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 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.
[2] 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.
[4] In 2014, it was announced that 15 private colleges would also be included as Promise-eligible schools.