West Michigan Virtual Battle Creek HS
BATTLE CREEK · MI · Berrien Springs Public Schools · Public
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Battle Creek MathSci Center → Battle Creek Central High School → WK Kellogg Preparatory High School → St Philip Catholic Central High School → Battle Creek Academy → Calhoun Area Career Center → Calhoun Christian School → Battle Creek Area Learning Center →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 25% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 37% (Bottom 8% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How West Michigan Virtual Battle Creek HS compares for families
What families should know about West Michigan Virtual Battle Creek HS.
- ▸ LocallyMI sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Battle Creek MathSci Center, Battle Creek Central High School, WK Kellogg Preparatory High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 25% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 8% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +16.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 370 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $16,838 per student in district revenue, the 413 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $6,954,094/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Creek MathSci Center BATTLE CREEK |
Public | 0.3 | 1 | — |
| Battle Creek Central High School BATTLE CREEK |
Public | 0.4 | 978 | -13.1% |
| WK Kellogg Preparatory High School BATTLE CREEK |
Public | 0.4 | 173 | +6.8% |
| St Philip Catholic Central High School Battle Creek |
Private | 0.4 | 102 | -10.5% |
| Battle Creek Academy Battle Creek |
Private | 1.5 | 87 | -11.2% |
| Calhoun Area Career Center BATTLE CREEK |
Public | 1.7 | — | — |
| Calhoun Christian School Battle Creek |
Private | 1.9 | 275 | +27.3% |
| Battle Creek Area Learning Center SPRINGFIELD |
Public · charter | 2.1 | 194 | +22.8% |