Edison Academy

Set in KALAMAZOO, Michigan, Edison Academy is a mid-sized K-5 school, overseen by Kalamazoo Public Schools. It hosts 376 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Kalamazoo Public Schools runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 12,227 students. Edison Academy is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Edison Academy lists that 62% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest reads as 16% White, 14% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 2% Native American. By comparison, Kalamazoo County as a whole is about 11% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Edison Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kalamazoo County (around 45%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Edison Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.4%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Kalamazoo County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $72,532 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Kalamazoo County's 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,151 students), Edison Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Washington Writers Academy, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Edison Academy comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 36.4%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Edison Academy's enrollment has increased 25% since 2018, when it stood at 301 (now 376). The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 17% to 6% over that span.

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