ParkwoodUpjohn Elementary School

Located at 2321 S PARK ST, in KALAMAZOO, Michigan, ParkwoodUpjohn Elementary School is an average-sized elementary school that hosts 427 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Kalamazoo Public Schools.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, ParkwoodUpjohn Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 26% Black, 15% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Kalamazoo County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, ParkwoodUpjohn Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.1%; this one delivers 42.8%.

Zooming out to the county, 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 ParkwoodUpjohn Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Kalamazoo Covenant Academy, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. ParkwoodUpjohn Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 538 (now 427). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 62% to 53%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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