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Battle Creek Public Schools

Battle Creek, Michigan · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

3,605
Students enrolled
12
Public schools
246
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.6:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 18
  • Kindergarten 269
  • Grade 1 288
  • Grade 2 294
  • Grade 3 284
  • Grade 4 266
  • Grade 5 299
  • Grade 6 257
  • Grade 7 261
  • Grade 8 217
  • Grade 9 318
  • Grade 10 326
  • Grade 11 277
  • Grade 12 231

By race/ethnicity

  • Black or African American 40%
  • White 28%
  • Two or more races 17%
  • Hispanic/Latino 13%
  • Asian 1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

72% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 2,569 of 3,586 students in the 11 of its 12 schools that report
  • Free lunch 69%
  • Reduced-price lunch 2%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$20,168 spent per student on day-to-day operations Michigan median: $14,724 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $10,043
  • Support services $8,997
  • Other (food service, etc.) $1,128

Where the money comes from

  • Local 30%
  • State 44%
  • Federal 27%

Total revenue $101.2 milliontotal spending $115.2 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: SmallStudents: 75% city, 25% suburb

Total staff (FTE)

821

District office

3 VAN BUREN ST W, Battle Creek MI 49017

County

Calhoun County

Official website

NCES District ID

2600005

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About Battle Creek Public Schools

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Mission Statement: We reach all students through progressive and engaging instruction in order to ensure they are prepared for the next stage of their lives.
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