Winchell Elementary School

Winchell Elementary School is an elementary school in KALAMAZOO, Michigan, reachable at (269) 337-0780. Its enrollment is 465 students, spread over pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 369 students for elementary schools in Michigan.

Enrollment across the 26 schools in Kalamazoo Public Schools totals 12,227 students.

Of every 100 students at Winchell Elementary School, about 55 are White. It is also 19% Black, 18% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Kalamazoo County's residents are about 76% White, 21 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Winchell Elementary School scores 62%.

A staff of 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 18.7:1. Across elementary schools in Michigan, the average ratio is 15.8:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 42%. That is in line with the 45% average for public schools in Kalamazoo County.

BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Winchell Elementary School beats its 47.5% prediction with 61.4%, a top-10% result in Michigan.

In Kalamazoo County, home to about 262,375 people, the median household earns about $72,532 a year, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Kalamazoo County number 93, with about 34,151 students.

The closest school to Winchell Elementary School is Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts, located about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 5 nearby schools with scores, Winchell Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.

Winchell Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.

Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 5%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 22.2 to 18.7 over 4 years.

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