Regular local school district · Calhoun County
Harper Creek Community Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Harper Creek Community Schools runs 5 public schools with 2,778 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.6 students per teacher is about the same as the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 2,778
- Teachers (FTE)
- 158
- Students per teacher
- 17.6
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 7454 B Dr N, Battle Creek, MI 49014
- Phone
- (269)441-6571
- County
- Calhoun County
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2617730
- State district ID
- MI-13070
- Total staff (FTE)
- 349
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 926 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.6
Michigan16.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,710), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $37.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.7 million
- State revenue
- $23.4 million
- Local revenue
- $11.2 million
- Total spending
- $33.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,403
- Salaries
- $14.7 million43.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $54.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.3%
- State: 62.8%
- Local: 29.9%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,403
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Harper Creek Community Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Beadle Lake Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 333 | 15.9 |
| Harper Creek High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 823 | 18.7 |
| Harper Creek Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 896 | 18.3 |
| Sonoma ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 351 | 16.7 |
| Wattles Park Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 375 | 17.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Calhoun County
- Lakeview Sch. District (Calhoun) 3,717 students
- Battle Creek Public Schools 3,605 students
- Marshall Public Schools 2,598 students
- Pennfield Schools 1,877 students
- Calhoun Intermediate School District 1,048 students
- Homer Community School District 834 students
- Endeavor Charter Academy 648 students
- Athens Area Schools 455 students
- Mar Lee School District 295 students
- Marshall Academy 242 students
- Battle Creek Area Learning Center 194 students
- Tekonsha Community Schools 193 students
- Arbor Academy 154 students
- Battle Creek Montessori Academy 141 students
More in Michigan
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.