Editing Kentwood, Michigan (section)

==Education==
===Library===
Kentwood is located within the [[Kent District Library]] district. The Kentwood Branch Library opened in 2010 on Breton Avenue, next to Kentwood City Hall. Mayor Stephen Kepley, who at the time was the City Engineer, was the project manager for the new library. The library was named the Richard L. Root Library after Kentwood's fifth mayor, who led the city commission and residents in approving a dedicated millage for its construction.

The library is located next to an old landfill that received federal funds to make it one of the many superfund sites in the United States. The [[Environmental Protection Agency]] and Kent County installed a methane flare to burn excess methane from the decaying landfill in 2015. Previously, the Kentwood Library had been located on Kalamazoo Avenue south of 44th Street, on property donated by the Bowen/Stauffer family.

===Public schools===
The main public school district in Kentwood is [[Kentwood Public Schools]], consisting of one high school, one freshman campus, three middle schools, ten active elementary schools, and one closed elementary school which has become home to the early childhood programs:

* [[East Kentwood High School]]
* Crossroads Alternative High School
* East Kentwood Freshman Campus
* Crestwood Middle School
* Pinewood Middle School
* Valleywood Middle School
* Bowen Elementary School
* Brookwood Elementary School
* Challenger Elementary School
* Discovery Elementary School
* Endeavor Elementary School
* Explorer Elementary School
* Glenwood Elementary School
* Meadowlawn Elementary School
* Southwood Elementary School
* Townline Elementary School
* Hamilton Early Childhood Center

Also included within Kentwood's city limits are the Forest Hills Public Schools and Kelloggsville Public Schools.