Ann J Kellogg School, Battle Creek MI

Original Research by School Decision on Ann J Kellogg School

Ann J Kellogg School is a regular public school in Battle Creek, serving third through sixth graders within the Battle Creek Public Schools district. The school sits on Champion Street in a part of the city where housing costs run well below state and national levels, making it one of the more affordable corners of Calhoun County for a family looking to settle. Rents and home values here are modest by any benchmark, and the price-to-income ratio sits below what most American households face. For a parent weighing cost of living, the immediate neighborhood around the school is among the more accessible in the region.

The student body is small for its grade band, and the majority of students are Black, with a substantial white population and a meaningful group identifying as two or more races. A smaller Hispanic population and a handful of American Indian or Alaska Native students round out the enrollment. Nearly every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which signals a community facing concentrated economic need. The school does not report special-education or English-learner counts, so those populations are not visible in the available data.

On state assessments, Ann J Kellogg's results are low across every grade and subject tested. In math, proficiency falls from third grade through fifth grade, and by sixth grade the proficiency rate sits in the lowest reported range. English language arts shows a similar pattern, with a modest bump in fifth grade before dropping sharply in sixth. Science and social studies, both tested only in fifth grade, also show very few students reaching proficiency. Compared with the Calhoun County district cohort, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile. These are reported results from the most recent M-STEP cycle, and a parent may want to look into how the school and district are responding to these figures and what supports are being put in place.

No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say from the provided information whether these results represent a decline, a plateau, or a baseline the school is working from. Participation rates were also missing, so the completeness of testing cannot be confirmed from this data. Because the school does not serve high school grades, no graduation rate applies. Chronic absenteeism data was not reported, and no discipline or course-access information was provided, so those parts of the school's environment remain uncharacterized here.

The Battle Creek Public Schools district brief returned directory and demographic information but no recent parent-relevant changes with lasting impact. The locale brief queried for civic anchors, library access, and transit in Battle Creek but returned no usable findings, so the surrounding community context beyond housing economics could not be assembled from available sources. What the data does tell a parent is that this is a small, high-poverty elementary-to-middle school with very low measured academic proficiency, situated in an affordable neighborhood, within a district whose recent improvement initiatives are not visible in the provided material. A family considering this school would want to ask directly about academic intervention programs, classroom supports, and what the building's improvement plan looks like in practice.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 311%

School 11% · District 12% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 31 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

Grade 410%

School 10% · District 15% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 29 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 56%

School 6% · District 9% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 314%

School 14% · District 15% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 415%

School 15% · District 19% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 21% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 64%

School 4% · District 12% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 30 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Science

Grade 512%

School 12% · District 15% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 55%

School 5% · District 7% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

This schoolBattle Creek Public Schools, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income10%Higher-income31%21 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income13%Higher-income27%14 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income8%Higher-income23%15 pp gap