Kentwood
A city in Kent County, Michigan — population 51,719 as of 2020.
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News in Kentwood
Students sleuth their way through text to solve crime
Do the clues add up? Students are tasked with analyzing text to solve a simulated crime.
Education
‘A flashpoint for everything’: Teaching 9/11, 25 years later
As the nation marks the 25th anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks, teachers are tasked with teaching modern American history to a generation of students born post-9/11.
Education
New policy brings consistency to 6-12 grading
What does a grade really mean? Kentwood Public Schools is making sure the answer is clear.
EducationIn and around Kentwood
See & do
- "Big Al" Munro, Master Magician (Munro Entertainment)
- Abc
- American Dive Zone
- Ashton Woods
- Bailey's Grove Pool & Club House
Eat, drink & stay
- 28th Street Nutrition
- 29th Street Hospitality Inc
- Bar Louie
- Broad Leaf Brewery and Spirits
- 44th St & Breton Rd SE
Shops & services
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Kentwood by the numbers
- Area
- 20.91 sq mi (54.17 km²), 0.05 sq mi water
- Median age
- 35.1
- Households
- 21,245
- Persons per household
- 2.5
- Median household income
- $74,373
- Median house value
- $268,200
- Office
- DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR
- Address
- 4900 BRETON RD SE, KENTWOOD, MI 49508