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Wattles Park Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 4

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
132 Wattles Rd S
Battle Creek, MI 49014
Phone
(269) 441-5853
District
HARPER CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
County
CALHOUN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
332
Classroom Teachers
23

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Michigan

6

(10 is best)

Better than 55.8% of MI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

6

(10 is best)

Wattles Park Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
52%
47%
47%
47%
57%
48%
52%
47%
47%
47%
57%
48%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
40%
45%
42%
47%
37%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
17
17
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 59 17.8%
Grade 1 69 20.8%
Grade 2 77 23.2%
Grade 3 57 17.2%
Grade 4 70 21.1%
Total 332 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 84.3% 90.0% 68.1%
Black 2.7% 2.8% 18.5%
Hispanic 7.7% 5.0% 8.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.7% 1.0% 3.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.7% 1.2% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 47.9% 41.5% 49.5%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE 40.4% 36.5% 45.2%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE 7.5% 5.0% 4.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 14,467 10,050,811
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 197.0 178
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.9% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.2% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 24.9% 31.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 31.6% 26.9%
65 OR OLDER 23.5% 17.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,090 3,969,932
Single Parent Households With Children 6.7% 9.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.8% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 26.8% 30.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 9.8% 11.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.8% 14.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 19.9% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.1% 18.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.1% 18.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.9% 13.9%
$15,000 or less 5.3% 10.5%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,787 $19,193,636 57.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $562 $1,589,336 4.8%
Staff $231 $653,268 2.0%
General Administration $231 $653,268 2.0%
School Administration $543 $1,535,604 4.6%
Operation $1,037 $2,932,636 8.8%
Transportation $475 $1,343,300 4.0%
Other $390 $1,102,920 3.3%
Total Support $3,469 $9,810,332 29.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,484 $4,196,752 12.6%
Total Expenditures $11,740 $33,200,720 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,205 $10,310,713,785 46.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,035 $1,481,619,454 6.7%
Staff $655 $937,721,317 4.3%
General Administration $272 $389,008,274 1.8%
School Administration $709 $1,014,481,339 4.6%
Operation $1,125 $1,610,220,864 7.3%
Transportation $535 $764,937,789 3.5%
Other $632 $904,691,642 4.1%
Total Support $4,963 $7,102,600,550 32.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,239 $4,634,968,968 21.0%
Total Expenditures $15,408 $22,048,331,531 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%