About Our School     

Opening our doors for the first time for the 2003-2004 school year, the new Robert J. Elkington Middle School was named after a longtime Grand Rapids English teacher and School Board member. The sixth, seventh, and eighth grade-level facility will annually enroll approximately 850 students.

The 154,000 square foot building features a wing for each grade, a commons area, art, technology and computer education classrooms, and a media center. The school, which sits on 45 acres in the northwest part of the city, also includes a triple gym, eight-lane swimming pool, eight tennis courts, along with baseball, football and soccer fields.

Additionally, the school is air-conditioned, the floors are made of a durable material called terrazzo and the exterior is made of brick and brown sandstone. Automatic irrigation will help keep the grass green from spring through fall.