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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Prairie Ridge Elementary School, Kalamazoo, MI

CEP schoolPrairie Ridge Elementary School is a public elementary school in Kalamazoo, part of Kalamazoo Public Schools. It enrolled 449 students in 2024-25, with 18.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
449
Teachers (FTE)
24.0
Students per teacher
18.7
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 1.0 higher than the district figure of 17.7. The Michigan average across schools is 16.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.7
District17.7
Michigan16.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
2294 S 9th St, Kalamazoo, MI 49009
Phone
(269)337-0630
District
Kalamazoo Public Schools
County
Kalamazoo County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID
261995005655
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
260
Reduced-price lunch
31
Free or reduced-price lunch
29164.8% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Kalamazoo Public Schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Kalamazoo

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.