Wattles Park Elementary School

Wattles Park Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in BATTLE CREEK, Michigan, one of the schools within Harper Creek Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 375 students spanning grades K through 4.

Within Harper Creek Community Schools, which oversees 5 schools and 2,778 students, Wattles Park Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wattles Park Elementary School records that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, Wattles Park Elementary School shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 39% of students at Wattles Park Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Calhoun County's rate of about 56%.

With demographic context factored in, Wattles Park Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.9%; this one delivers 45.2%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Calhoun County put the typical household earns roughly $63,177 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Calhoun County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,982 students), Wattles Park Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Doris Klaussen Dev Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wattles Park Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.1%.

Wattles Park Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Wattles Park Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 11% since 2018, when it stood at 339 (now 375).

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.