Byron Center Charter School

Set in BYRON CENTER, Michigan, Byron Center Charter School is a compact combined-grade school, overseen by Byron Center Charter School. It hosts 199 students across grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 29% smaller than the state mean of about 281.

Byron Center Charter School sits inside Byron Center Charter School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Byron Center Charter School lists that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the resource side, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kent County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Byron Center Charter School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 41.4%; this one delivers 63.6%, a residual of +22.2 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Kent County indicate the typical household earns roughly $82,631 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Byron Center Charter School is one of 239 public schools in Kent County (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students).

The closest other public school is Byron Center High School, roughly 1.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Byron Center Charter School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Byron Center Charter School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 79.4%.

Byron Center Charter School operates from a rural location. Byron Center Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 21%: 252 students in 2018 compared to 199 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 80% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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