Valleywood Middle School

Public 6-8

 1110 50th St SE
       Grand Rapids, MI  49508-4701


(616) 538-7670

District: Kentwood Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
655th of 883 Michigan Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $16,101 Help


Students who attend Valleywood Middle School usually attend:

High:    East Kentwood High School

Feeder schools for Valleywood Middle School:

Elementary:    Glenwood Elementary
    Townline Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  14.7 Help
Number of students:  514

Racial breakdown:

African American:
37.2%
Hispanic:
21.4%
White:
20.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  83.7% Help


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Compare Details Valleywood Middle School ranks worse than 74.2% of middle schools in Michigan. It also ranks last among 3 ranked middle schools in the Kentwood Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 24.53. (See more...)
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Student Body
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Compare Details Valleywood Middle School has the smallest middle school student body size in the Kentwood Public Schools District. Student population at Valleywood Middle School is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (37.2%), Hispanic (21.4%), White (20.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 83.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Kentwood Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Valleywood Middle School is 14.7, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Kentwood Public Schools District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Valleywood Middle School is $16,101, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Kentwood Public Schools District!
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Valleywood Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Valleywood Middle School 655th of 883 Michigan public middle schools. (See Valleywood Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Kentwood Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Kentwood Public Schools 315th of 606 Michigan school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Valleywood Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Valleywood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 56.64 443rd 806 45.0%
2007 49.86 533rd 823 35.2%
2008 43.44 603rd 839 28.1%
2009 42.33 624th 847 26.3%
2010 55.29 516th 851 39.4%
2011 57.45 465th 858 45.8%
2012 45.87 517th 900 42.6%
2013 38.67 604th 919 34.3%
2014 40.63 598th 921 35.1%
2015 28.77 660th 919 28.2%
2016 41.63 525th 894 41.3%
2017 33.29 526th 821 35.9%
2018 31.97 603rd 838 28.0%
2019 19.43 657th 792 17.0%
2021 16.84 592nd 675 12.3%
2022 17.25 638th 776 17.8%
2023 24.53 655th 883 25.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Valleywood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.58 111th 156 28.8%
2022 32.24 45th 65 30.8%
2023 17.84 142nd 163 12.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Valleywood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.78 54th 154 64.9%
2019 30.36 31st 46 32.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Valleywood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.27 257th 377 31.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Valleywood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.64 499th 815 38.8%
2019 26.21 540th 672 19.6%
2021 26.85 413th 523 21.0%
2022 23.66 553rd 691 20.0%
2023 32.02 569th 825 31.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Valleywood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.38 563rd 794 29.1%
2019 16.51 571st 658 13.2%
2021 13.95 484th 521 7.1%
2022 13.89 589th 657 10.4%
2023 18.56 647th 770 16.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Valleywood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.17 560th 797 29.7%
2019 15.97 560th 639 12.4%
2021 16.28 487th 540 9.8%
2022 14.29 586th 658 10.9%
2023 23.87 588th 776 24.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Valleywood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.33 83rd 104 20.2%
2022 12.90 49th 57 14.0%
2023 9.74 81st 87 6.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Valleywood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.07 197th 366 46.2%
2019 28.00 148th 196 24.5%
2022 25.35 144th 182 20.9%
2023 32.27 202nd 310 34.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Valleywood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.20 172nd 266 35.3%
2019 29.35 106th 137 22.6%
2021 32.20 51st 69 26.1%
2022 31.11 99th 138 28.3%
2023 22.55 200th 246 18.7%
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Rank History for White students at Valleywood Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.33 432nd 678 36.3%
2019 28.45 461st 624 26.1%
2021 34.76 374th 577 35.2%
2022 18.71 545th 638 14.6%
2023 43.59 349th 688 49.3%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Valleywood Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 473 21 12 3 3 n/a n/a -2 510
1989 493 29 10 9 2 n/a n/a -3 540
1990 604 24 17 11 3 n/a n/a -2 657
1991 632 36 10 13 6 n/a n/a 0 697
1992 504 40 22 13 1 n/a n/a 0 580
1993 510 34 23 15 0 n/a n/a 0 582
1994 534 26 25 6 2 n/a n/a 0 593
1995 489 40 27 15 3 n/a n/a 0 574
1996 489 40 27 15 3 n/a n/a 0 574
1997 481 52 34 22 2 n/a n/a 0 591
1998 479 60 29 23 4 n/a n/a 0 595
1999 475 106 26 30 1 n/a n/a 0 638
2000 437 102 29 38 4 n/a n/a 0 610
2001 393 105 28 41 5 n/a n/a 0 572
2002 371 168 23 30 8 n/a n/a 0 600
2003 371 168 23 30 8 n/a n/a 0 600
2004 401 178 20 29 11 n/a n/a 0 639
2005 357 187 27 34 11 n/a n/a 0 616
2006 312 185 25 38 9 n/a n/a 0 569
2007 275 203 17 47 9 n/a n/a 3 554
2008 232 197 22 43 5 n/a n/a 10 509
2009 233 182 16 39 4 n/a n/a 10 484
2010 240 154 15 54 2 n/a n/a 15 480
2011 207 154 21 57 1 1 43 0 484
2012 202 146 24 63 1 1 57 0 494
2013 180 158 35 58 1 1 62 0 495
2014 151 147 36 62 1 2 53 0 452
2015 155 151 48 55 0 2 44 0 455
2016 139 179 38 71 0 1 31 0 459
2017 152 173 38 80 1 1 41 0 486
2018 148 186 43 94 1 0 49 0 521
2019 145 171 49 103 0 0 48 0 516
2020 126 170 52 101 1 0 36 0 486
2021 113 177 53 100 2 0 34 0 479
2022 116 169 51 107 5 0 57 0 505
2023 107 191 49 110 4 0 53 0 514

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 Valleywood Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 510 n/a n/a n/a
1989 540 n/a n/a 10.4
1990 657 46.0 14.2 10.5
1991 697 n/a n/a n/a
1992 580 n/a n/a 16.9
1993 582 n/a 0.0 19.8
1994 593 36.0 16.5 11
1995 574 30.0 19.1 13.8
1996 574 30.0 19.1 13.8
1997 591 31.0 19.1 15.6
1998 595 31.0 19.2 13.1
1999 638 31.0 20.6 20.1
2000 610 34.2 17.8 31.3
2001 572 33.4 17.1 28.3
2002 600 34.3 17.5 39.7
2003 600 34.3 17.5 39.7
2004 639 33.2 19.2 41.2
2005 616 33.6 18.3 50.6
2006 569 33.8 16.8 53.4
2007 554 33.8 16.4 57.4
2008 509 36.0 14.1 59.1
2009 484 31.4 15.4 57.2
2010 480 35.7 13.4 68.2
2011 484 32.4 14.9 69.2
2012 494 31.6 15.6 72.7
2013 495 30.1 16.4 73.3
2014 452 27.8 16.2 77.7
2015 455 29.0 15.6 77.6
2016 459 30.0 15.3 81.9
2017 486 29.8 16.3 79.2
2018 521 27.8 18.7 85.2
2019 516 33.4 15.4 85.5
2020 486 34.2 14.2 85.2
2021 479 35.8 13.3 86.8
2022 505 33.8 14.9 86.3
2023 514 34.8 14.7 83.7

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 Valleywood Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 510 n/a n/a n/a
1989 540 n/a n/a 10.4
1990 657 46.0 14.2 10.5
1991 697 n/a n/a n/a
1992 580 n/a n/a 16.9
1993 582 n/a 0.0 19.8
1994 593 36.0 16.5 11
1995 574 30.0 19.1 13.8
1996 574 30.0 19.1 13.8
1997 591 31.0 19.1 15.6
1998 595 31.0 19.2 13.1
1999 638 31.0 20.6 20.1
2000 610 34.2 17.8 31.3
2001 572 33.4 17.1 28.3
2002 600 34.3 17.5 39.7
2003 600 34.3 17.5 39.7
2004 639 33.2 19.2 41.2
2005 616 33.6 18.3 50.6
2006 569 33.8 16.8 53.4
2007 554 33.8 16.4 57.4
2008 509 36.0 14.1 59.1
2009 484 31.4 15.4 57.2
2010 480 35.7 13.4 68.2
2011 484 32.4 14.9 69.2
2012 494 31.6 15.6 72.7
2013 495 30.1 16.4 73.3
2014 452 27.8 16.2 77.7
2015 455 29.0 15.6 77.6
2016 459 30.0 15.3 81.9
2017 486 29.8 16.3 79.2
2018 521 27.8 18.7 85.2
2019 516 33.4 15.4 85.5
2020 486 34.2 14.2 85.2
2021 479 35.8 13.3 86.8
2022 505 33.8 14.9 86.3
2023 514 34.8 14.7 83.7

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.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Valleywood Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $2,278 (16.3%) $11,658 (83.7%) $13,936
2020 $2,559 (16.6%) $12,826 (83.4%) $15,385
2021 $2,513 (15.9%) $13,299 (84.1%) $15,811
2022 $2,466 (15.3%) $13,636 (84.7%) $16,101

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Valleywood Middle School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 657th of 792 Middle schoolsRanks 655th of 883 Middle schools
 8.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Valleywood Middle School)24.222.2
 2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Kentwood Public Schools)4137.1
 3.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)41.737.5
 4.2%
6th Grade Math (Valleywood Middle School)14.113.7
 0.4%
   6th Grade Math (Kentwood Public Schools)28.525.8
 2.7%
   6th Grade Math (Michigan)35.129.6
 5.5%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Valleywood Middle School)30.526.8
 3.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Kentwood Public Schools)39.634.5
 5.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)42.736.9
 5.8%
7th Grade Math (Valleywood Middle School)1722.6
 5.6%
   7th Grade Math (Kentwood Public Schools)30.725.7
 5%
   7th Grade Math (Michigan)35.731
 4.7%
8th Grade Social Studies (Valleywood Middle School)8.617.8
 9.2%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Kentwood Public Schools)19.219.2
   8th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)2826.7
 1.3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Valleywood Middle School)53.238.8
 14.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Kentwood Public Schools)5849.8
 8.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)61.959.7
 2.2%
8th Grade Mathematics (Valleywood Middle School)21.117.8
 3.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Kentwood Public Schools)28.530.2
 1.7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Michigan)41.436.3
 5.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students516514
 0.4%
African American171191
 11.7%
American Indian04
Asian4949
Hispanic103110
 6.8%
Pacific Islander00
White145107
 26.2%
Two or More Races4853
 10.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients85.5%83.7%
 1.8%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 514 students attended Valleywood Middle School.

Students at Valleywood Middle School are 37% African American, 21% Hispanic, 21% White, 10% Two or more races, 10% Asian.

Students who attend Valleywood Middle School usually go on to attend East Kentwood High School

Valleywood Middle School ranks 655th of 883 Michigan middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.


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