Parchment High School

As a middle-of-the-pack high school in KALAMAZOO, Michigan, Parchment High School caters to 412 students from grades 8 through 12, one of the schools within Parchment School District.

Within Parchment School District, which oversees 6 schools and 1,558 students, Parchment High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Parchment High School records that White students make up the majority at 65%; the rest looks like 13% multiracial, 12% Black, 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Parchment High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kalamazoo County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, Kalamazoo County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,532, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Kalamazoo County runs 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,151 students), of which Parchment High School is one.

Parchment Central Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Parchment High School.

Parchment High School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Parchment High School's enrollment has decreased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 461 (now 412). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 72% to 65%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

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