Elementary · Michigan

Pine Ridge Elementary School

Pine Ridge Elementary School, a public elementary school in Grand Rapids, Michigan: grades pre-k–4, 472 students, 17.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Forest Hills 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
472
Teachers (FTE)
26.6
Students per teacher
17.7
Grades
Pre-K–4
Elementary

More students per teacher than 78% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 15.8 · 1,619 schools compared

More students per teacher than 78% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 78% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 366 · 1,621 schools compared

Larger than 61% 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%

76%proficient

+4.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 98% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 42% · 1,440 elementary schools compared

214 students tested, grades 3, 4 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Michigan: 35%

71%proficient

−8.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 94% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 37% · 1,440 elementary schools compared

213 students tested, grades 3, 4 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4

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–4
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Area
Large suburb

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

Location

Address
3250 Redford Dr SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
Phone
(616)493-8910
City or town
Forest Hills

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–436116.466%74%
Pre-K–429311.976%80%
K–444617.768%67%
K–443114.871%65%
Ridge Park Charter AcademyCharterFree meals for all
K–850715.847%32%
K–434919.181%82%

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 261461005159