At $10,200 per pupil, Battle Creek Area Learning Center ranks #780 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$10,200
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Battle Creek Area Learning Center operates 1 public schools serving 185 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Calhoun County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,200 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 82 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 15.7% local, 65.5% state, and 18.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 194:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 71.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 59.8% White, 18.6% African American, 6.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 3.2% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (185 to 179 students), and the student-teacher ratio tightened by 3.8 students per teacher as staffing held steadier than enrollment, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $1,973,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 47.8% went to instruction, 42.8% to support services, and 0.6% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Battle Creek Area Learning Center accounts for 100.0% of all Battle Creek Area Learning Center student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Battle Creek Area Learning Center a distant remainder — means Battle Creek Area Learning Center-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Battle Creek Area Learning Center reports 89.2% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Battle Creek Area Learning Center student-counselor ratio is 194:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Battle Creek Area Learning Center chronic absenteeism rate is 71.1% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Battle Creek Area Learning Center's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Battle Creek Area Learning Center?
Battle Creek Area Learning Center has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 185 students.
How much does Battle Creek Area Learning Center spend per student?
Battle Creek Area Learning Center spends $10,200 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Battle Creek Area Learning Center?
Battle Creek Area Learning Center students are 59.8% White, 18.6% African American, 6.7% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.