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Battle Creek Public Schools reports mixed gains, persistent gaps in annual progress review
Summary
Superintendent Doctor Carter told the board that elementary schools showed gains while secondary schools pulled down districtwide scores; attendance, discipline disparities and English‑learner declines were flagged as priorities for 2025–26.
Doctor Carter presented the district's end-of-year progress report, saying the data show both progress and work still to do. "We set 3 priorities at the beginning of the year: improve academic outcomes, decrease chronic absenteeism, and create safe and positive school cultures," Carter said during the meeting.
The report drew on NWEA MAP and state accountability (M-STEP) results and found that elementary schools posted several double-digit gains in reading and math at specific schools, but overall district percentile ranks declined slightly in spring 2025 compared with spring 2024. Carter said reading and math scores remain below their spring 2019 peak and that the district's secondary schools were driving the modest districtwide decline.
The presentation highlighted widening racial disparities and uneven outcomes for subgroups. English…
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