Milwood Magnet School

Set in KALAMAZOO, Michigan, Milwood Magnet School is a mid-tier 6-8 campus, operated by Kalamazoo Public Schools. It caters to 731 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 46% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Within Kalamazoo Public Schools, which oversees 26 schools and 12,227 students, Milwood Magnet School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Milwood Magnet School logs that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 30% Black, 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.3:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 66% of students at Milwood Magnet School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Kalamazoo County's rate of about 45%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Milwood Magnet School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.0%; this one delivers 29.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Kalamazoo County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,532 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kalamazoo County's 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,151 students), Milwood Magnet School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Greenwood Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Milwood Magnet School at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 30.7%.

Milwood Magnet School operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 733 students in 2018 compared to 731 in 2025. The White share of enrollment climbed from 25% to 39% over that span.

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