Wellspring Preparatory High School
Grand Rapids · MI · Wellspring Preparatory High School · Public charter
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Grand Rapids Public Museum High → Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy → Southwest MiddleHigh Academia Bilingue → Covenant High School Grand Rapids → Innovation Central High → Ottawa Hills High School → Lighthouse Academy South Campus → Newcomers Community School →At a glance
- 13 AP courses offered — Elite
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 2 calculus classes · 5 chemistry
- AP rigor: 80th percentile nationally
- SAT/ACT participation: 56th percentile by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 82% in 2019 (Bottom 29% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Wellspring Preparatory High School compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 20% nationally with 13 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyMI sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Grand Rapids Public Museum High, Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy, Southwest MiddleHigh Academia Bilingue and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
80th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2156th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 29% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $13,138/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -8.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 267 students:
≈ 99 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $10,296 per student in district revenue, the 99 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $1,019,304/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Rapids Public Museum High GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 2.0 | 267 | -1.8% |
| Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 2.6 | 262 | -1.1% |
| Southwest MiddleHigh Academia Bilingue GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 3.0 | 236 | +91.9% |
| Covenant High School Grand Rapids GRAND RAPIDS |
Public · charter | 3.0 | 218 | +0.0% |
| Innovation Central High GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 1.7 | 386 | -39.8% |
| Ottawa Hills High School GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 4.3 | 385 | +1.0% |
| Lighthouse Academy South Campus GRAND RAPIDS |
Public · charter | 6.8 | 191 | +213.1% |
| Newcomers Community School GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 3.6 | 157 | +103.9% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantWellspring Preparatory High School is a public high school in Grand Rapids, MI, enrolling 267 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is down 35% from 2021 to 2024.
It offers 13 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 80% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
85 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 56% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 82% in the latest EDFacts release.
64% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
How many AP courses does Wellspring Preparatory High School offer? Wellspring Preparatory High School offers 13 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 80% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
What is Wellspring Preparatory High School's graduation rate? Wellspring Preparatory High School's federal four-year graduation rate was about 82% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Wellspring Preparatory High School? Wellspring Preparatory High School is a public high school in Grand Rapids, MI, enrolling 267 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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