Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5
Southwood Elementary, Grand Rapids, MI
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 302
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.0
- Students per teacher
- 15.9
- Grades
- K to 5
This school's ratio is 1.1 lower than 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.
School details
- Address
- 630 66th St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49548
- Phone
- (616)455-7230
- District
- Kentwood Public Schools
- County
- Kent County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- NCES school ID
- 262034005718
School meals
- Free lunch
- 215
- Reduced-price lunch
- 30
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 24581.1% 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
- Discovery Elementary 674 students
- Explorer Elementary 556 students
- Endeavor Elementary 553 students
- Glenwood Elementary 543 students
- Challenger Elementary 413 students
- Brookwood Elementary 370 students
- Bowen Elementary 357 students
- Meadowlawn Elementary 339 students
- Townline Elementary 320 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Grand Rapids
- Walker Charter Academy Walker Charter Academy
- Harrison Park Academy Grand Rapids Public Schools
- Southwest Elementary Academia Bilingue Grand Rapids Public Schools
- Vista Charter Academy Vista Charter Academy
- Kenowa Hills Central Elementary School Kenowa Hills Public Schools
- Knapp Forest Elementary School Forest Hills Public Schools
- Ridge Park Charter Academy Ridge Park Charter Academy
- Central Kelloggsville Elementary Kelloggsville Public Schools
- CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Elementary Grand Rapids Public Schools
- Pine Ridge Elementary School Forest Hills Public Schools
- Wealthy School East Grand Rapids Public Schools
- Lakeside School East Grand Rapids Public Schools
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.