Woodward Elementary

Set in KALAMAZOO, Michigan, Woodward Elementary is a compact elementary-level community, part of Kalamazoo Public Schools. It instructs 242 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Woodward Elementary sits 34% below that benchmark.

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

On demographics, Woodward Elementary reports that the largest single group is Black, at 62% of enrollment; the rest looks like 19% multiracial, 12% White, 5% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Woodward Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Kalamazoo County (around 45%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Around the school, Kalamazoo County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,532 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Kalamazoo County runs 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,151 students), of which Woodward Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln International Studies School, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 24%: 317 students in 2018 compared to 242 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 73% to 62%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.