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Kalamazoo Public School District
District details
School board members: 7
Students: 12,323 (2023-2024)
Schools: 31 (2023-2024)
Website: Link

Kalamazoo Public School District is a school district in Michigan (Kalamazoo County). During the 2024 school year, 12,323 students attended one of the district's 31 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Elections

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• 2024
• 2014

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Kalamazoo Public School District, At-large

General election

Special general election for Kalamazoo Public School District, At-large

Michael V. Harrison, Jay'Don Kelley, and Carol McGlinn ran in the special general election for Kalamazoo Public School District, At-large on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Michael V. Harrison (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Jay'Don Kelley (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Carol McGlinn (Nonpartisan)

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Kalamazoo Public School District, At-large

General election

General election for Kalamazoo Public School District, At-large (2 seats)

Nate Anderson, Jennifer L. Dayton, Todd Ellis, Takisha Johnson, and Juanita Yvonne Payton ran in the general election for Kalamazoo Public School District, At-large on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Nate Anderson (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Jennifer L. Dayton (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Todd Ellis (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Takisha Johnson (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Juanita Yvonne Payton (Nonpartisan)

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Kalamazoo Public School District, At-large

General election

General election for Kalamazoo Public School District, At-large

Incumbent Ken Greschak, incumbent TiAnna Harrison, and incumbent Patti Sholler-Barber won election in the general election for Kalamazoo Public School District, At-large on November 4, 2014.

		Candidate
✔		Ken Greschak (Nonpartisan)
✔		TiAnna Harrison (Nonpartisan)
✔		Patti Sholler-Barber (Nonpartisan)

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Election rules

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Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing

School board general elections in Michigan are held on the first Tuesday after the First Monday in November every two years in even-numbered years.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384

Recent or upcoming election dates for all local school districts in the state

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for all local school districts in the state. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

• Filing deadline date: July 21, 2026
• General election date: November 3, 2026

Election system

School board members in Michigan are elected through nonpartisan general elections without primaries.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384

Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Michigan are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates. Michigan Election Law on school board candidate nominating petitions states, "(2)The nominating petition must be substantially in the form prescribed in section 544c, except that the petition must be nonpartisan." It also states, "At any regular election, the names of the several nonpartisan offices to be voted for shall be placed on a separate portion of the ballot containing no party designation in the following order: [...], and in a year in which an election for the office is held, local school district board member, metropolitan district officer, and district library board member."

See law: Michigan Statute Section 168.303 and Section 168.699

Winning an election

The candidate or candidates that receive the most votes in the nonpartisan general election are elected to office.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 168.307

Term length and staggering

All school districts other community school districts in Michigan have board member terms of either four or six years depending on the board by-laws. As of 2022, 60% of school districts in Michigan had six-year board member terms, and 40% -- including community school districts -- had four-year board member terms.

Community school districts in Michigan have four-year board member terms. Initial terms for the first board members of newly organized community school districts are two, four, or six years to stagger elections.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.11a and Michigan Statute Section 380.384

For community school districts in Michigan, as close to half of school board members as possible for each district are elected every two years, which means either three or four seats are up for election at each even-year election. At the first board member election after community school districts are first organized, all seven board member seats are elected. Two members are elected to two-year terms, three members are elected to four-year terms, and two members are elected to six-year terms, with higher vote totals dictating longer initial terms. After initial terms, all board members have four-year terms, which results in staggered elections: four seats up in one election and three seats up in the next election.

Michigan statute requires that at least one board member must be elected every two years at each regular even-year election. Specific seat staggering details for school districts other than community school districts are determined at the local level by the district board's bylaws. Most districts with four-year board member terms elect as close to half of board members as possible every two years. Most districts with six-year board member terms elect as close to one-third of board members as possible every two years.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384 and Michigan Statute Section 168.301

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

School board members in Michigan are elected at large by all voters in the district.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 168.303, Section 168.307, and Section 380.384 (3)

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

School board candidates must file affidavits and nomination petitions or candidate filing fees by 4 p.m. on the 15th Tuesday before the November election. This means that the school board candidate filing deadline is in late July every even-numbered year.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 168.303

Newly elected school board members in Michigan officially take office on January 1 of the year following the election.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384 and Section 168.302

 

About the district

School board

The Kalamazoo Public School District consists of seven members serving six-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members

Name	Year assumed office	Year term ends
Carol McGlinn	2024	2030
Juanita Payton	2024	2030
Takisha Johnson	2023	2030
Karla Murphy	2023	2028
Jennie Hill	2011	2028
TiAnna Harrison	2014	2026
Patti Sholler-Barber	2006	2026

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Overlapping state house districts

Kalamazoo Public School District

Office Name	Current Officeholder	Party	% School District Covered	% Other District Covered
Michigan House of Representatives District 40	Matt Longjohn	Democratic Party	51%	28%
Michigan House of Representatives District 41	Julie Rogers	Democratic Party	47%	78%
Michigan House of Representatives District 42	Matt Hall	Republican Party	2%	< 1%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2021-2022

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$34,454,000	$2,784	16%
Local:	$71,619,000	$5,787	32%
State:	$114,399,000	$9,244	52%
Total:	$220,472,000	$17,814

Expenditures, 2021-2022

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$214,522,000	$17,333
Total Current Expenditures:	$182,602,000	$14,754
Instructional Expenditures:	$100,975,000	$8,158	47%
Student and Staff Support:	$24,467,000	$1,976	11%
Administration:	$19,910,000	$1,608	9%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$37,250,000	$3,009	17%
Total Capital Outlay:	$23,130,000	$1,868
Construction:	$14,059,000	$1,135
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$1,579,000	$127
Interest on Debt:	$6,991,000	$564

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2021-2022	24	35-39	7	15	<50	24	46
2020-2021	43	>=50	11-19	20-29		21-39	55-59
2018-2019	30	50-54	12	24	<50	31	54
2017-2018	27	50-54	11	23	<50	25	46
2016-2017	28	50-54	10	22	<50	26	48
2015-2016	26	60-64	10	20	<50	23	46
2014-2015	26	55-59	11	18	21-39	25	45
2013-2014	28	55-59	13	18	21-39	32	46
2012-2013	28	55-59	14	22	40-59	30-34	46
2011-2012	25	65-69	11	16	20-29	25-29	43
2010-2011	72	85-89	63	68	70-79	75-79	84

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2021-2022	37	55-59	16	27	<50	36	63
2020-2021	72	>=50	40-49	40-49		60-79	85-89
2018-2019	39	60-64	18	35	>=50	39	64
2017-2018	31	45-49	14	26	<50	30	51
2016-2017	39	65-69	20	33	<50	37	63
2015-2016	38	60-64	19	32	<50	36	61
2014-2015	40	65-69	21	37	40-59	42	62
2013-2014	53	70-74	35	47	40-59	62	73
2012-2013	52	70-74	37	46	40-59	55-59	71
2011-2012	50	75-79	34	43	50-59	55-59	68
2010-2011	71	>=95	59	65	80-84	75-79	85

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2021-2022	70	>=50	60	60-64		65-69	82
2020-2021	68	>=50	63	65-69		60-64	75
2019-2020	76	60-79	69	70-74	PS	75-79	84
2018-2019	73	>=80	66	75-79	PS	70-74	81
2017-2018	75	>=80	71	60-64		80-89	82
2016-2017	73	>=80	65	60-64	PS	70-74	83
2015-2016	69	60-79	60	60-64	PS	70-79	78
2014-2015	71	>=80	65	70-74	PS	60-69	77
2013-2014	69	>=80	64	55-59	>=50	80-89	70-74
2012-2013	65	>=50	57	60-64	>=50	70-79	70-74
2011-2012	69	>=50	62	55-59	>=50	60-69	79
2010-2011	64	>=50	55	55-59	PS	>=80	75-79

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2023-2024	12,323	0.2
2022-2023	12,298	-0.6
2021-2022	12,376	-1.7
2020-2021	12,581	-2.4
2019-2020	12,878	0.8
2018-2019	12,772	0.2
2017-2018	12,748	0.4
2016-2017	12,692	0.6
2015-2016	12,616	1.3
2014-2015	12,456	-0.1
2013-2014	12,466	0.1
2012-2013	12,455	0.3
2011-2012	12,414	-1.3
2010-2011	12,576	0.6
2009-2010	12,503	2.7
2008-2009	12,161	2.4
2007-2008	11,873	2.3
2006-2007	11,597	8.1
2005-2006	10,662	0.8
2004-2005	10,580	-4.9
2003-2004	11,099	-3.9
2002-2003	11,536	-0.5
2001-2002	11,595	4.2
2000-2001	11,105	-1.0
1999-2000	11,220	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2023-2024

RACE	Kalamazoo Public School District (%)	Michigan K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.5	0.6
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	1.3	3.7
Black	37.3	18.2
Hispanic	11.3	9.2
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or More Races	13.8	5.3
White	35.8	63.0

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2023-2024 school year, Kalamazoo Public School District had 712.02 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 17.31.

Teachers, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	20.02
Kindergarten:	0.00
Elementary:	331.50
Secondary:	302.75
Total:	712.02

Kalamazoo Public School District employed 20.70 district administrators and 38.00 school administrators as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Administrators, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	20.70
District Administrative Support:	8.34
School Administrators:	38.00
School Administrative Support:	121.87

Other staff, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	139.66
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	9.34
Total Guidance Counselors:	18.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	18.00
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.00
Library/Media Support:	6.90
Student Support Services:	163.56
Other Support Services:	313.76

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

The Kalamazoo Public School District operates 31 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Arcadia Elementary School	381	PK-5
Boys To Men Group Home	0	6-12
Edison Academy	339	PK-5
El Sol Elementary	358	KG-5
Greenwood Elementary School	87	PK-3
Hillside Middle School	474	6-8
Indian Prairie Elementary School	196	PK-3
Kalamazoo Area Math And Science Center	0	9-12
Kalamazoo Central High School	1,651	9-12
Kalamazoo County Juvenile Home Youth Center School	0	6-12
Kalamazoo Innovative Learning Program	157	9-12
Kingwestwood Elementary School	564	PK-5
Lets Talk About It Girls Home	0	6-12
Lets Talk About It Home For Young Men	0	6-12
Lincoln International Studies School	273	PK-5
Linden Grove Middle School	703	6-8
Loy Norrix High School	1,767	9-12
Maple Street Magnet School For The Arts	877	6-8
Milwood Elementary School	382	PK-5
Milwood Magnet School	703	6-8
Northeastern Elementary School	215	PK-5
Northglade Montessori School	270	PK-5
Parkwoodupjohn Elementary School	463	PK-5
Phoenix Alternative High School	179	9-12
Prairie Ridge Elementary School	472	PK-5
Spring Valley Center For Exploration	256	PK-5
Transition Services	17	9-12
Washington Writers Academy	246	PK-5
Winchell Elementary School	491	PK-5
Woods Lake Elementarya Magnet Center For The Arts	512	PK-5
Woodward Elementary	233	PK-5

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