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Schools in Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids’s public schools

Otsego Local School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Grand Rapids. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools above Ohio’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Ohio’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
66%
2021–22
Math proficiency
53%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.7K
▼ 23% vs OH $16.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
19.5
OH 16.9 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
1,637 students on the public path
In brief

Grand Rapids’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Grand Rapids’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Ohio’s 3,056 public schools. Otsego Elementary School places highest (better than 68%); Otsego High School lowest (29%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Grand Rapids, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Otsego Elementary Schoolin TontoganyB+
6–8Otsego Junior Highin Bowling GreenB
9–12Otsego High Schoolin Bowling GreenC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Otsego Local School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Otsego Local School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,637 students · 19.5 per teacher (OH 16.9)
$12,712OH $16,610 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading66%
State average 59.5% · 867 students tested
Math53%
State average 52.2% · 965 students tested

Grand Rapids vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Ohio towns that share Grand Rapids’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Grand Rapids—Otsego Local
ProvidenceAOtsego Local PK–12 · Anthony Wayne Local K–12
Grand Rapids TownshipBOtsego Local

All 2 neighbors share Otsego Local with Grand Rapids, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Grand Rapids

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Ohio’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Grand Rapidsin other towns
Otsego Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Tontogany
B+
788 students20:1Rate it →
Otsego Junior High
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Bowling Green
B
375 students19:1Rate it →
Otsego High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Bowling Green
C
474 students20:1Rate it →

Questions about Grand Rapids’s schools

Are Grand Rapids’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Grand Rapids. Otsego Local School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Grand Rapids. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Ohio’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Grand Rapids in?

Otsego Local School District.

Where do Grand Rapids kids go to high school?

Otsego High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.