El Sol Elementary

As a reasonably sized elementary school in KALAMAZOO, Michigan, El Sol Elementary hosts 368 students from grades K through 5, part of Kalamazoo Public Schools.

Within Kalamazoo Public Schools, which oversees 26 schools and 12,227 students, El Sol Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, El Sol Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 35% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Native American. By comparison, Kalamazoo County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Kalamazoo County's rate of about 45%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, El Sol Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.0%, the actual is 32.2%, a residual of -8.8 points.

In the surrounding community, Kalamazoo County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,532 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Kalamazoo County runs 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,151 students), of which El Sol Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Kalamazoo Innovative Learning Program, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at El Sol Elementary has climbed 13%, going from 327 students in 2018 to 368 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 63% to 35% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

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