Battle Creek Times

There were 19,150 students enrolled in Calhoun County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Boys made up 51.4% of the county student body, while the other 48.6% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 61.1% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Calhoun County schools, followed by 15.1% of African American students, 10.5% of multiracial students, 9.4% of Hispanic students, 3.2% of Asian students, 0.4% of American Indian students and 0.1% of Hawaiian students.

Lakeview High School had the highest enrollment among Calhoun County's 58 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 1,239 students.

Overall student enrollment in Michigan remains below pre-pandemic levels, with white students experiencing the largest decline at 6.5%.

Academic performance has also suffered, with the state's average NAEP score dropping by 6.5 points and ethnic achievement gaps have widened. Black and Hispanic students' average math proficiency dropped by 7% in 2022, to 13.5% and 28.2%, respectively.

School name	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Lakeview High School	1,383	1,239	-10.4
Lakeview Middle School	1,164	1,129	-3
Battle Creek Central High School	1,108	1,036	-6.5
Harper Creek Middle School	834	896	7.4
Harper Creek High School	904	863	-4.5
Pennfield Senior High School	653	778	19.1
Marshall High School	733	769	4.9
Endeavor Charter Academy	679	681	0.3
Marshall Middle School	547	542	-0.9
Valley View Elementary School	431	454	5.3
Pennfield Dunlap Elementary School	469	420	-10.4
Springfield Middle School	377	395	4.8
Minges Brook School	363	388	6.9
Sonoma Elementary School	378	383	1.3
Wattles Park Elementary School	378	383	1.3
Gull Lake Virtual Partnership	304	373	22.7
Westlake Elementary School	378	356	-5.8
Fremont International Academy	341	348	2.1
Riverside Elementary School	352	346	-1.7
Beadle Lake Elementary School	325	338	4
West Michigan Virtual Battle Creek High School	267	337	26.2
Lillian Fletcher Elementary School	356	329	-7.6
Pennfield Middle School	446	327	-26.7
Mar Lee School	305	299	-2
Homer Community High School	290	296	2.1
Walters Elementary School	316	293	-7.3
Hughes Elementary School	270	266	-1.5
Homer Middle School	264	264	0
Doris Klaussen Development Center	285	260	-8.8
Harrington Elementary School	262	259	-1.1
Athens Junior-Senor High School	268	252	-6
Marshall Academy	272	249	-8.5
Gordon Elementary School	259	247	-4.6
Prairieview School	258	247	-4.3
Post Franklin School	225	240	6.7
East Leroy Elementary School	235	217	-7.7
Ann J. Kellogg School	226	216	-4.4
Tekonsha Schools	186	212	14
Pennfield Purdy School	219	212	-3.2
Northwestern Middle School	202	209	3.5
North Pennfield Elementary School	199	191	-4
W. K. Kellogg Preparatory High School	157	190	21
Verona Elementary School	222	183	-17.6
Battle Creek Area Learning Center	185	179	-3.2
Lamora Park School	159	157	-1.3
Battle Creek Montessori Academy	193	150	-22.3
Dudley School	143	132	-7.7
Arbor Academy	192	127	-33.9
Battle Creek STEM Innovation Center	143	117	-18.2
Michigan Youth Challenge Academy	112	113	0.9
Marshall Opportunity High School	142	113	-20.4
Lakeview Alternative High School	73	82	12.3
West Michigan Virtual Battle Creek Middle School	33	55	66.7
Calhoun County Juvenile Home	18	12	-33.3
Battle Creek Area Mathematics and Science Center	--	1	--