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Kent Hills Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Grand Rapids, Kent County. The school has 189 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Grand Rapids Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kent Hills Elementary enrolls 189 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 11 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Black or African American, 23% Hispanic or Latino and 13% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 102 | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 43 | 23% |
| White | 25 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 9.5% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
170 of the school's 189 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 163 qualify for free lunch and 7 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kent Hills Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MI-30, state senate district 29, state house district 76.
Kent Hills Elementary is one of 51 schools in Grand Rapids Public Schools, based in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan. The district serves 13,692 students district-wide and employs 795 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 189 students, Kent Hills Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 268 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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