Fremont International Academy

Fremont International Academy, a moderately sized elementary-level community in BATTLE CREEK, Michigan, part of Battle Creek Public Schools, works with 345 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within Battle Creek Public Schools, which oversees 13 schools and 3,796 students, Fremont International Academy is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Fremont International Academy reports that 43% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 23% White, 22% multiracial, 11% Hispanic. By comparison, Calhoun County as a whole is about 10% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Fremont International Academy has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Fremont International Academy higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Fremont International Academy falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 42.5%; this one comes in at 28.0%, -14.6 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Calhoun County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,177, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Calhoun County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,982 students), Fremont International Academy is one campus in the mix.

WK Kellogg Preparatory High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

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