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Pennfield Senior High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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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
653
Classroom Teachers
29

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Michigan

3

(10 is best)

Better than 27.8% of all MI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

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

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
27%
41%
37%
52%
16%
30%
    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
23
20
17
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 163 25.0%
Grade 10 162 24.8%
Grade 11 163 25.0%
Grade 12 165 25.3%
Total 653 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 86.8% 87.2% 67.0%
Black 5.7% 5.0% 19.1%
Hispanic 6.0% 6.6% 9.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.0% 0.7% 3.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.4% 0.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 52.8% 59.5% 51.6%
Free lunch eligible 47.3% 52.1% 47.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.5% 7.5% 3.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 9,300 10,037,261
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 227.0 178
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 2.3% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.8% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.3% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.2% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 20.5% 18.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,924 4,040,168
Single Parent Households With Children 6.3% 8.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.8% 91.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 18.3% 31.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.5% 17.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.2% 16.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.3% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.2% 16.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 21.6% 15.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.3% 10.8%
$15,000 or less 4.9% 9.0%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,154 $14,208,000 59.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $539 $1,071,000 4.5%
Staff $467 $928,000 3.9%
General Administration $210 $417,000 1.7%
School Administration $780 $1,549,000 6.5%
Operation $916 $1,819,000 7.6%
Transportation $389 $772,000 3.2%
Other $451 $896,000 3.8%
Total Support $3,752 $7,452,000 31.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,095 $2,174,000 9.1%
Total Expenditures $12,001 $23,834,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,536 $10,809,800,000 44.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,150 $1,649,683,000 6.8%
Staff $740 $1,061,145,000 4.4%
General Administration $283 $406,356,000 1.7%
School Administration $737 $1,057,416,000 4.4%
Operation $1,207 $1,731,060,000 7.1%
Transportation $452 $647,918,000 2.7%
Other $795 $1,139,917,000 4.7%
Total Support $5,364 $7,693,495,000 31.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,016 $5,760,700,000 23.7%
Total Expenditures $16,916 $24,263,995,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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