Creston High School
1720 Plainfield Ave Ne
Grand Rapids MI, 49505, Kent County
Phone: 616-819-2424
Ranking: 
(590 out of 665, bottom 11%)*
(590 out of 665, bottom 11%)*Type: Regular School
Status: Closed
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Grand Rapids Public Schools
Title I Eligible School: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | NA | NA | 35 | 37 | 41 | 46 | 51 | 60 | ||||||
| Total Students: | NA | NA | 578 | 660 | 728 | 914 | 884 | 1,018 | ||||||
| Grade 9: | NA | NA | 181 | 31.3% | 277 | 42.0% | 239 | 32.8% | 342 | 37.4% | 343 | 38.8% | 347 | 34.1% |
| Grade 10: | NA | NA | 174 | 30.1% | 156 | 23.6% | 227 | 31.2% | 239 | 26.1% | 213 | 24.1% | 274 | 26.9% |
| Grade 11: | NA | NA | 126 | 21.8% | 134 | 20.3% | 133 | 18.3% | 171 | 18.7% | 192 | 21.7% | 199 | 19.5% |
| Grade 12: | NA | NA | 97 | 16.8% | 93 | 14.1% | 129 | 17.7% | 162 | 17.7% | 136 | 15.4% | 198 | 19.4% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | NA | NA | 318 | 55.0% | 357 | 54.1% | 378 | 51.9% | 402 | 44.0% | 404 | 45.7% | 452 | 44.4% |
| Female: | NA | NA | 260 | 45.0% | 303 | 45.9% | 350 | 48.1% | 353 | 38.6% | 390 | 44.1% | 469 | 46.1% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | NA | NA | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | 0.7% | 6 | 0.7% | 11 | 1.2% | 12 | 1.2% |
| Asian: | NA | NA | 7 | 1.2% | 7 | 1.1% | 8 | 1.1% | 8 | 0.9% | 9 | 1.0% | 11 | 1.1% |
| Hispanic: | NA | NA | 81 | 14.0% | 82 | 12.4% | 95 | 13.0% | 35 | 3.8% | 75 | 8.5% | 77 | 7.6% |
| Black: | NA | NA | 355 | 61.4% | 404 | 61.2% | 417 | 57.3% | 538 | 58.9% | 513 | 58.0% | 585 | 57.5% |
| White: | NA | NA | 99 | 17.1% | 114 | 17.3% | 144 | 19.8% | 176 | 19.3% | 194 | 21.9% | 240 | 23.6% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | NA | NA | 35 | 6.1% | 53 | 8.0% | 59 | 8.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | NA | NA | 428 | 74.0% | 513 | 77.7% | 570 | 78.3% | 723 | 79.1% | 640 | 72.4% | 714 | 70.1% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | NA | NA | 29 | 5.0% | 29 | 4.4% | 49 | 6.7% | 60 | 6.6% | 83 | 9.4% | 105 | 10.3% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | NA | NA | 16.71 | 17.74 | 17.83 | 20.00 | 17.20 | 17.10 | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| MEAP | ||||||
| 2006 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 34.1% | 29.3% | 52.4% |
| 2007 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 29.6% | 27.5% | 53.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 58% | 50% | 70.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 60% | 47.5% | 68% |
| 2006 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 40.9% | 32.6% | 56.8% |
| 2007 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 38.2% | 31.3% | 59.8% |
| 2006 | Writing | 12th Grade | % met std | 42.3% | 34.4% | 55.2% |
| 2007 | Writing | 12th Grade | % met std | 37.1% | 31% | 55.9% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 9th Grade | % met std | 43.8% | 40.1% | 71.1% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 9th Grade | % met std | 42.1% | 42% | 72.8% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 9th Grade | % met std | 3% | 9.2% | 28.7% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 9th Grade | % met std | 6.8% | 8.5% | 28.6% |
| MME | ||||||
| 2007 | English Lang Arts | 11th Grade | % met std | 25.3% | 30.9% | 51% |
| 2008 | English Lang Arts | 11th Grade | % met std | 28.3% | 28.4% | 52.3% |
| 2009 | English Lang Arts | 11th Grade | % met std | 24.7% | 28.4% | 52.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 25.8% | 26.3% | 46.5% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 23.5% | 23% | 46.2% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 25% | 26% | 49.3% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 15.5% | 26.1% | 50.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 27% | 30% | 52% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 6.8% | 12.2% | 29.1% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 9% | 13% | 29% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 38.7% | 40.2% | 59.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 41.8% | 39.4% | 61.9% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 37% | 40% | 59.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 43.2% | 47.7% | 65.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 37% | 43% | 63% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 35.6% | 36.1% | 55.9% |
| 2013 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 33% | 37% | 54% |
| 2007 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 27.4% | 29.4% | 55.9% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 27.5% | 28.4% | 56.6% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 27.6% | 29% | 55.6% |
| 2010 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 20% | 31.2% | 57.9% |
| 2011 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 26% | 36% | 61% |
| 2012 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 5% | 12.9% | 25.8% |
| 2013 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 7% | 10% | 26% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 62.5% | 83.3% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 61.4% | 56.6% | 79.9% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 65.8% | 64% | 81.3% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 54.8% | 60.6% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 60% | 60% | 77% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 14.4% | 21.3% | 40.5% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 17% | 22% | 39% |
| 2007 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 13.7% | 20.9% | 40.1% |
| 2008 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 14.5% | 18.4% | 41.1% |
| 2009 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 14.9% | 22.1% | 43.4% |
| 2010 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 16.1% | 24.9% | 43.7% |
| 2011 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 22% | 29% | 47% |
| 2012 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 19.5% | 24.8% | 49.4% |
| 2013 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 17% | 27% | 49% |
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* Creston High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.