Kalamazoo Public Schools is a school district headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Graduates of the district are eligible to receive scholarships through the Kalamazoo Promise, a program launched in 2005 and funded by anonymous donors. The district operates 31 schools.
The district includes the majority of Kalamazoo, all of Westwood, and most of Eastwood. It also includes sections of the following townships: Comstock, Kalamazoo, Oshtemo, and Texas.
Scholarship program
Every resident graduate of the Kalamazoo Public Schools is provided with a scholarship for up to 100% of tuition and mandatory fee costs for four years at any public university or community college in Michigan, starting with the class of 2006. This program is known as the Kalamazoo Promise. Books and room and board are not included. In 2014, it was announced that 15 private colleges would also be included as Promise-eligible schools. In 2015, Communities in Schools of Kalamazoo received Communities in Schools' national Unsung Heroes award in recognition of elementary school programs aimed at overcoming cultural and language barriers faced by students.
Schools
Publicly funded schools in the Kalamazoo Public Schools district include:
Elementary schools
Arcadia Elementary
Edison Environmental Science Academy
El Sol Elementary
Greenwood Elementary
Indian Prairie Elementary
King-Westwood Elementary
Lincoln International Studies School
Milwood Elementary
Northeastern Elementary
Northglade Montessori Magnet School
Prairie Ridge Elementary
Parkwood-Upjohn Elementary
Spring Valley Center for Exploration
Washington Writers' Academy
Winchell Elementary
Woods Lake Elementary: A Magnet Center for the Arts
Woodward School For Technology and Research
Middle schools
Alternative Learning Program (ALP) Hillside Middle School Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts Milwood Magnet School: A Center for Math, Science and Technology Linden Grove Middle School
High schools
Loy Norrix High School
Kalamazoo Innovative Learning Program (KILP) Kalamazoo Central High School Phoenix High School