Annual salary
$50,000
Michigan · salary schedule · 2025-26
Battle Creek Public Schools salary schedule, 2025-26
Teacher salary schedule (2025-26). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a lane and step to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Battle Creek Public Schools's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $50,000 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $82,010 (MA, step 21), per Battle Creek Public Schools (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $50,000 and reaches $76,065 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $52,122 to $82,010.
- The schedule is built on 188 work days, which makes the starting cell about $265.96 per day.
- The grid has 2 lane columns and 21 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 21.
- Battle Creek Public Schools enrolled 3,693 students in 2023-24, the 84th-largest district in Michigan by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary schedule (2025-26)
| Step \ Lane | BA | MA |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | $52,122 |
| 2 | $51,372 | $53,616 |
| 3 | $52,744 | $55,111 |
| 4 | $54,116 | $56,605 |
| 5 | $55,487 | $58,100 |
| 6 | $56,859 | $59,594 |
| 7 | $58,231 | $60,088 |
| 8 | $59,603 | $62,583 |
| 9 | $60,975 | $64,077 |
| 10 | $62,347 | $65,572 |
| 11 | $63,718 | $67,066 |
| 12 | $65,090 | $68,560 |
| 13 | $66,462 | $70,055 |
| 14 | $67,834 | $71,549 |
| 15 | $69,206 | $73,044 |
| 16 | $70,578 | $74,538 |
| 17 | $71,949 | $76,032 |
| 18 | $73,321 | $77,527 |
| 19 | $74,693 | $79,021 |
| 20 | $76,065 | $80,516 |
| 21 | $82,010 |
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Per month (12)
$4,166.67
Per work day
$265.96 / 188 days
Next 5 steps in this lane
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $51,372 | +$1,372 |
| 3 | $52,744 | +$2,744 |
| 4 | $54,116 | +$4,116 |
| 5 | $55,487 | +$5,487 |
| 6 | $56,859 | +$6,859 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $50,000 a year, $4,166.67 a month spread over 12 months, $265.96 per work day on a 188-day year. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
K-12 Salary Schedule printed on the last page of the 2025-2028 Battle Creek Education Association, MEA/NEA agreement; the page header states 188 work days.
Appendix A of the same agreement states teachers receive steps and lanes for the 2025-2026 school year and that a wage re-opener occurs for each of 2026-2027 and 2027-2028, so this grid is the 2025-26 schedule.
The document prints a separate ECE Salary Schedule (175 work days, ECEB and ECEM columns) beside this one; those early childhood rates are not included here.
Steps are printed as lane-step codes (BA-1 ... BA-20, MA-1 ... MA-21). The BA lane stops at step 20.
A PhD or EdD adds a $3,500 annual stipend and National Board Certification adds $1,000; neither is part of the grid.
- Soft spot: The contract PDF has no text layer; the grid was read from the page image at 400 and 900 dpi.
- Soft spot: MA-7 is printed as $60,088. Every other MA step rises by about $1,494, which would put MA-7 at about $61,088, so the printed figure looks like a typo in the source document. It is recorded exactly as printed.
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $50,000 at step 1 to $76,065 at step 20: 19 step increases worth $1,372 each on average, 52% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $1,372, between step 1 and step 2.
A master's degree is worth $2,122 more than a bachelor's at the first step (4.2%) and $5,945 more at the top of the column (7.8%).
Among the 97 Michigan district schedules indexed here, Battle Creek Public Schools's starting pay ranks 32nd and its top cell ranks 97th; the state medians are $47,542 to start and $101,334 at the top.
Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 47th percentile and the top cell at the 39th percentile.
Column by column
| Lane | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $50,000 | $76,065 | 19 | 52% |
| MA | $52,122 | $82,010 | 20 | 57% |
Against Michigan districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Creek Public Schools | 3,693 | 2025-26 | $50,000 | $52,122 | $82,010 |
| Crestwood School District | 3,692 | 2025-26 | $48,809 | $56,145 | $99,431 |
| Allen Park Board of Education | 3,708 | 2026-27 | $46,505 | $54,910 | $109,231 |
| East Lansing Board of Education | 3,713 | 2026-27 | $45,228.17 | $47,850.85 | $95,275.30 |
| Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools | 3,722 | 2026-27 | $44,784 | – | $90,457 |
| School District of the City of Pontiac | 3,659 | 2024-25 | $47,448.88 | $50,612.14 | $101,353.54 |
Starting pay is the first step of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-step cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.
Questions people ask
What is the starting teacher salary in Battle Creek Public Schools?
$50,000 on the lane BA at step 1 of the 2025-26 schedule (Battle Creek Public Schools). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $50,000 (BA).
What is the top of the Battle Creek Public Schools salary schedule?
$82,010, at step 21 on MA (2025-26). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Battle Creek Public Schools salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $76,065, is reached at step 20, 19 step increases after step 1 (2025-26 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Battle Creek Public Schools?
$2,122 more at the first step: $52,122 on MA against $50,000 on BA (2025-26 schedule).
Other Michigan districts with schedules
- Crestwood School Districtstarts $48,809
- Allen Park Board of Educationstarts $46,505
- East Lansing Board of Educationstarts $45,228.17
- Carman-Ainsworth Community Schoolsstarts $44,784
- School District of the City of Pontiacstarts $47,448.88
- Ypsilanti Community Schoolsstarts $39,900
- Alpena Board of Educationstarts $45,222
- Gibraltar School Districtstarts $51,053
- Lakeview School District, Calhoun Countystarts $48,257
- Greenville Public Schoolsstarts $46,483
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