Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts

Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts is a large junior high in KALAMAZOO, Michigan, run under Kalamazoo Public Schools. The school instructs 889 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 77% bigger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Kalamazoo Public Schools comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 12,227 students; Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts is among them.

On demographics, Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts logs that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 31% Black, 16% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts reports 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts higher than the state norm the norm. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Kalamazoo County (around 45%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.3%.

In the area at large, Kalamazoo County reports that median household income runs about $72,532, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kalamazoo County runs 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,151 students), of which Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts is one.

Transition Services is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 39.6%.

Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts has expanded 6%, going from 836 students in 2018 to 889 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 47% to 39% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.