Northeastern Elementary School

Northeastern Elementary School is a small elementary school found in KALAMAZOO, Michigan. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 195 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 47% below the 369-student average for elementary schools in Michigan.

Northeastern Elementary School is part of Kalamazoo Public Schools, where 26 schools serve 12,227 students.

Of every 100 students at Northeastern Elementary School, about 67 are Black. It is also 15% multiracial, 14% White, and 4% Hispanic. Kalamazoo County's residents are about 11% Black, 56 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Northeastern Elementary School scores 51%.

Northeastern Elementary School reports a ratio of 13.4 students per teacher, from 14.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan is 2.5 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Northeastern Elementary School, 94% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 49 points above the 45% average for public schools in Kalamazoo County.

The school is in Kalamazoo County, where median household income comes to about $72,532, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Kalamazoo County counts 93 public schools with about 34,151 students.

Comstock Compass High School is about 0.6 miles from Northeastern Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

For locale, NCES codes Northeastern Elementary School as Suburb: Mid-size.

By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 195, from 228 in 2020-21.

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