Schools of Choice

Schools of Choice Coordinator: Holly Roelofs
(616) 254-6599 or email
 
Thank you for your interest in our Schools of Choice program. This program is designed for students residing outside our district boundaries. Applications for the 2025-26 school year are now available through the buttons below.
 

Elementary school placement process:

Grandville Schools does not offer a choice of elementary schools. School building placement for students in grades YK-4 will be determined over the summer, and notification will come directly from the elementary schools in August. Grandville Schools prioritizes keeping class sizes at or below maximum capacity, and finalizing placements later helps achieve this. We make every attempt to place siblings in the same building when possible. Young kindergarten is not offered at all schools.
 

Grandville Public Schools has two Schools of Choice plans:

  • The Kent ISD Collaborative Schools of Choice plan is for students who live within a school district in Kent County, including Byron Center, Caledonia, Cedar Springs, Comstock Park, EGR, Forest Hills, Godfrey Lee, Godwin Heights, Grand Rapids, Kelloggsville, Kenowa Hills, Kent City, Kentwood, Lowell, Northview, Rockford, Sparta, Thornapple Kellogg and Wyoming.
  • The 105c plan is for students who live in a contiguous intermediate school district outside Kent County, such as a district in Ottawa (Hudsonville, Jenison, etc.), Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Montcalm, Newaygo or Muskegon Counties.
Applicants who have a sibling attending Grandville Public Schools may be given priority, as it is in the best interest of children to keep their siblings in the same district. A district may refuse to enroll an applicant who has been suspended, expelled or convicted of a felony. Transportation is not provided under either plan.

Kent ISD Collaborative Schools of Choice

For families in Kent County
 
Grandville Schools will accept a total of 175 students under this plan:
  • 75 spots for young kindergarten and kindergarten
  • 100 spots for 1st–10th grades
The Kent ISD Collaborative Schools of Choice program operates on a lottery-oriented system, not on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • The application period will be April 14 at 8 a.m. through May 16, 2025, at 4 p.m.
  • If the number of applications exceeds the available spots at the closing of the application process, we will hold a random lottery drawing during the week of May 19.
  • Parents will be notified by May 28 if their student is accepted.
  • Parents must confirm decision to attend by June 4, 2025.
  • Waiting-list families will be notified about openings starting June 4 and must confirm their decision to attend by June 20, 2025.

105c Schools of Choice Plan

For families outside Kent County 
 
Special education students who wish to enroll under Section 105c for whom a written cooperative agreement regarding costs cannot be obtained with their district of residence will be refused Schools of Choice. 
 
Grandville Public Schools will be accepting unlimited applications under the 105c plan. The application period will be April 14 at 8 a.m. through May 13, 2025, at 4 p.m.  Applications cannot be accepted after the deadline.
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