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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Explorer Elementary, Caledonia, MI

CEP schoolExplorer Elementary is a public elementary school in Caledonia, part of Kentwood Public Schools. It enrolled 556 students in 2024-25, with 16.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
556
Teachers (FTE)
33.0
Students per teacher
16.8
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 17.0. The Michigan average across schools is 16.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.8
District17.0
Michigan16.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
2307 68th St SE, Caledonia, MI 49316
Phone
(616)554-0302
District
Kentwood Public Schools
County
Kent County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
262034000099
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
250
Reduced-price lunch
60
Free or reduced-price lunch
31055.8% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Kentwood Public Schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Caledonia

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.