📍 3122 Lake St, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, 49048
Valley Center School is a Special Education serving other age pupils, located in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County. The school has 32 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kalamazoo RESA school district. It serves grades 1–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 6.4:1. 70% of students are proficient in reading. 50% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Valley Center School enrolls 32 students across grades 1–12. The student body is 78% male and 22% female. A teaching staff of 5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 6.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% White, 31% Two or more races and 19% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 16 | 50% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 31% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 19% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
23 of the school's 32 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 21 qualify for free lunch and 2 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Valley Center School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). 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.
Valley Center School is one of 5 schools in Kalamazoo RESA, based in PORTAGE, Michigan. The district serves 1,613 students district-wide and employs 115 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 32 students, Valley Center School is smaller than the district average of about 323 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize
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