Gull Lake Virtual Partnership
BATTLE CREEK · MI · Gull Lake Community Schools · Public · K-12 combined
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Battle Creek Academy → Michigan Youth Challenge Academy → Calhoun Area Career Center → Pennfield Senior High School → Battle Creek Area Learning Center → Battle Creek MathSci Center → WK Kellogg Preparatory High School → Battle Creek Central High School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 6 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 3 physics · 3 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 66th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 29% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 84% (Bottom 33% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Gull Lake Virtual Partnership compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 66th percentile nationally with 6 AP courses.
- ▸ 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 Academy, Michigan Youth Challenge Academy, Calhoun Area Career Center and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
66th percentile nationally
✅ Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 29% 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 33% 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
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +9.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 392 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $16,241 per student in district revenue, the 210 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $3,410,610/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 Academy Battle Creek |
Private | 4.6 | 87 | -11.2% |
| Michigan Youth Challenge Academy BATTLE CREEK |
Public | 4.7 | 119 | +11.2% |
| Calhoun Area Career Center BATTLE CREEK |
Public | 5.0 | — | — |
| Pennfield Senior High School BATTLE CREEK |
Public | 5.2 | 592 | -12.9% |
| Battle Creek Area Learning Center SPRINGFIELD |
Public · charter | 5.2 | 194 | +22.8% |
| Battle Creek MathSci Center BATTLE CREEK |
Public | 5.6 | 1 | — |
| WK Kellogg Preparatory High School BATTLE CREEK |
Public | 5.7 | 173 | +6.8% |
| Battle Creek Central High School BATTLE CREEK |
Public | 5.7 | 978 | -13.1% |