Kalamazoo Public Schools

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