About Grand Rapids Public Schools
Grand Rapids Public Schools is a public school system serving Kent County, Michigan, based in Grand Rapids. It serves 13,692 students across 48 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a city: mid-size district. By enrollment it is the #8 largest of Michigan’s 880 school systems.
Size and structure
Grand Rapids Public Schools enrolls 13,692 students in 48 schools — an average of about 285 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #8 of 880 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Grand Rapids Public Schools, from the NCES Common Core of Data (13,692 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Grand Rapids Public Schools employs about 839 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 16.3:1 — below the Michigan average of about 16.5:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 2,317.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Michigan funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Grand Rapids Public Schools are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Michigan reports accountability through MI School Data, hosting the federally required MI School Index (0–100 across ESSA components such as proficiency, growth, graduation, English-learner progress and chronic absenteeism) and a Parent Dashboard. Look up Grand Rapids Public Schools on the MI School Data Parent Dashboard.
Accreditation status
Michigan has no state accreditation requirement; the Michigan Department of Education directs districts to Cognia, the de facto K-12 accreditor used across the state. Look up Grand Rapids Public Schools in the free Cognia registry.
Grand Rapids Public Schools vs. Michigan
See every Michigan district side by side in the Michigan directory.
Look up Grand Rapids Public Schools’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):