Transition Services

Transition Services is a senior high of micro-enrollment scale in KALAMAZOO, Michigan, operated by Kalamazoo Public Schools, hosting 17 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Transition Services sits 96% below that benchmark.

Across the 26 schools in Kalamazoo Public Schools (12,227 students total), Transition Services accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Transition Services logs that the largest single group is Black at 35%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 29% White, 29% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

On the resource side, Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kalamazoo County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Kalamazoo County put 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%. Across Kalamazoo County's 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,151 students), Transition Services is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Phoenix Alternative High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Transition Services has ticked down 19%, going from 21 students in 2018 to 17 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 67% to 35% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Transition Services community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.