Schools · Battle Creek
Battle Creek, MI schools
Battle Creek’s public schools score well below Michigan’s averages: 40% of students are proficient in reading against 47.9% statewide, and 90% of high schoolers graduate on time against 82.9%. Kids attend Post Franklin School or Lamora Park School or Dudley School through grade 2, then Ann J Kellogg School or Verona Elementary School, Battle Creek STEM Innovation Center and Battle Creek Central High School or Battle Creek MathSci Center.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C
Battle Creek’s School Grade: C
The public schools Battle Creek’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 67% of Michigan’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
CTest scoresB+Graduation
Michigan school districts we grade (796)Better than 33%
Lower resultsHigher results
Michigan towns with similar household incomes (946)Better than 15%
High confidence. Built on 3,237 tested students and a graduating class of 337; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Michigan’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Michigan only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Michigan with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Battle Creek kids go to school
Grades PK–2
Post Franklin School or Lamora Park School or Dudley School
Depends on your address Battle Creek Public SchoolsGrades 3–6
C-Ann J Kellogg School or DVerona Elementary School
Depends on your address Battle Creek Public SchoolsGrades 7–8
C-Battle Creek STEM Innovation Center
145 students · Battle Creek Battle Creek Public SchoolsGrades 9–12
DBattle Creek Central High School or Battle Creek MathSci Center
Depends on your address Battle Creek Public SchoolsBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Battle Creek Public Schools)19%
State average 47.9%
Reading (Lakeview)40%
State average 47.9%
Math (grades PK–12, Battle Creek Public Schools)8%
State average 34.6%
Math (Lakeview)28%
State average 34.6%
Graduation · class of 2020
90% graduate on time
Graduation rate
90%
MI: 82.9%
Graduating class
337
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Battle Creek
Battle Creek Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 12 schools · 3,587 students
$20,168 per studentMI $16,528DLakeview School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 7 schools · 3,706 students
$13,956 per studentMI $16,528BEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 26 schools in Battle Creek
Showing 1–26 of 26 schools
Minges Brook SchoolElementary · Grades PK–4 · 368 students
B-PublicRiverside Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–4 · 350 students
BPublicWestlake Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–4 · 349 students
B-PublicAnn J Kellogg SchoolElementary · Grades 3–6 · 348 students
C-PublicFremont International AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 345 students
C-PublicPrairieview SchoolElementary · Grades PK–4 · 249 students
CPublicPost Franklin SchoolElementary · Grades K–2 · 219 students
PublicVerona Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades 3–5 · 201 students
DPublicArbor AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 154 students
DCharterLamora Park SchoolElementary · Grades PK–2 · 154 students
PublicDudley SchoolElementary · Grades PK–2 · 117 students
PublicBattle Creek Area Catholic School St. Joseph ElemenElementary · Grades PK–5 · 165 students
PrivateSt. Joseph Middle SchoolElementary · Grades 6–8 · 79 students
PrivateLakeview Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 1,082 students
C+PublicBattle Creek STEM Innovation CenterMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 145 students
C-PublicWest Michigan Virtual Battle Creek MSMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 96 students
C-PublicLakeview High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,241 students
BPublicBattle Creek Central High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 978 students
DPublicWest Michigan Virtual Battle Creek HSHigh · Grades 9–12 · 370 students
C-PublicWK Kellogg Preparatory High SchoolHigh · Grades 8–12 · 173 students
D-PublicLakeview Alternative High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 67 students
D-PublicBattle Creek MathSci CenterHigh · Grades 8–12 · 1 students
PublicCalhoun Area Career CenterHigh · Grades 10–12
PublicSt. Philip Catholic Central High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 82 students
PrivateCalhoun Christian SchoolOther · Grades PK–12 · 352 students
PrivateBattle Creek AcademyOther · Grades K–12 · 100 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.