📍 1424 Gull Rd, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, 49048
Youth Center School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County. The school has 43 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kalamazoo RESA school district. It serves grades 5–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 11.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 3.8:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Youth Center School enrolls 43 students across grades 5–12. The student body is 86% male and 14% female. A teaching staff of 11.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 3.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Black or African American, 7% Two or more races and 4.7% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 38 | 88% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 | 4.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
33 of the school's 43 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 32 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Youth Center School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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.
Youth 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 43 students, Youth 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: City - Small
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