Hillside Middle School

Hillside Middle School

Public Middle School | Grade 6-8
1941 Alamo Ave,  Kalamazoo, MI
Westwood Neighborhood
Kalamazoo Public Schools
2.3
512 Students
C
Niche Grade

School Details

Head of School
Mr. Atiba Mckissack
Student Teacher Ratio
20:1
Math Proficiency
18%
Reading Proficiency
34%

Niche Grade

C
Academics
C+
Teachers
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Niche Grade Details

Academics
Reading Proficiency
34%
Math Proficiency
18%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
20:1
Teachers
25
Full Time Teachers
25
Teachers in First or Second Year
29%

GreatSchools Rating

4
Test Scores
2
Equity
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Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor
281:1

Student Diversity

Male
51.8%
Female
48.2%
Black
51%
White
31.3%
Two or more races
10.4%
Hispanic
6.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander
<1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
<1%
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Specialty School Programs

Free/Reduced Lunch Offered

This School’s Reviews

GreatSchools Reviews
2.3 11 Reviews
1.0 other
2/27/2025
I went here from 2020-2023, I’m now a highschool student at Kalamazoo central. From my experience this school was the worst school I have ever attended. Seems like they would pick up the first teachers they could find and did the bare minimum. I remember being told by the principal to stop telling o...
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4.0 student
12/19/2023
Most of the teachers are great but a few like the choir teacher make students' days harder.I learn a lot but there are a lot of fights.
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1.0 student
10/27/2023
teachers send students out and don't send the other ones out that is really talking and their parents get mad at them when it is the teacher i see how they be doing caribrya and it is not cool not cool Hillside
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2.0 other
10/10/2022
This school was alright. A very below average middle school, but it's not a surprise for the area. I'm an alum of this school, I graduated in the height of the pandemic: 2020. Reflecting back on my experience, I've found that a lot of the teachers there are way better off working at another school,...
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