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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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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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
344
Classroom Teachers
23

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Michigan

7

(10 is best)

Better than 69.5% of all MI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

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

Grade 3

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
51%
42%
50%
42%
51%
42%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

50 40 30 20 10 0
41%
40%
38%
44%
43%
37%
    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
15
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 64 18.6%
Grade 1 67 19.5%
Grade 2 67 19.5%
Grade 3 83 24.1%
Grade 4 63 18.3%
Total 344 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 85.6% 89.3% 67.6%
Black 3.5% 3.3% 18.7%
Hispanic 7.0% 5.4% 9.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.2% 0.9% 3.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 1.1% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 48.3% 44.4% 49.8%
Free lunch eligible 43.3% 40.9% 46.1%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.9% 3.5% 3.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 14,905 10,034,113
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 203.0 177
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.7% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.3% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 25.4% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.8% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 22.8% 17.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,065 4,009,253
Single Parent Households With Children 6.4% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.4% 91.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 26.9% 31.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 13.2% 16.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.5% 16.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 18.8% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 21.3% 17.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.6% 16.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.2% 11.6%
$15,000 or less 5.4% 9.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,096 $19,819,128 58.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $540 $1,508,220 4.5%
Staff $234 $653,562 1.9%
General Administration $231 $645,183 1.9%
School Administration $558 $1,558,494 4.6%
Operation $1,055 $2,946,615 8.7%
Transportation $472 $1,318,296 3.9%
Other $432 $1,206,576 3.6%
Total Support $3,522 $9,836,946 29.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,495 $4,175,535 12.3%
Total Expenditures $12,113 $33,831,609 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,303 $10,472,771,170 46.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,089 $1,561,376,980 6.9%
Staff $673 $965,764,951 4.3%
General Administration $275 $393,721,602 1.7%
School Administration $723 $1,037,127,879 4.6%
Operation $1,101 $1,578,839,213 7.0%
Transportation $502 $719,551,334 3.2%
Other $660 $945,908,306 4.2%
Total Support $5,022 $7,202,233,256 31.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,415 $4,897,130,513 21.7%
Total Expenditures $15,740 $22,572,121,714 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%