Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility

Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility is a high school of micro-enrollment scale in IONIA, Michigan, part of Michigan Department of Corrections, works with 9 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 460 students per school, that is 98% smaller than typical.

Within Michigan Department of Corrections, which oversees 14 schools and 83 students, Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility shows that Black students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 22% White, 11% Native American. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 3%.

Looking at school resources, Roughly 33% of students at Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Ionia County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Ionia County put median household income runs about $75,611, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility is one of 30 public schools in Ionia County (combined enrollment of about 10,506 students).

Handlon Correctional Facility is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility has fell 36%, going from 14 students in 2018 to 9 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share grew from 57% to 67%.

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