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Cross Creek Charter Academy, Byron Center, MI

Charter schoolCEP schoolCross Creek Charter Academy is a public elementary school in Byron Center, part of Cross Creek Charter Academy. It enrolled 809 students in 2024-25, with 21.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
809
Teachers (FTE)
38.0
Students per teacher
21.3
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 21.3. The Michigan average across schools is 16.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school21.3
District21.3
Michigan16.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
7701 Kalamazoo Ave SE, Byron Center, MI 49315
Phone
(616)656-4000
District
Cross Creek Charter Academy
County
Kent County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
260015000911
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
231
Reduced-price lunch
103
Free or reduced-price lunch
33441.3% 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

Elementary schools elsewhere in Byron Center

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.