Kenowa Hills High School

Summary:

Kenowa Hills High School is a public high school in Grand Rapids, Michigan, serving 933 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Kenowa Hills Public Schools district, which is ranked 279 out of 610 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Kenowa Hills High School stands out for its predominantly white student population, with 71.28% of students identifying as white, significantly higher than nearby schools like Union High School, where only 7.05% of students are white. Academically, the school has shown mixed performance, with higher-than-average proficiency rates in SAT/Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, but lower rates in SAT/Mathematics compared to the state average. The school has maintained a relatively high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 89.5% to 94.4% over the past five years, but has experienced a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 9.5% in 2018-2019 to 23.6% in 2022-2023.

When compared to nearby schools, Kenowa Hills High School's academic performance, particularly in mathematics, and rising chronic absenteeism rates are areas of concern that the school and district should address to improve student outcomes and ensure the success of all learners. The school's performance data for specific student subgroups, such as Hispanic students and low socioeconomic status students, indicates that these groups may be underperforming compared to their peers, suggesting a need for targeted interventions and support.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 3825 Hendershot Ave NW
       Grand Rapids, MI  49544-9118


(616) 784-2400

District: Kenowa Hills Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
373rd of 743 Michigan High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,699 Help


Feeder schools for Kenowa Hills High School:

Elementary:    Alpine Elementary School
    Kenowa Hills Central Elementary School
    Zinser Elementary School
Middle:    Kenowa Hills Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  17.9 Help
Number of students:  933

Racial breakdown:

White:
71.3%
Hispanic:
16.9%
Two or more races:
4.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  47.1% Help


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Compare Details Kenowa Hills High School ranks worse than 50.2% of high schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 45.43. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Kenowa Hills High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (71.3%), Hispanic (16.9%), two or more races (4.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 47.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Kenowa Hills High School is 17.9. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Kenowa Hills High School is $14,699.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Kenowa Hills High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Kenowa Hills High School 373rd of 743 Michigan public high schools. (See Kenowa Hills High School in the ranking list.)

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Kenowa Hills Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Kenowa Hills Public Schools 279th of 610 Michigan school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Kenowa Hills High School

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Rank History for all students at Kenowa Hills High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 68.49 252nd 705 64.3%
2007 73.82 199th 767 74.1%
2008 77.00 179th 750 76.1%
2009 76.86 171st 754 77.3%
2010 74.94 203rd 765 73.5%
2011 72.03 249th 784 68.2%
2012 75.62 169th 773 78.1%
2013 57.39 357th 805 55.7%
2014 67.93 248th 799 69.0%
2015 50.60 433rd 832 48.0%
2016 62.32 298th 852 65.0%
2017 43.79 434th 835 48.0%
2018 59.71 320th 824 61.2%
2019 55.66 279th 666 58.1%
2021 33.16 380th 561 32.3%
2022 40.69 355th 531 33.1%
2023 69.18 189th 735 74.3%
2024 45.43 373rd 743 49.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Kenowa Hills High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.16 407th 755 46.1%
2019 46.63 290th 532 45.5%
2021 19.51 372nd 417 10.8%
2022 28.37 306th 369 17.1%
2023 71.98 122nd 614 80.1%
2024 41.14 365th 654 44.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Kenowa Hills High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.31 313th 710 55.9%
2019 47.06 292nd 554 47.3%
2021 30.31 342nd 462 26.0%
2022 37.01 311th 416 25.2%
2023 60.60 209th 611 65.8%
2024 38.45 373rd 619 39.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Kenowa Hills High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.90 290th 707 59.0%
2019 53.37 247th 543 54.5%
2021 31.73 330th 472 30.1%
2022 33.64 319th 440 27.5%
2023 70.01 150th 611 75.5%
2024 42.08 358th 633 43.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Kenowa Hills High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.82 185th 201 8.0%
2019 50.27 45th 97 53.6%
2023 49.43 92nd 190 51.6%
2024 10.91 183rd 195 6.2%
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Rank History for White students at Kenowa Hills High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.64 266th 708 62.4%
2019 52.53 266th 582 54.3%
2021 31.82 365th 516 29.3%
2022 47.85 258th 492 47.6%
2023 69.51 165th 647 74.5%
2024 39.41 386th 638 39.5%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Michigan Department of Education

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Facebook Profile Picture by a student on FaceBook
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Open Quote I've gone to Kenowa for the past 3 years and I think the school board itself is horrible. We had a bond passed last year and the school spent almost all of it on a new football field we say thank you but why a football field? We can always redo it later. We wanted a pool! To fix the middle school to upgrade our soccer fields and practice fields and espiacally our high school. Every student I have talked to wants a new lunch program because our food is ridiculous. I know teens that don't eat lunch and go to the snack bar and eat junk because the lunches are terrible. The school board never thinks about what the students want. It's always given to the parents to vote on what us students want it's not fair and slightly communist. Choosing what we want at all times, yes we follow regulations and school rules we don't mind those but the actual function of the school is what irritates almost all students. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Kenowa Hills High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 660 2 4 24 1 n/a n/a 0 691
1989 589 4 5 11 0 n/a n/a 0 609
1990 628 3 7 15 0 n/a n/a 0 653
1991 648 3 5 1 0 n/a n/a 0 657
1992 674 5 5 7 0 n/a n/a 0 691
1993 710 2 7 7 0 n/a n/a 0 726
1994 745 4 2 4 1 n/a n/a 0 756
1995 771 4 4 11 1 n/a n/a 0 791
1996 771 4 4 11 1 n/a n/a 0 791
1997 830 10 4 6 1 n/a n/a 0 851
1998 877 9 5 11 0 n/a n/a 0 902
1999 894 9 9 20 3 n/a n/a 0 935
2000 989 9 3 26 10 n/a n/a 0 1037
2001 1012 15 9 19 0 n/a n/a 0 1055
2002 1099 27 19 62 9 n/a n/a 0 1216
2003 1099 27 19 62 9 n/a n/a 0 1216
2004 1067 19 18 54 8 n/a n/a 1 1167
2005 1105 23 18 57 10 n/a n/a 0 1213
2006 1099 28 16 72 22 n/a n/a 2 1239
2007 1116 26 17 87 17 n/a n/a 4 1267
2008 1103 35 18 77 12 n/a n/a 4 1249
2009 1073 39 20 86 13 n/a n/a 3 1234
2010 1032 36 19 105 6 n/a n/a 9 1207
2011 999 37 20 82 5 3 12 0 1158
2012 982 34 19 88 5 3 22 0 1153
2013 990 43 19 99 8 3 19 0 1181
2014 944 35 24 130 7 1 31 0 1172
2015 898 44 21 127 7 0 38 0 1135
2016 858 43 17 138 7 0 40 0 1103
2017 765 50 13 155 4 0 38 0 1025
2018 696 54 14 123 4 0 34 0 925
2019 711 49 11 143 3 1 33 0 951
2020 695 42 13 154 2 1 41 0 948
2021 716 41 20 156 2 1 37 0 973
2022 717 43 18 169 4 2 36 0 989
2023 665 44 16 158 4 1 45 0 933

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Kenowa Hills High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 691 n/a n/a n/a
1989 609 n/a n/a 4.8
1990 653 53.0 12.3 4.7
1991 657 n/a n/a n/a
1992 691 n/a n/a 5.4
1993 726 n/a 0.0 6.5
1994 756 40.7 18.6 6.2
1995 791 35.9 22.0 6.6
1996 791 35.9 22.0 6.6
1997 851 41.0 20.8 7.5
1998 902 42.0 21.5 7.8
1999 935 43.0 21.7 8
2000 1037 46.4 22.3 12.4
2001 1055 48.8 21.6 13.1
2002 1216 58.4 20.8 16.9
2003 1216 58.4 20.8 16.9
2004 1167 46.8 24.9 16.6
2005 1213 57.1 21.2 15.7
2006 1239 57.3 21.6 19.8
2007 1267 59.0 21.5 23.1
2008 1249 62.1 20.1 23.5
2009 1234 61.3 20.1 28.8
2010 1207 59.8 20.1 31.8
2011 1158 58.3 19.8 34.1
2012 1153 53.7 21.4 36.4
2013 1181 57.5 20.5 39.7
2014 1172 58.7 19.9 43.4
2015 1135 55.0 20.6 42.5
2016 1103 53.0 20.8 42.3
2017 1025 52.4 19.5 42.4
2018 925 46.4 19.9 42.4
2019 951 48.1 19.7 39.7
2020 948 49.3 19.2 42.1
2021 973 48.1 20.2 44.3
2022 989 52.2 18.9 39.6
2023 933 51.9 17.9 47.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Kenowa Hills High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 691 n/a n/a n/a
1989 609 n/a n/a 4.8
1990 653 53.0 12.3 4.7
1991 657 n/a n/a n/a
1992 691 n/a n/a 5.4
1993 726 n/a 0.0 6.5
1994 756 40.7 18.6 6.2
1995 791 35.9 22.0 6.6
1996 791 35.9 22.0 6.6
1997 851 41.0 20.8 7.5
1998 902 42.0 21.5 7.8
1999 935 43.0 21.7 8
2000 1037 46.4 22.3 12.4
2001 1055 48.8 21.6 13.1
2002 1216 58.4 20.8 16.9
2003 1216 58.4 20.8 16.9
2004 1167 46.8 24.9 16.6
2005 1213 57.1 21.2 15.7
2006 1239 57.3 21.6 19.8
2007 1267 59.0 21.5 23.1
2008 1249 62.1 20.1 23.5
2009 1234 61.3 20.1 28.8
2010 1207 59.8 20.1 31.8
2011 1158 58.3 19.8 34.1
2012 1153 53.7 21.4 36.4
2013 1181 57.5 20.5 39.7
2014 1172 58.7 19.9 43.4
2015 1135 55.0 20.6 42.5
2016 1103 53.0 20.8 42.3
2017 1025 52.4 19.5 42.4
2018 925 46.4 19.9 42.4
2019 951 48.1 19.7 39.7
2020 948 49.3 19.2 42.1
2021 973 48.1 20.2 44.3
2022 989 52.2 18.9 39.6
2023 933 51.9 17.9 47.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Kenowa Hills High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $828 (7.4%) $10,426 (92.6%) $11,254
2020 $1,028 (9.1%) $10,239 (90.9%) $11,267
2021 $00 (NaN) $00 (NaN) $00
2022 $1,162 (9.2%) $11,422 (90.8%) $12,584
2023 $1,500 (10.2%) $13,198 (89.8%) $14,699

Data source: Michigan Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Kenowa Hills High School

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Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 279th of 666 High schoolsRanks 189th of 735 High schools
 16.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade Social Studies (Kenowa Hills High School)5144.5
 6.5%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Kenowa Hills Public Schools)48.740.7
 8%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)46.636.1
 10.5%
11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Kenowa Hills High School)57.958.7
 0.8%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Kenowa Hills Public Schools)54.553.1
 1.4%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Michigan)55.352.2
 3.1%
11th Grade Mathematics (Kenowa Hills High School)29.732.6
 2.9%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Kenowa Hills Public Schools)27.329
 1.7%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Michigan)36.329.9
 6.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students951933
 1.9%
African American4944
 10.2%
American Indian34
 33.3%
Asian1116
 45.5%
Hispanic143158
 10.5%
Pacific Islander11
White711665
 6.5%
Two or More Races3345
 36.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients39.7%47.1%
 7.3%


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Kenowa Hills High School ranks 373rd of 743 Michigan high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Kenowa Hills High School are 71% White, 17% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 5% African American, 2% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 933 students attended Kenowa Hills High School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Michigan Department of Education.

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