Beadle Lake Elementary School

Beadle Lake Elementary School, a mid-sized K-5 school in BATTLE CREEK, Michigan, one of the schools within Harper Creek Community Schools, caters to 333 students, covering grades pre-K through 4.

Beadle Lake Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Harper Creek Community Schools, a district that educates 2,778 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Beadle Lake Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 76%. Beyond that, the school records 11% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Calhoun County's rate of about 56%.

After controlling for student poverty, Beadle Lake Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.5%, the actual is 44.9%, a residual of -0.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Calhoun County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,177, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Calhoun County runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,982 students), of which Beadle Lake Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Harper Creek Middle School, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Beadle Lake Elementary School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 41.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Beadle Lake Elementary School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 331 (now 333). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 4% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.