Enrollment
169
Elementary
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KALAMAZOO PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 261995005659
Indian Prairie Elementary School
3546 GRAND PRAIRIE RD, KALAMAZOO, MI 49006 · (269) 337-0590 · Kalamazoo County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL169 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Michigan public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
79 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 55%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 36 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 28% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 24% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
54.8%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
54.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Indian Prairie Elementary School
Indian Prairie Elementary School's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Prairie Elementary School this school | 169 | 46.7% | 54.8% |
| Four Corners Montessori Academy MADISON HEIGHTS | 235 | 46.4% | 44.4% |
| Branch Line School LIVONIA | 141 | 48.9% | N/A |
| Ridgemoor Park Montessori GRAND RAPIDS | 131 | 40.5% | N/A |
| Parchment North Elem School KALAMAZOO | 208 | 53.8% | 31.9% |
| Northglade Montessori School KALAMAZOO | 271 | 46.1% | 58.9% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Indian Prairie Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kalamazoo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #321 of 1,085 | #8 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #331 of 1,072 | #6 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #366 of 1,139 | #11 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 169 | #1,481 of 1,630 | #41 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.7% | #951 of 1,563 | #18 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.2% | #60 of 979 | #1 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
169
-110 (-39%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 283
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 19.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 169 | 13.2 | 12.8:1 | 47% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 196 | 12.3 | 15.9:1 | 49% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 204 | 11.5 | 17.7:1 | 55% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 279 | 14 | 19.9:1 | 51% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 257 | 13.4 | 19.2:1 | 47% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 234 | 13 | 18.0:1 | 35% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 215 | 12 | 17.9:1 | 25% (54) |
| 2000-01 | 202 | 13 | 15.5:1 | 34% (69) |
| 1990-91 | 283 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indian Prairie Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (257 to 169); teachers down 1% (13.4 to 13.2).
About Indian Prairie Elementary School
Indian Prairie Elementary School is an elementary school in KALAMAZOO, Michigan, and it is part of Kalamazoo Public Schools. A federal count lists 169 students at the school, in pre-K through 3. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Michigan) has about 369 students.
Kalamazoo Public Schools (26 schools, 12,227 students) runs Indian Prairie Elementary School.
White students make up a majority at Indian Prairie Elementary School, at 53%. Other students are 30% Black and 15% multiracial. That is lower than the 76% White share among all Kalamazoo County residents. The school's diversity index is 60%, meaning two students picked at random have a 60% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.8:1, with 13.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 3.0 students per teacher below the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 47%. For comparison, public schools in Kalamazoo County average 45%.
allk12 grades Indian Prairie Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Indian Prairie Elementary School is 9.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Michigan schools.
In Kalamazoo County (population about 262,375), the median household income is $72,532, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Indian Prairie Elementary School is one of 93 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Indian Prairie Elementary School to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to Kalamazoo Central High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 39.7% proficiency; Indian Prairie Elementary School posts 54.8%.
Indian Prairie Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Mid-size locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 110 fewer students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 12.8 students per teacher, compared with 19.9 in 2020-21.
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Kalamazoo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
262,375
Census ACS
Median income
$72,532
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
93
34,151 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kalamazoo Public Schools
- Loy Norrix High SchoolHigh · 1,785 students
- Kalamazoo Central High SchoolHigh · 1,613 students
- Maple Street Magnet School for the ArtsMiddle · 889 students
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- Linden Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 students
- KingWestwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
Other schools in KALAMAZOO
- Loy Norrix High SchoolHigh · 1,785 students
- Kalamazoo Central High SchoolHigh · 1,613 students
- Maple Street Magnet School for the ArtsMiddle · 889 students
- Milwood Magnet SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Linden Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 students
- Comstock Elementary SchoolElementary · 597 students
Other Indian Prairie Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Indian Prairie Elementary. Indian Prairie Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Indian Prairie Elementary SchoolCrystal Lake, IL · 496 students
Nearby schools
- Kalamazoo Central High School0.7 mi · 1,613
- KingWestwood Elementary School0.7 mi · 531
- Kalamazoo RESA West CampusYoung Adult Program0.9 mi · 126
- Hillside Middle School1.1 mi · 476
- Linden Grove Middle School1.8 mi · 727
- Northglade Montessori School2.0 mi · 271
Frequently asked questions
About Indian Prairie Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Indian Prairie Elementary School?
Indian Prairie Elementary School enrolls approximately 169 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does Indian Prairie Elementary School serve?
Indian Prairie Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
How many teachers does Indian Prairie Elementary School have?
Indian Prairie Elementary School employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Indian Prairie Elementary School?
At Indian Prairie Elementary School, the student body is approximately 53% White, 1% Hispanic, 30% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Indian Prairie Elementary School public or private?
Indian Prairie Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kalamazoo Public Schools.
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