Specialized public school district · Kent County
Kent ISD, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Kent ISD runs 9 public schools with 3,965 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.7 students per teacher is 1.2 lower than the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 3,965
- Teachers (FTE)
- 252
- Students per teacher
- 15.7
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2930 Knapp St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525
- Phone
- (616)364-1333
- County
- Kent County
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Specialized public school district
- NCES district ID
- 2680620
- State district ID
- MI-41000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,704
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 661 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.7
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 (), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $337.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $33.8 million
- State revenue
- $82.8 million
- Local revenue
- $220.8 million
- Total spending
- $316.8 million
- Salaries
- $79.0 million24.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.0%
- State: 24.5%
- Local: 65.4%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Schools in Kent ISD
By level: 4 high, 1 elementary, 4 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Empower UCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 188 | 4.9 |
| Kent Career Tech Center | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Kent Education CenterBeltlineCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 43 | 3.3 |
| Kent Education CenterOakleighCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 32 | 4.0 |
| Kent ISD Deaf and Hard of Hearing | Other | PK to 12 | 61 | 3.4 |
| Lincoln Developmental CenterCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 77 | 5.5 |
| Lincoln SchoolCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 99 | 3.8 |
| MySchoolKent | High | 6 to 12 | 0 | |
| Pine Grove Learning CenterCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 85 | 4.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Kent County
- Grand Rapids Public Schools 13,692 students
- Kentwood Public Schools 9,631 students
- Forest Hills Public Schools 8,838 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
- 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
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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.