📍 921 Alger St SE, Grand Rapids, Kent County, 49507
Alger Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Grand Rapids, Kent County. The school has 342 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Grand Rapids Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.4:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Alger Middle School enrolls 342 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% Black or African American, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 9.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 239 | 70% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 54 | 16% |
| White | 31 | 9.1% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 4.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
324 of the school's 342 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 313 qualify for free lunch and 11 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Alger Middle School 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 75.
Alger Middle School 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 342 students, Alger Middle School is larger 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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