Kalamazoo Times

There were 3,661 multiracial students enrolled in Kalamazoo County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 2.1% more than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Kalamazoo County welcomed 34,223 students during the 2024-25 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 10.7% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 83 schools in Kalamazoo County, Loy Norrix High School recorded the largest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 216 students.

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,427,386 students enrolled in Michigan schools, a figure 4.8% below the pre-pandemic total of 1,499,552 in 2019-20, with white students seeing the largest decline of approximately 3%.

Academic performance in Michigan remains below pre-pandemic levels. According to the 2024 NAEP results, the share of students reaching the basic benchmark in core subjects is about 10 percentage points lower than in 2019—except for fourth-grade math, which saw a decline of just 2 points.

Achievement gaps between ethnic groups also persist. On average, Hispanic students scored 15 points below white students. The gap was even wider for Black students, who scored about 30 points lower than their white peers.

The 2025 education budget, approved by Gov. Whitmer last July, totals $23.4 billion—$900 million less than the previous year’s budget. K-12 schools are working with $20.6 billion, a reduction from the $21.5 billion allocated in 2024.

However, some school superintendents and educators were concerned about the new budget. "Schools cannot function properly without adequate funding for safety and mental health," stated Rep. David Martin, R-Davison, referring to a significant cut of around $301 million from school safety and mental health programs. Based on the current bill, the program will receive just $26.5 million.

School name	% of multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Valley Center School	26.7%	30
Transition Services	26.3%	19
Paramount Charter Academy	24.4%	373
Spring Valley Center for Exploration	21.7%	263
Woodward School for Technology and Research	19.4%	242
Prairie Ridge Elementary School	18.9%	449
Greenwood Elementary School	18.3%	93
Kalamazoo Innovative Learning Program	18.2%	137
Winchell Elementary School	18.1%	465
Gull Lake Gateway Academy	17.9%	28
Milwood Elementary School	16.9%	362
Parchment Central Elementary School	16.3%	289
Arcadia Elementary School	16.1%	355
Comstock Compass High School	15.8%	311
Washington Writers Academy	15.8%	260
Woods Lake Elementary - A Magnet Center for the Arts	15.4%	501
Northeastern Elementary School	15.4%	195
Indian Prairie Elementary School	15.4%	169
Parkwood-Upjohn Elementary School	15%	427
Hillside Middle School	14.7%	476
Comstock Elementary School	14.6%	597
Haverhill Elementary School	14.6%	378
Northglade Montessori School	14.4%	271
King-Westwood Elementary School	14.1%	531
Comstock Middle School	13.8%	276
Edison Environmental Science Academy	13.8%	376
Parchment Middle School	13.6%	352
Parchment Northwood Elementary School	13.5%	178
Oakland Academy	13.4%	149
Portage Community High School	13.1%	137
Linden Grove Middle School	13.1%	727
Parchment High School	12.6%	412
Loy Norrix High School	12.1%	1,785
Kalamazoo Central High School	12.1%	1,613
Kalamazoo RESA West Campus - Young Adult Program	12.1%	199
Elementary Sol Elementary School	12%	368
Comstock High School	12%	358
Portage North Middle School	12%	609
Parchment North Elementary School	12%	208
Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts	11.9%	889
Milwood Magnet School	11.5%	731
Portage Northern High School	11%	1,194
Central Elementary School	10.9%	439
STEM Academy	10.7%	298
Lincoln International Studies School	10.5%	306
12th Street Elementary School	10.2%	589
Moorsbridge Elementary School	10%	591
Lake Center Elementary School	9.7%	494
Phoenix Alternative High School	9.5%	220
Vicksburg Pathways High School	9.5%	126
Amberly Elementary School	9.4%	513
Woodland Elementary School	9.2%	348
Portage Central Middle School	9%	719
Richland Elementary School	9%	412
Galesburg-Augusta Middle School	8.6%	302
Portage West Middle School	8.5%	717
WoodsEdge Learning Center	8.5%	224
Angling Road Elementary School	8.1%	360
Thomas M. Ryan Intermediate School	7.6%	698
Gull Lake Middle School	7.4%	717
Portage Central High School	7.2%	1,391
Kalamazoo Covenant Academy	7.2%	194
Sunset Lake Elementary School	7.1%	465
Galesburg-Augusta Primary School	7%	399
Parchment Innovation Center	6.7%	119
Gull Lake High School	6.2%	877
Youth Center School	5.9%	51
Vicksburg Middle School	5%	601
Kellogg Elementary School	5%	278
Alamo Elementary School	4.9%	287
Vicksburg High School	4.7%	724
Galesburg-Augusta High School	4.6%	263
Indian Lake Elementary School	4.5%	265
Climax-Scotts Virtual Academy	4.1%	123
Schoolcraft Elementary School	4.1%	583
Schoolcraft High School	4%	502
Galesburg-Augusta Alternative Education	3.2%	31
Tobey Elementary School	2.9%	379
Cooper Elementary School	2.4%	288
Climax-Scotts High School	2.4%	294
Climax-Scotts Elementary School	2.1%	234
Youth Advancement Academy	0%	19
Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital	0%	1