Parchment Innovation Center

Parchment Innovation Center, a rural-scale four-year high school in KALAMAZOO, Michigan, part of Parchment School District, hosts 119 students, covering grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 74% leaner than the state mean of about 460.

Parchment Innovation Center is one of 6 schools operated by Parchment School District, a district that caters to 1,558 students overall.

Demographically, Parchment Innovation Center records that 64% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 17% Black, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Kalamazoo County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Parchment Innovation Center logs 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 39.7:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Kalamazoo County (around 45%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Kalamazoo County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,532 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Kalamazoo County runs 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,151 students), of which Parchment Innovation Center is one.

Parchment Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Parchment Innovation Center has ticked up 34%, going from 89 students in 2018 to 119 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share rose from 49% to 64%. Class-load math has widened: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 39.7:1 in 2025.

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