The top reported proficiency rate is 10% in English language arts. The lowest is 9% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Campus Elementary
Campus Elementary sits on Benjamin Avenue in a residential stretch of Grand Rapids, serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as part of Grand Rapids Public Schools. It is a regular public school with a small enrollment for its grade band, and nearly every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly Black, with a Hispanic presence and a smaller share of students identifying as two or more races or white. The school does not report data for English learners or students with individualized education programs, so those figures are absent here rather than absent from the building.
State assessment results from the most recent M-STEP cycle are weak across every tested subject and grade. In math, proficiency sits in the lowest range for third and fifth grades, with a slightly higher but still very low share of fourth graders meeting benchmarks. English language arts follows a similar pattern, with only a small fraction of students demonstrating proficiency at each grade level. Science and social studies, tested only in fifth grade, also fall into the lowest reported range. When placed relative to districts in Kent County, Campus Elementary's overall proficiency sits in the bottom quartile. Average scale scores are reported for each tested grade and subject, but participation rates are missing across the board, and no multi-year trend data is available, so it is not possible to tell from this data whether performance is improving or declining over time. A parent considering this school may want to look into the specific supports and interventions the school has in place for reading and mathematics, as well as how the school communicates progress to families.
Because Campus Elementary serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate, and that gap reflects the grade band rather than a missing result. Chronic absenteeism data was not available for this school. Discipline, course access, staffing, and attendance details were also not reported in the data provided, so those dimensions of school environment could not be assessed here.
Grand Rapids, Michigan's second-largest city, is the economic and cultural center of West Michigan. It grew as a furniture-manufacturing hub and has since diversified into healthcare, education, manufacturing, and technology. The Grand River runs through downtown, which holds museums, breweries, arenas, and event spaces. Major employers include Corewell Health, Meijer, and Steelcase, with the Medical Mile corridor concentrating health-science institutions along the riverfront. The city hosts ArtPrize annually, a large public art competition that activates civic spaces. Neighborhoods vary in walkability, with a dense, active downtown core giving way to more car-dependent residential areas further out. Publicly reported data describes modest but steady population growth, and major investment continues in healthcare infrastructure.
The housing market in the school's zip code is moderate by national standards, with home values above the state benchmark but below the national one. County-level listing data shows a market with active supply, moderate demand, and homes moving in roughly a month. Rents are affordable relative to local incomes. A family buying in this area would find typical mortgage costs higher than typical rents, which is common in current rate conditions.
Grand Rapids Public Schools operates under a strategic plan covering the period from the district's own stated timeframe, built on community input and intended to guide priorities across curriculum, pedagogy, and district stability. The district has publicly reported prior gains in graduation rates, chronic absenteeism reduction, and test scores, and the current plan aims to build on those.
Campus Elementary is a small, high-poverty neighborhood school in a city with strong civic infrastructure and a district actively working on improvement. Its academic results are low, and the data does not give a clear read on trend direction or specific student-support structures. Families weighing this school would benefit from asking directly about reading and math intervention programs, how the school uses assessment data to adjust instruction, and what the classroom experience looks like day to day.
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