Regular local school district · Kent County
Forest Hills Public Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Forest Hills Public Schools runs 18 public schools with 8,838 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.9 students per teacher is about the same as the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 18
- Students
- 8,838
- Teachers (FTE)
- 522
- Students per teacher
- 16.9
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 620 Forest Hill Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
- Phone
- (616)493-8800
- County
- Kent County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2614610
- State district ID
- MI-41110
- Total staff (FTE)
- 986
- School counselors (FTE)
- 22.0About 402 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 27.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.9
Michigan16.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (9,365), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $148.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $7.6 million
- State revenue
- $78.4 million
- Local revenue
- $62.2 million
- Total spending
- $150.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,083
- Salaries
- $55.3 million36.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $148.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.1%
- State: 52.9%
- Local: 42.0%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,083
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Forest Hills Public Schools
By level: 4 high, 6 middle, 8 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Ada Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 293 | 12.2 |
| Ada Vista Elementary School | Elementary | K to 4 | 446 | 17.8 |
| Central High School | High | 9 to 12 | 999 | 18.2 |
| Central Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 488 | 19.5 |
| Central Woodlands 56 School | Middle | 5 to 6 | 462 | 18.5 |
| Collins Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 356 | 18.7 |
| Eastern High School | High | 9 to 12 | 768 | 17.9 |
| Eastern Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 528 | 18.2 |
| Forest Hills Transition Center | High | 12 | 8 | 4.0 |
| Goodwillie Environmental School | Middle | 5 to 6 | 103 | 25.8 |
| Knapp Forest Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 520 | 17.9 |
| Meadow Brook Elementary School | Elementary | K to 4 | 431 | 14.9 |
| Northern High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,088 | 15.5 |
| Northern Hills Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 515 | 18.4 |
| Northern Trails 56 School | Middle | 5 to 6 | 520 | 17.9 |
| Orchard View Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 439 | 15.1 |
| Pine Ridge Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 472 | 18.2 |
| Thornapple Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 361 | 16.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Kent County
- Grand Rapids Public Schools 13,692 students
- Kentwood Public Schools 9,631 students
- Rockford Public Schools 7,509 students
- Grandville Public Schools 5,547 students
- Caledonia Community Schools 4,598 students
- Byron Center Public Schools 4,572 students
- Kent ISD 3,965 students
- Wyoming Public Schools 3,832 students
- Lowell Area Schools 3,470 students
- Northview Public Schools 3,173 students
- Cedar Springs Public Schools 3,011 students
- East Grand Rapids Public Schools 2,992 students
- Kenowa Hills Public Schools 2,947 students
- Sparta Area Schools 2,371 students
- Kelloggsville Public Schools 2,211 students
More in Michigan
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.