Amberly Elementary School

Amberly Elementary School is a reasonably sized K-5 school in PORTAGE, Michigan, part of Portage Public Schools. The school serves 513 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 39% above the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Portage Public Schools runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 8,479 students. Amberly Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Amberly Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 14% Black, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Kalamazoo County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kalamazoo County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Amberly Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.4%; this one delivers 49.1%.

In the area at large, census data for Kalamazoo County shows median household earnings sit near $72,532, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Amberly Elementary School is one of 93 public schools in Kalamazoo County (combined enrollment of about 34,151 students).

The closest other public school is Portage West Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Amberly Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 49.0%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Amberly Elementary School's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 592 (now 513). White enrollment moved from 70% to 64% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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