📍 604 W Vine St, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, 49008
El Sol Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County. The school has 351 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kalamazoo Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
El Sol Elementary enrolls 351 students across grades K–5. The student body is 43% male and 57% female. A teaching staff of 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Hispanic or Latino, 31% White and 8.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 198 | 56% |
| White | 108 | 31% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 8.8% |
| Black or African American | 12 | 3.4% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
249 of the school's 351 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 216 qualify for free lunch and 33 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
El Sol Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MI-40, state senate district 20, state house district 60.
El Sol Elementary is one of 31 schools in Kalamazoo Public Schools, based in KALAMAZOO, Michigan. The district serves 12,273 students district-wide and employs 670 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 351 students, El Sol Elementary is close to the district average of about 396 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small