High · Regular · Grades 9 to 12

Battle Creek Central High School, Battle Creek, MI

CEP schoolBattle Creek Central High School is a public high school in Battle Creek, part of Battle Creek Public Schools. It enrolled 978 students in 2024-25, with 17.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 978
Teachers (FTE): 57.0
Students per teacher: 17.2
Grades: 9 to 12

This school's ratio is 2.5 higher than the district figure of 14.7. The Michigan average across schools is 16.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.2

District14.7

Michigan16.9

United States15.3

School details

Address: 100 Van Buren St W, Battle Creek, MI 49017
Phone: (269)213-3500
District: Battle Creek Public Schools
County: Calhoun County
Level: High
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: City: Small
NCES school ID: 260000503830

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 576
Reduced-price lunch: 29
Free or reduced-price lunch: 60561.9% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Battle Creek Public Schools

WK Kellogg Preparatory High School 173 students
Battle Creek MathSci Center 1 students

High schools elsewhere in Battle Creek

Lakeview High School Lakeview Sch. District (Calhoun)
Harper Creek High School Harper Creek Community Schools
Pennfield Senior High School Pennfield Schools
West Michigan Virtual Battle Creek High School Berrien Springs Public Schools
Michigan Youth Challenge Academy Marshall Public Schools
Lakeview Alternative High School Lakeview Sch. District (Calhoun)
Calhoun Area Career Center Calhoun Intermediate School District

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.