Regular local school district · Calhoun County
Pennfield Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Pennfield Schools runs 5 public schools with 1,877 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 18.8 students per teacher is 1.9 higher than the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,877
- Teachers (FTE)
- 100
- Students per teacher
- 18.8
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 8587 Pennfield Rd, Battle Creek, MI 49017
- Phone
- (269)961-9781
- County
- Calhoun County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2627810
- State district ID
- MI-13120
- Total staff (FTE)
- 235
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 469 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.8
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 (2,013), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $27.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.3 million
- State revenue
- $19.7 million
- Local revenue
- $5.0 million
- Total spending
- $23.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,840
- Salaries
- $11.2 million47.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $26.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.6%
- State: 72.8%
- Local: 18.6%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,840
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Pennfield Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| North Pennfield ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 2 | 188 | 15.7 |
| Pennfield Dunlap ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 4 | 273 | 16.1 |
| Pennfield Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 7 | 471 | 19.6 |
| Pennfield Purdy SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 2 | 197 | 15.2 |
| Pennfield Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 8 to 12 | 748 | 22.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Calhoun County
- Lakeview Sch. District (Calhoun) 3,717 students
- Battle Creek Public Schools 3,605 students
- Harper Creek Community Schools 2,778 students
- Marshall Public Schools 2,598 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.