Schools · Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo, MI schools
Kalamazoo’s public schools score well above Michigan’s averages: 72% of students are proficient in reading against 47.9% statewide, and 76% of high schoolers graduate on time against 82.9%. Kids attend one of 13 elementary schools through grade 5, then Kalamazoo Area Math and Science Center.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A−
Kalamazoo’s School Grade: A-
The public schools Kalamazoo’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 83% of Michigan’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
ATest scoresC-Graduation
Michigan school districts we grade (796)Better than 83%
Lower resultsHigher results
Michigan towns with similar household incomes (823)Better than 95%
Good confidence. Built on 341 tested students and a graduating class of 860; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Michigan’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Michigan only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Michigan with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Kalamazoo kids go to school
Grades PK–5
13 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Kalamazoo Public School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Kalamazoo Public)72%
State average 47.9%
Math (grades PK–12, Kalamazoo Public)43%
State average 34.6%
Graduation · class of 2020
76% graduate on time
Graduation rate
76%
MI: 82.9%
Graduating class
860
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #466 of 536 MI towns →
Districts
The district serving Kalamazoo
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 41 schools in Kalamazoo
Showing 1–30 of 41 schools
Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The ArtsElementary · Grades PK–5 · 501 students
D-PublicWinchell Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 465 students
D-PublicParkwoodUpjohn Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 427 students
D-PublicEdison AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 376 students
PublicParamount Charter AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 373 students
DCharterEl Sol ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 368 students
PublicMilwood Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 362 students
D-PublicArcadia Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 355 students
D-PublicLincoln International Studies SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 306 students
PublicNorthglade Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 271 students
D-PublicSpring Valley Center for ExplorationElementary · Grades PK–5 · 263 students
D-PublicWashington Writers AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 260 students
D-PublicWoodward ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 242 students
D-PublicGreenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–3 · 93 students
D-PublicKalamazoo RESA West CampusECSEElementary · Grades PK–1
PublicMaple Street Magnet School for the ArtsMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 889 students
A+PublicMilwood Magnet SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 731 students
A-PublicLinden Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 727 students
A-PublicLoy Norrix High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,785 students
APublicPhoenix Alternative High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 219 students
CPublicKalamazoo Covenant AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 184 students
CCharterKalamazoo Innovative Learning ProgramHigh · Grades 9–12 · 137 students
PublicKalamazoo RESA West CampusYoung Adult ProgramHigh · Grades 6–12 · 126 students
PublicYouth Center SchoolHigh · Grades 5–12 · 51 students
CPublicTransition ServicesHigh · Grades 9–12 · 17 students
PublicKalamazoo Area Math and Science CenterHigh · Grades 9–12
PublicKalamazoo County Juvenile Home Youth Center SchoolHigh · Grades 6–12
PublicLets Talk About It Girls HomeHigh · Grades 6–12
PublicLets Talk About It Home for Young MenHigh · Grades 6–12
PublicThe Epic CenterHigh · Grades 9–12
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.