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Black student results in Kalamazoo Public Schools

Across 19 schools in Kalamazoo Public Schools, 18.1% of Black students meet proficient. That is 6.5 points below the Michigan average for Black students.

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31.2%
All students
18.1%
Black
24.5%
Hispanic
53.5%
White

Average across the 19 schools in Kalamazoo Public Schools with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 18 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Prairie Ridge Elementary School reports 26.4% of Black students meeting the standard. Hillside Middle School, in the same district, reports 10.9%. That is a 15.5-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Kalamazoo Public Schools

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Northglade Montessori School 57.4% 50% 73.1%
Prairie Ridge Elementary School 40.3% 26.4% 57.8%
Indian Prairie Elementary School 54.8% 23.3% 75%
King-Westwood Elementary School 49% 20.4% 68.3%
Parkwood-Upjohn Elementary School 43.2% 20.4% 63.5%
Winchell Elementary School 59.6% 18.8% 73.7%
Woodward Elementary 14.7% 18.5%
Arcadia Elementary School 25.2% 16.5% 37.4%
Edison Academy 18.8% 16.1% 50%
Woods Lake Elementary:A Magnet Center For The Arts 20% 15% 23.1% 46.8%
Linden Grove Middle School 34.4% 14.9% 24.3% 61.2%
Northeastern Elementary School 21.7% 14.9%
Milwood Magnet School 29.4% 14.6% 24.5% 46.6%
Spring Valley Center for Exploration 13.3% 14.3% 30%
Lincoln International Studies School 13.2% 13.6% 17.6%
Washington Writers' Academy 15.6% 12.5% 40%
Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts 34.9% 11.7% 22.9% 58.8%
Milwood Elementary School 20.1% 11.1% 22.2% 34.9%
Hillside Middle School 27.5% 10.9% 50.6%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. Michigan suppresses results for groups with too few students tested. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 754 of Michigan's schools have reportable data. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Michigan figures should not be compared against another state's.

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