Kalamazoo Central High School

Kalamazoo Central High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in KALAMAZOO, Michigan. A federal count lists 1,613 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Michigan) has about 460 students.

Kalamazoo Public Schools runs Kalamazoo Central High School along with 25 other schools, enrolling 12,227 students in total.

By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Kalamazoo Central High School is Black (43%). Enrollment also includes 32% White, 12% multiracial, and 10% Hispanic. The school's Black share is 32 points above the 11% share among Kalamazoo County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Kalamazoo Central High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.

Dividing enrollment by its 69.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 23.1:1. Among high schools in Michigan, the typical ratio is 21.6:1. Eligible students account for 54% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The rate at public schools in Kalamazoo County averages 45%, lower than here.

Census estimates describe Kalamazoo County this way: median household income is about $72,532, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Federal data list 93 public schools in Kalamazoo County, with a combined enrollment of about 34,151.

The closest other public school is Indian Prairie Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

Federal data place Kalamazoo Central High School in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Enrollment was 1,750 in 2020-21 and 1,613 in 2024-25, a decrease of 137 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 24.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 23.1:1.

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