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Black student results in Grand Rapids Public Schools

Across 19 schools in Grand Rapids Public Schools, 25.6% of Black students meet proficient. That is 1 points above the Michigan average for Black students.

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23.7%
All students
25.6%
Black
30.7%
Hispanic
50.4%
White

Average across the 19 schools in Grand Rapids Public Schools with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 9 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Congress Elementary reports 31.6% of Black students meeting the standard. Riverside Middle School, in the same district, reports 7.7%. That is a 23.9-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Grand Rapids Public Schools

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
City High Middle School 74.4% 50% 51.1% 69.8%
Grand Rapids Public Museum Middle 21.1% 38.9% 41.2% 35.7%
Palmer School 17.5% 36.4% 40.5%
Congress Elementary 36.5% 31.6% 77.8%
Coit Creative Arts Academy 37.4% 30.8% 63.5%
Sibley School 17.6% 30.8% 27.4%
Gerald R. Ford Academic Center 25.4% 28.3% 25.6%
CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Elementary 47.2% 27.3% 41.4% 59.6%
CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Middle High School 19.7% 27.3% 27.3% 43.7%
Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy 24.6% 27.1% 24.1%
Burton Middle School 8.4% 26.8% 9.7%
Ken-O-Sha Park Elementary 20% 25%
Westwood Middle School 18.5% 21.7% 40%
Harrison Park Academy 10.7% 21.4% 15.9% 30%
Sherwood Global Studies Academy 20.6% 18.8%
Mulick Park Elementary School 14.8% 16.1%
Alger Middle School 10.4% 10.8% 34.5% 33.3%
Martin Luther King Leadership Academy 16.8% 10.3%
Riverside Middle School 8.9% 7.7%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. Michigan suppresses results for groups with too few students tested. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 754 of Michigan's schools have reportable data. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Michigan figures should not be compared against another state's.

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