Alamo Elementary School

Alamo Elementary School is one of the small elementary schools in KALAMAZOO, Michigan, part of Otsego Public Schools, with 287 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 22% below the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Within Otsego Public Schools, which oversees 6 schools and 2,361 students, Alamo Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Alamo Elementary School lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Kalamazoo County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Alamo Elementary School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kalamazoo County (around 45%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Alamo Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.8%.

In the area at large, Kalamazoo County reports that median household income runs about $72,532, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Kalamazoo County's 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,151 students), Alamo Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Cooper Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Alamo Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Alamo Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 40.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 291 students in 2018 compared to 287 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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