menu

Pennfield Senior High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

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.

Methodology:   Only NeighborhoodScout gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location. Read more

School Overview

Address
8299 Pennfield Rd
Battle Creek, MI 49017
Phone
(269) 961-9770
District
PENNFIELD SCHOOLS
County
CALHOUN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
684
Classroom Teachers
32

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Michigan

7

(10 is best)

Better than 62.5% of all MI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Pennfield Senior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
45%
45%
57%
55%
32%
36%
45%
45%
57%
55%
32%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
21
19
17
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 170 24.9%
Grade 10 173 25.3%
Grade 11 162 23.7%
Grade 12 179 26.2%
Total 684 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 86.8% 87.3% 68.1%
Black 5.6% 4.9% 18.5%
Hispanic 5.7% 6.5% 8.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.5% 0.5% 3.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.4% 0.8% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 42.0% 49.6% 49.5%
Free lunch eligible 36.3% 44.1% 45.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.7% 5.5% 4.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 9,177 10,050,811
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 230.8 178
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 2.6% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.6% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.7% 31.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.8% 26.8%
65 OR OLDER 21.2% 17.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 4,002 3,976,729
Single Parent Households With Children 7.6% 8.3%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.1% 91.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 17.2% 30.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.4% 13.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.7% 15.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.1% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.7% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 24.4% 17.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.7% 12.8%
$15,000 or less 8.9% 9.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,384 $13,297,872 55.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $501 $1,043,583 4.3%
Staff $407 $847,781 3.5%
General Administration $175 $364,525 1.5%
School Administration $739 $1,539,337 6.4%
Operation $810 $1,687,230 7.0%
Transportation $434 $904,022 3.7%
Other $382 $795,706 3.3%
Total Support $3,448 $7,182,184 29.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,785 $3,718,155 15.4%
Total Expenditures $11,616 $24,196,128 100.0%
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%

Popular neighborhoods near Pennfield Senior High School