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Pennfield Purdy School

Serves grades KG - 2

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
6510 Purdy Dr
Battle Creek, MI 49017
Phone
(269) 961-9795
District
Pennfield Schools
County
CALHOUN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
219
Classroom Teachers
13

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Michigan

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(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all MI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

No Data

(10 is best)

Pennfield Purdy School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

50 40 30 20 10 0
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39%
No Data
43%
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34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
17
20
17
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 84 38.4%
Grade 1 70 32.0%
Grade 2 65 29.7%
Total 219 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 84.3% 87.2% 67.0%
Black 4.2% 5.0% 19.1%
Hispanic 8.4% 6.6% 9.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.6% 0.7% 3.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.6% 0.4% 0.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 66.2% 59.5% 51.6%
Free lunch eligible 56.2% 52.1% 47.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 10.0% 7.5% 3.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 9,300 10,034,113
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 227.0 178
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 2.3% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.8% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.3% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.2% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 20.5% 17.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,924 4,009,253
Single Parent Households With Children 6.3% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.8% 91.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 18.3% 31.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.5% 16.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.2% 16.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.3% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.2% 17.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 21.6% 16.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.3% 11.6%
$15,000 or less 4.9% 9.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,154 $14,208,000 59.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $539 $1,071,000 4.5%
Staff $467 $928,000 3.9%
General Administration $210 $417,000 1.7%
School Administration $780 $1,549,000 6.5%
Operation $916 $1,819,000 7.6%
Transportation $389 $772,000 3.2%
Other $451 $896,000 3.8%
Total Support $3,752 $7,452,000 31.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,095 $2,174,000 9.1%
Total Expenditures $12,001 $23,834,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,536 $10,809,800,000 44.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,150 $1,649,683,000 6.8%
Staff $740 $1,061,145,000 4.4%
General Administration $283 $406,356,000 1.7%
School Administration $737 $1,057,416,000 4.4%
Operation $1,207 $1,731,060,000 7.1%
Transportation $452 $647,918,000 2.7%
Other $795 $1,139,917,000 4.7%
Total Support $5,364 $7,693,495,000 31.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,016 $5,760,700,000 23.7%
Total Expenditures $16,916 $24,263,995,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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