Loy Norrix High School

Summary:

Loy Norrix High School is a public high school in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serving 1,771 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Kalamazoo Public Schools district, which is ranked 421 out of 610 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Loy Norrix has a relatively diverse student population, with 39.98% White, 28.29% African American, 18.92% Hispanic, and 11.29% two or more races. Academically, the school's performance is generally on par with or slightly above the Kalamazoo district average, but below the state average. For example, in 2023-2024, 51.4% of Loy Norrix's 11th-grade students were proficient or better in SAT/Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, compared to 49.3% for the Kalamazoo district and 51.3% for the state. However, the school's four-year graduation rate has declined from 81.3% in 2018-2019 to 73.1% in 2022-2023, which is lower than the state average and the nearby Portage Central High School, which had a 97.6% graduation rate in 2022-2023.

Loy Norrix also faces challenges with chronic absenteeism, which has increased from 31.9% in 2018-2019 to 51.4% in 2022-2023, much higher than the 13.1% rate at Portage Central High School. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 67.48% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023, significantly higher than the 16.06% at Portage Central High School. These factors may contribute to the school's overall performance, which lags behind nearby higher-performing schools like Portage Central High School.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 606 E Kilgore Rd
       Kalamazoo, MI  49001-5564


(269) 337-0200

District: Kalamazoo Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
272nd of 743 Michigan High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,759 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  24.2 Help
Number of students:  1,771

Racial breakdown:

White:
40.0%
African American:
28.3%
Hispanic:
18.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  67.5% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Loy Norrix High School ranks better than 63.4% of high schools in Michigan. It also ranks 2nd among 4 ranked high schools in the Kalamazoo Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 58.71. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Loy Norrix High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Loy Norrix High School has the largest high school student body size in the Kalamazoo Public Schools District. Student population at Loy Norrix High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (40%), African American (28.3%), Hispanic (18.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 67.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Loy Norrix High School is 24.2. 5 high schools in the Kalamazoo Public Schools District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Loy Norrix High School employs 72.9 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Loy Norrix High School is $14,759, which is the 4th highest among 4 high schools in the Kalamazoo Public Schools District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Loy Norrix High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Loy Norrix High School 272nd of 743 Michigan public high schools. (See Loy Norrix High School in the ranking list.)

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Kalamazoo Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Kalamazoo Public Schools 421st of 610 Michigan school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Loy Norrix High School

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Rank History for all students at Loy Norrix High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 59.54 338th 705 52.1%
2007 64.54 317th 767 58.7%
2008 46.45 484th 750 35.5%
2009 40.30 521st 754 30.9%
2010 47.59 489th 765 36.1%
2011 47.73 505th 784 35.6%
2012 51.28 425th 773 45.0%
2013 54.58 388th 805 51.8%
2014 56.67 371st 799 53.6%
2015 74.73 200th 832 76.0%
2016 70.08 234th 852 72.5%
2017 48.52 390th 835 53.3%
2018 54.03 366th 824 55.6%
2019 50.40 323rd 666 51.5%
2021 90.92 40th 561 92.9%
2022 54.93 265th 531 50.1%
2023 50.02 345th 735 53.1%
2024 58.71 272nd 743 63.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Loy Norrix High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.86 58th 93 37.6%
2019 40.57 20th 36 44.4%
2023 33.18 74th 110 32.7%
2024 29.77 76th 105 27.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Loy Norrix High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.02 27th 102 73.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Loy Norrix High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.16 265th 315 15.9%
2024 13.69 120th 130 7.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Loy Norrix High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.73 484th 755 35.9%
2019 40.85 332nd 532 37.6%
2021 96.21 15th 417 96.4%
2022 31.76 294th 369 20.3%
2023 27.49 469th 614 23.6%
2024 30.50 464th 654 29.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Loy Norrix High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.52 407th 710 42.7%
2019 45.72 305th 554 44.9%
2021 83.83 53rd 462 88.5%
2022 51.03 220th 416 47.1%
2023 42.60 347th 611 43.2%
2024 53.32 269th 619 56.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Loy Norrix High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.62 295th 707 58.3%
2019 43.96 310th 543 42.9%
2021 92.26 30th 472 93.6%
2022 46.61 251st 440 43.0%
2023 47.44 309th 611 49.4%
2024 54.17 265th 633 58.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Loy Norrix High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.19 114th 254 55.1%
2019 36.48 85th 147 42.2%
2022 24.46 48th 51 5.9%
2023 27.79 117th 170 31.2%
2024 38.48 107th 188 43.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Loy Norrix High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.90 101st 201 49.8%
2019 38.24 58th 97 40.2%
2021 68.16 18th 64 71.9%
2022 15.81 75th 83 9.6%
2023 24.08 152nd 190 20.0%
2024 45.76 101st 195 48.2%
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Rank History for White students at Loy Norrix High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.83 169th 708 76.1%
2019 85.22 75th 582 87.1%
2021 96.54 19th 516 96.3%
2022 87.24 63rd 492 87.2%
2023 77.13 121st 647 81.3%
2024 78.65 101st 638 84.2%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Loy Norrix High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 915 505 12 27 18 n/a n/a 0 1477
1989 895 500 16 43 20 n/a n/a -20 1454
1990 882 479 15 44 26 n/a n/a -23 1423
1991 867 441 19 65 22 n/a n/a 0 1414
1992 859 397 13 72 17 n/a n/a 0 1358
1993 820 420 11 65 11 n/a n/a 0 1327
1994 783 451 6 57 10 n/a n/a 0 1307
1995 769 445 11 75 11 n/a n/a 0 1311
1996 769 445 11 75 11 n/a n/a 0 1311
1997 790 451 14 81 17 n/a n/a 0 1353
1998 716 434 17 81 11 n/a n/a 0 1259
1999 727 468 17 89 9 n/a n/a 0 1310
2000 726 468 17 73 11 n/a n/a 0 1295
2001 735 460 21 77 13 n/a n/a 0 1306
2002 710 465 27 103 8 n/a n/a 0 1313
2003 710 465 27 103 8 n/a n/a 0 1313
2004 650 496 20 111 10 n/a n/a 0 1287
2005 630 600 26 121 16 n/a n/a 0 1393
2006 594 542 22 122 11 n/a n/a 0 1291
2007 566 615 22 117 12 n/a n/a 0 1332
2008 550 618 26 139 11 n/a n/a 0 1344
2009 516 581 154 0 9 n/a n/a 0 1260
2010 540 542 23 153 19 n/a n/a 0 1277
2011 551 525 20 192 9 0 21 0 1318
2012 603 553 21 207 13 0 35 0 1432
2013 661 558 25 208 16 0 48 0 1516
2014 679 551 33 193 13 1 75 0 1545
2015 716 500 30 198 8 4 74 0 1530
2016 742 480 33 196 9 3 95 0 1558
2017 719 492 27 232 6 3 134 0 1613
2018 723 473 22 258 5 3 131 0 1615
2019 721 470 24 278 6 2 152 0 1653
2020 717 491 25 305 4 1 167 0 1710
2021 740 519 26 321 3 0 197 0 1806
2022 721 510 23 346 2 0 205 0 1807
2023 708 501 23 335 3 1 200 0 1771

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Loy Norrix High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1477 n/a n/a n/a
1989 1454 n/a n/a 17.3
1990 1423 99.0 14.3 17.1
1991 1414 n/a n/a n/a
1992 1358 n/a n/a 20.9
1993 1327 n/a 0.0 17.9
1994 1307 73.5 17.8 29.2
1995 1311 78.7 16.7 28.9
1996 1311 78.7 16.7 28.9
1997 1353 77.0 17.6 35
1998 1259 73.0 17.2 36.4
1999 1310 73.0 17.9 37.3
2000 1295 76.2 17.0 54.3
2001 1306 78.6 16.6 39.1
2002 1313 85.7 15.3 45.9
2003 1313 85.7 15.3 45.9
2004 1287 81.7 15.8 48.9
2005 1393 69.9 19.9 50.8
2006 1291 73.3 17.6 55.9
2007 1332 74.7 17.8 58.3
2008 1344 78.6 17.1 59.4
2009 1260 78.7 16.0 63.7
2010 1277 78.6 16.2 65.7
2011 1318 75.1 17.5 63.6
2012 1432 71.1 20.1 63.3
2013 1516 71.3 21.2 65.6
2014 1545 78.3 19.7 63.4
2015 1530 75.0 20.4 57.8
2016 1558 74.0 21.0 54.6
2017 1613 74.1 21.7 61.2
2018 1615 73.6 21.9 64.7
2019 1653 78.6 21.0 64.3
2020 1710 78.3 21.8 63.5
2021 1806 77.1 23.4 63.5
2022 1807 65.8 27.4 62.6
2023 1771 72.9 24.2 67.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Loy Norrix High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1477 n/a n/a n/a
1989 1454 n/a n/a 17.3
1990 1423 99.0 14.3 17.1
1991 1414 n/a n/a n/a
1992 1358 n/a n/a 20.9
1993 1327 n/a 0.0 17.9
1994 1307 73.5 17.8 29.2
1995 1311 78.7 16.7 28.9
1996 1311 78.7 16.7 28.9
1997 1353 77.0 17.6 35
1998 1259 73.0 17.2 36.4
1999 1310 73.0 17.9 37.3
2000 1295 76.2 17.0 54.3
2001 1306 78.6 16.6 39.1
2002 1313 85.7 15.3 45.9
2003 1313 85.7 15.3 45.9
2004 1287 81.7 15.8 48.9
2005 1393 69.9 19.9 50.8
2006 1291 73.3 17.6 55.9
2007 1332 74.7 17.8 58.3
2008 1344 78.6 17.1 59.4
2009 1260 78.7 16.0 63.7
2010 1277 78.6 16.2 65.7
2011 1318 75.1 17.5 63.6
2012 1432 71.1 20.1 63.3
2013 1516 71.3 21.2 65.6
2014 1545 78.3 19.7 63.4
2015 1530 75.0 20.4 57.8
2016 1558 74.0 21.0 54.6
2017 1613 74.1 21.7 61.2
2018 1615 73.6 21.9 64.7
2019 1653 78.6 21.0 64.3
2020 1710 78.3 21.8 63.5
2021 1806 77.1 23.4 63.5
2022 1807 65.8 27.4 62.6
2023 1771 72.9 24.2 67.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Loy Norrix High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $728 (6.3%) $10,752 (93.7%) $11,480
2020 $804 (6.9%) $10,873 (93.1%) $11,677
2021 $950 (8.3%) $10,514 (91.7%) $11,464
2022 $1,556 (12.3%) $11,138 (87.7%) $12,693
2023 $2,321 (15.7%) $12,438 (84.3%) $14,759

Data source: Michigan Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Loy Norrix High School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 323rd of 666 High schoolsRanks 345th of 735 High schools
 1.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade Social Studies (Loy Norrix High School)50.335.5
 14.8%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Kalamazoo Public Schools)43.631.6
 12%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)46.636.1
 10.5%
11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Loy Norrix High School)53.957.7
 3.8%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Kalamazoo Public Schools)4747.6
 0.6%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Michigan)55.352.2
 3.1%
11th Grade Mathematics (Loy Norrix High School)2725.6
 1.4%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Kalamazoo Public Schools)22.521.8
 0.7%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Michigan)36.329.9
 6.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students16531771
 7.1%
African American470501
 6.6%
American Indian63
 50%
Asian2423
 4.2%
Hispanic278335
 20.5%
Pacific Islander21
 50%
White721708
 1.8%
Two or More Races152200
 31.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients64.3%67.5%
 3.2%


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Loy Norrix High School ranks 272nd of 743 Michigan high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Loy Norrix High School are 40% White, 28% African American, 19% Hispanic, 11% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,771 students attended Loy Norrix High School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Michigan Department of Education.

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