Spending per pupil

$17,565

Current expenditure · FY 2023 F-33

Instruction per pupil

$9,378

Calculated from FY 2023 F-33

Grades served

PK–12

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Historical enrollment and staffing · CRDC 2021–22

These older figures are kept separate from 2024–25 statistics and benchmarks. Agency figures aggregate matched current school records; they may not cover the complete historical district.

Students
13,362
Teachers (FTE)
973
Student–teacher ratio
13.7:1

What current records say about Grand Rapids Public Schools

Grand Rapids Public Schools operates 46 current public-school records serving grades PK–12 in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan. NCES reports 13,692 students and 839.27 classroom teacher FTE for 2024–25.

Within Michigan agencies of the same NCES type, it ranks 8 of 536 with reported enrollment. That position describes scale only—it does not say whether individual schools are a good fit for a particular student.

FY 2023 finance records show $17,565 in current expenditure per pupil and $9,378 per pupil assigned to instruction. Within the same NCES agency type, this places reported current spending 83 of 533 in Michigan. Local wages, transportation, special education, facilities, and agency responsibilities all affect this comparison.

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Reported needs and resources

English learners
26.8%
Students with disabilities (IDEA)
18.2%
Classroom teachers (FTE)
839.27
Current expenditure (FY 2023)
$242,165,000

Context measures describe who a district serves and its resources. They are not negative rating inputs.

Grand Rapids Public Schools

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan

NCES EDGE 2024–25 · 42.9490, -85.6358

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Student demographics

Race and ethnicity share of reported enrollment

  • White22.1%
  • Hispanic39.3%
  • Black30.1%
  • Asian1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native0.4%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0%
  • Multiracial6.9%

Race/ethnicity: NCES CCD 2024–25. English learner and disability context: CRDC 2021–22 matched schools. Totals can differ due to rounding or source privacy rules.

Explore schools in Grand Rapids Public Schools

46 current directory entries

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Showing 1–24 of 46 schools · enrollment and ratios: NCES 2024–25. Scroll the table to see all columns.

Schools, grade spans, enrollment, and student–teacher ratios
SchoolLevel / gradesStudentsRatioCompare
Aberdeen AcademyElementaryPK–0824112.4:1
Alger Middle SchoolMiddle06–0831416.1:1
Bethany Based SchoolHigh06–12127.5:1
Blandford SchoolMiddle06–066024:1
Brookside ElementaryElementaryPK–0525416.6:1
Buchanan ElementaryElementaryPK–0537916.6:1
Burton ElementaryElementaryPK–0536515.6:1
Burton Middle SchoolMiddle06–0848819.1:1
CA Frost Environmental Science Academy ElementaryElementaryPK–0547619.2:1
CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Middle High SchoolHigh06–1230919.3:1
Campus ElementaryElementaryPK–0521015.6:1
Center for EconomicologyMiddle06–066025.5:1
Cesar E Chavez ElementaryElementaryPK–0543716.9:1
City High Middle SchoolHigh07–1295522.1:1
Coit Creative Arts AcademyElementaryPK–0524613.8:1
Congress ElementaryElementaryPK–0523721:1
Dickinson AcademyElementaryPK–0822411.9:1
Gerald R Ford Academic CenterElementaryPK–0821316.1:1
Grand Rapids Learning CenterHigh09–123919.5:1
Grand Rapids Montessori AcademyOtherPK–1229716.5:1
Grand Rapids Montessori MiddleHighHigh07–1218416.2:1
Grand Rapids Public Museum HighHigh09–1226716.4:1
Grand Rapids Public Museum MiddleMiddle06–0817518.2:1
Grand Rapids University Preparatory AcademyHigh06–1249416.4:1