KingWestwood Elementary School

Set in KALAMAZOO, Michigan, KingWestwood Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school, operated by Kalamazoo Public Schools. It educates 531 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 44% larger than the state mean of about 369.

Kalamazoo Public Schools comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 12,227 students; KingWestwood Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, KingWestwood Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 24% Black, 14% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting KingWestwood Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, KingWestwood Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.2%, the actual is 48.0%, a residual of -0.1 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Kalamazoo County put 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%. KingWestwood Elementary School is one of 93 public schools in Kalamazoo County (combined enrollment of about 34,151 students).

Nearest neighbor: Indian Prairie Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KingWestwood Elementary School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 41.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. KingWestwood Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 576 (now 531).

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