Pennfield Middle School

Pennfield Middle School, a reasonably sized 6-8 campus in BATTLE CREEK, Michigan, overseen by Pennfield Schools, instructs 471 students, covering grades 5 through 7.

Within Pennfield Schools, which oversees 5 schools and 1,877 students, Pennfield Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pennfield Middle School logs that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black. Compared to Calhoun County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Pennfield Middle School records 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pennfield Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 40.7%; this one comes in at 22.0%, -18.7 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Calhoun County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $63,177 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Pennfield Middle School is one of 56 public schools in Calhoun County (combined enrollment of about 18,982 students).

The closest other public school is Pennfield Dunlap Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pennfield Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.9%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Pennfield Middle School's enrollment has shrank 15% since 2018, when it stood at 553 (now 471).

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