Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility
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Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ungraded | 9 | 100% |
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Not computed for this schoolWhere Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Ionia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 9 | #808 of 844 | #5 of 7 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 9 | N/A | N/A | 33% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 9 | N/A | N/A | 56% (5) |
| 2022-23 | 4 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 14 | N/A | N/A | 79% (11) |
| 2017-18 | 14 | N/A | N/A | 50% (7) |
About Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility
Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility is a very small high school with an address in IONIA, Michigan. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 9 students. High schools in Michigan have about 460 students on average; enrollment here is 98% lower.
Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility is one of 14 schools in Michigan Department of Corrections, which enrolls 83 students in total.
The largest group at Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility is Black students, at 67%. Other groups make up 22% White and 11% Native American. County-wide, 3% of Ionia County residents are Black.
Lunch program data show 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 52% average among public schools in Ionia County.
For Ionia County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $75,611 a year, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility, Ionia County has 30 public schools.
Handlon Correctional Facility sits about 0.3 miles from Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility had a net loss of 5 students, or 36%.
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