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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Kalamazoo RESA West CampusYoung Adult Program
Kalamazoo RESA West CampusYoung Adult Program, an one-room-style secondary school in KALAMAZOO, Michigan, overseen by Kalamazoo RESA, instructs 126 students, covering grades 6 through 12. That puts it 73% smaller than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.
Across the 4 schools in Kalamazoo RESA (429 students total), Kalamazoo RESA West CampusYoung Adult Program accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, Kalamazoo RESA West CampusYoung Adult Program logs that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 15% Black, 13% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. By comparison, Kalamazoo County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Kalamazoo RESA West CampusYoung Adult Program lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Kalamazoo RESA West CampusYoung Adult Program tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 32% of students at Kalamazoo RESA West CampusYoung Adult Program qualify 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 below typical.
In the area at large, Kalamazoo County reports that median household income runs about $72,532, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Kalamazoo RESA West CampusYoung Adult Program is one of 93 public schools in Kalamazoo County (combined enrollment of about 34,151 students).
The closest other public school is Kalamazoo Central High School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The school occupies a metropolitan site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 33%: 95 students in 2018 compared to 126 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 26% to 15% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 7.3:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 in 2025.
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