Elementary · Michigan

Harrison Park Academy

Free meals for all

Harrison Park Academy, a public elementary school in Grand Rapids, Michigan: grades pre-k–8, 708 students, 15.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Grand Rapids Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
708
Teachers (FTE)
44.7
Students per teacher
15.8
Grades
Pre-K–8
Elementary

More students per teacher than 50% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 15.8 · 1,619 schools compared

More students per teacher than 63% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 96% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 366 · 1,621 schools compared

Larger than 90% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Michigan's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Michigan: 45%

12%proficient

+0.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 95% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 42% · 1,440 elementary schools compared

450 students tested, grades 3–8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Michigan: 35%

7.8%proficient

+1.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 95% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 37% · 1,440 elementary schools compared

446 students tested, grades 3–8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades Pre-K–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Midsize city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Grand Rapids Public Schools.

Location

Address
1440 Davis Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Phone
(616)819-2565
City or town
Grand Rapids

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Palmer SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–518717.619%16%
Coit Creative Arts AcademyFree meals for all
Pre-K–524613.845%30%
Sibley SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–530811.618%11%
Kent Hills ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–537020.88.5%5.9%
Kent Education CenterOakleighSpecial educationFree meals for all
K–8324.0——
Aberdeen AcademyFree meals for all
Pre-K–824112.426%16%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 261644008537