Best Public Schools in Van Buren County, Michigan

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2019)				Ranking (2018)				PSAT English Language Arts (2019)	PSAT Mathematics (2019)	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (2019)	SAT Mathematics (2019)	M-Step English Language Arts (2019)					M-Step Math (2019)					M-Step Social Studies (2019)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2019)	Statewide Rank (2019)	State Percentile (2019)	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Statewide Rank (2018)	State Percentile (2018)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th Grade	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 3rd Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 4th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 5th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 6th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 7th Grade	M-Step Math 3rd Grade	M-Step Math 4th Grade	M-Step Math 5th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Math 7th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 8th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Mattawan High School	Public	7-12	56720 Murray St	Mattawan	49071	Van Buren County	Mattawan Consolidated School	No	No	No	No	(269) 668-3361	1,180	56	20.9	14.0%	1,012 (85.8%)	23 (1.9%)	55 (4.7%)	30 (2.5%)	9 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	50 (4.2%)	88.1	71^st of 666 public high schools	89.3%		85.8	90^th of 824 public high schools	89.1%	19			75.9	55.5													61.0	$9,349	$328	$9,021
Mattawan Middle School	Public	6-8	56720 Murray St	Mattawan	49071	Van Buren County	Mattawan Consolidated School	No	No	No	No	(269) 668-3361	910	48	19.1	18.1%	789 (86.7%)	15 (1.6%)	44 (4.8%)	13 (1.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (5.2%)	82.7	108^th of 792 public middle schools	86.4%		85.8	97^th of 838 public middle schools	88.4%	11	80.8	55.5						55.6	59.5				62.0	55.8		32.9		$9,019	$334	$8,685
Paw Paw Later Elementary	Public	3-5	612 West North St	Paw Paw	49079	Van Buren County	Paw Paw Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 415-5400	427	23	18.3	46.6%	373 (87.4%)	3 (0.7%)	37 (8.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.6%)	49.7	670^th of 1408 public elementary schools	52.4%		51.5	766^th of 1448 public elementary schools	47.1%	96					55.4	44.3	47.8			51.2	45.0	34.4			17.2			$9,360	$926	$8,434
Cedar Street Community and Family Center	Public, Alternative	8-12	555 Cedar St	Paw Paw	49079	Van Buren County	Paw Paw Public School District	No	No	No	No	(269) 415-5700	90	7	12.8	63.3%	81 (90.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.3%)								(n/a)																		$10,544	$800	$9,744
Paw Paw Early Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	512 West North St	Paw Paw	49079	Van Buren County	Paw Paw Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 415-5300	428	23	18.8	52.6%	370 (86.4%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (8.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.2%)								(n/a)																		$9,827	$964	$8,862
Paw Paw Middle School	Public	6-8	313 West Michigan Ave	Paw Paw	49079	Van Buren County	Paw Paw Public School District	No	No	No	No	(269) 415-5500	536	28	18.9	41.6%	469 (87.5%)	8 (1.5%)	35 (6.5%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.7%)	62.5	246^th of 792 public middle schools	68.9%		56.5	379^th of 838 public middle schools	54.8%	133	72.8	37.2						51.2	41.0				37.5	42.4		35.3		$9,210	$539	$8,671
Hartford High School	Public	9-12	121 School St	Hartford	49057	Van Buren County	Hartford Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 621-7100	352	24	14.8	77.6%	162 (46.0%)	5 (1.4%)	167 (47.4%)	2 (0.6%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.1%)	19.9	541^st of 666 public high schools	18.8%		26.1	578^th of 824 public high schools	29.9%	37			38.5	12.8													33.3	$10,889	$724	$10,165
Hartford Middle School	Public	6-8	141 School St	Hartford	49057	Van Buren County	Hartford Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 621-7200	330	17	19.5	84.8%	132 (40.0%)	9 (2.7%)	178 (53.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.4%)	14.8	688^th of 792 public middle schools	13.1%		17.6	723^rd of 838 public middle schools	13.7%	35	48.0	18.6						27.0	27.6				7.0	5.1		7.7		$9,652	$711	$8,940
Hartford Alternative Education	Public	6-12	115 School Street	Hartford	49057	Van Buren County	Hartford Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 621-7005	50	3	17.8	82.0%	31 (62.0%)	3 (6.0%)	15 (30.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)								(n/a)																		$6,446	$700	$5,746
Redwood Elementary	Public	K-5	395 Woodside Drive	Hartford	49057	Van Buren County	Hartford Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 621-7300	633	36	17.4	88.5%	254 (40.1%)	6 (0.9%)	340 (53.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.6%)	12.8	1238^th of 1408 public elementary schools	12.1%					(n/a)					17.7	31.0	23.5			21.4	29.0	12.4						$9,953	$1,542	$8,411
Lawton Accelerated Academic Center	Public	6-12	110 N Nursery St	Lawton	49065	Van Buren County	Lawton Community School District	No	No	No	No	(269) 624-7542	27	1	23.4	74.1%	24 (88.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																		$9,104	$569	$8,534
Lawton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Primary Way	Lawton	49065	Van Buren County	Lawton Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 624-7501	420	27	15.4	58.1%	339 (80.7%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (15.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.6%)	42.8	789^th of 1408 public elementary schools	44.0%		48.1	821^st of 1448 public elementary schools	43.3%	32					51.9	50.8	45.5			55.6	32.3	24.7			14.3			$9,861	$1,035	$8,826
Communitybased Transition Center	Public, Alternative	K-12	811 Hazen St	Paw Paw	49079	Van Buren County	Van Buren Independent School District	No	No	No	No	(269) 415-0270	73	11	6.6	38.4%	54 (74.0%)	6 (8.2%)	11 (15.1%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)								(n/a)																		$141,325	$18,054	$123,271
Lincoln School	Public	PK, KG-3	500 Elkenburg St	South Haven	49090	Van Buren County	South Haven Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 637-0540	243	17	14.1	67.1%	132 (54.3%)	31 (12.8%)	43 (17.7%)	2 (0.8%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	31 (12.8%)								(n/a)					36.7					45.0								$12,197	$1,424	$10,774
South Haven High School	Public	9-12	600 Elkenburg St	South Haven	49090	Van Buren County	South Haven Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 637-0500	599	27	21.9	58.4%	379 (63.3%)	64 (10.7%)	113 (18.9%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.0%)	53.9	293^rd of 666 public high schools	56.0%		58.8	325^th of 824 public high schools	60.6%	32			57.8	28.9													49.6	$10,165	$682	$9,483
Baseline Middle School	Public	6-8	7357 Baseline Rd	South Haven	49090	Van Buren County	South Haven Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 637-0530	460	23	19.8	60.9%	270 (58.7%)	48 (10.4%)	100 (21.7%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (8.3%)	29.7	563^rd of 792 public middle schools	28.9%		39	544^th of 838 public middle schools	35.1%	19	56.2	29.5						29.5	25.7				26.5	20.1		23.8		$10,167	$678	$9,489
North Shore Elementary	Public	4-5	7320 North Shore Dr	South Haven	49090	Van Buren County	South Haven Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 637-0500	314	19	16.5	60.5%	190 (60.5%)	30 (9.6%)	59 (18.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (10.5%)	35.8	899^th of 1408 public elementary schools	36.2%		47.2	833^rd of 1448 public elementary schools	42.5%	66						38.6	47.6				37.5	34.5			8.8			$9,876	$1,027	$8,849
Mattawan Later Elementary School	Public	3-5	56720 Murray St	Mattawan	49071	Van Buren County	Mattawan Consolidated School	No	No	No	No	(269) 668-3361	805	44	18.5	21.0%	693 (86.1%)	20 (2.5%)	43 (5.3%)	8 (1.0%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (4.7%)	79.1	242^nd of 1408 public elementary schools	82.8%		82.3	236^th of 1448 public elementary schools	83.7%	6					62.7	67.5	61.7			69.0	67.2	50.4			23.7			$9,326	$358	$8,968
Paw Paw High School	Public	9-12	30609 East Red Arrow Hwy	Paw Paw	49079	Van Buren County	Paw Paw Public School District	No	No	No	No	(269) 415-5600	674	33	20.4	38.1%	577 (85.6%)	14 (2.1%)	52 (7.7%)	7 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	22 (3.3%)	63.5	225^th of 666 public high schools	66.2%		67.4	251^st of 824 public high schools	69.5%	26			60.4	29.2													62.2	$9,693	$583	$9,110
Lawton High School	Public	8-12	101 Blue Pride Dr	Lawton	49065	Van Buren County	Lawton Community School District	No	No	No	No	(269) 624-7800	290	16	18.5	50.0%	230 (79.3%)	2 (0.7%)	40 (13.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.2%)	51.5	315^th of 666 public high schools	52.7%		53.5	376^th of 824 public high schools	54.4%	61			56.3	28.1													48.4	$10,636	$570	$10,067
Lawton Middle School	Public	6-8	100 Blue Pride Dr	Lawton	49065	Van Buren County	Lawton Community School District	No	No	No	No	(269) 624-7600	241	14	17.4	56.4%	191 (79.3%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (16.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.6%)	49.7	364^th of 792 public middle schools	54.0%		67.6	261^st of 838 public middle schools	68.9%	103	62.5	42.5						27.3	40.8				24.2	48.7		27.5		$8,309	$569	$7,740
Mattawan Early Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	56720 Murray St	Mattawan	49071	Van Buren County	Mattawan Consolidated School	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 668-3361	861	48	17.9	20.6%	755 (87.7%)	7 (0.8%)	42 (4.9%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (5.8%)								(n/a)																		$8,961	$563	$8,399
WAY South Haven	Public, Virtual	9-12	125 Veterans Dr	South Haven	49090	Van Buren County	South Haven Public Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(269) 637-0500	51	2	21.7	84.3%	30 (58.8%)	6 (11.8%)	8 (15.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (13.7%)								(n/a)																		$8,022	$650	$7,372
Maple Grove Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	72399 12th Ave	South Haven	49090	Van Buren County	South Haven Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 637-0500	320	20	15.8	60.0%	199 (62.2%)	16 (5.0%)	67 (20.9%)	3 (0.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (10.3%)								(n/a)					50.5					51.6								$10,882	$1,613	$9,268
Behavioral Education Center	Public, Alternative	K-12	30 South Walnut St	Bangor	49013	Van Buren County	Van Buren Independent School District	No	No	No	No	(269) 427-7961	50	8	6.0	52.0%	44 (88.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (6.0%)								(n/a)																		$141,612	$18,054	$123,558
Van Buren Technical	Public	9-12	250 South St	Lawrence	49064	Van Buren County	Van Buren Independent School District	No	No	No	No	(269) 674-8091	0	49	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Bert Goens Learning Center	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	701 South Paw Paw St	Lawrence	49064	Van Buren County	Van Buren Independent School District	No	No	No	No	(269) 674-8091	100	38	2.6	37.0%	67 (67.0%)	6 (6.0%)	24 (24.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.0%)								(n/a)																		$140,636	$18,054	$122,582
Lawrence Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	714 West Saint Joseph St	Lawrence	49064	Van Buren County	Lawrence Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 674-8231	277	17	16.3	73.3%	163 (58.8%)	1 (0.4%)	108 (39.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	30.7	973^rd of 1408 public elementary schools	30.9%		52.5	747^th of 1448 public elementary schools	48.4%	226					33.3	45.5	34.3	35.0		30.6	48.5	14.3	22.5					$11,248	$1,622	$9,626
Lawrence JrSr High School	Public	7-12	650 West Saint Joseph St	Lawrence	49064	Van Buren County	Lawrence Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 674-8232	293	15	19.4	56.3%	178 (60.8%)	5 (1.7%)	102 (34.8%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	56.2	278^th of 666 public high schools	58.3%		50.2	405^th of 824 public high schools	50.8%	127	52.2	28.3	57.1	25.7					30.4					26.8		15.2	57.1	$9,013	$692	$8,321
Michigan Online School	Public, Virtual, Charter	6-12	209 S State St	Gobles	49055	Van Buren County	Michigan Online School	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(269) 216-6972	431	28	15.3	69.1%	323 (74.9%)	70 (16.2%)	25 (5.8%)	9 (2.1%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19.3	545^th of 666 public high schools	18.2%					(n/a)	54.8	19.4	40.8	10.2				33.3								21.2	31.0	$10,219	$94	$10,126
South Walnut Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	309 South Walnut St	Bangor	49013	Van Buren County	Bangor Public Schools (Van Buren)	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 427-6863	393	33	11.9	79.4%	189 (48.1%)	12 (3.1%)	152 (38.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (8.9%)	23.3	1079^th of 1408 public elementary schools	23.4%		18.1	1240^th of 1448 public elementary schools	14.4%	161					37.8	26.6				40.5	20.3							$11,985	$2,655	$9,330
Bangor High School	Public	8-12	801 West Arlington St	Bangor	49013	Van Buren County	Bangor Public Schools (Van Buren)	No	No	No	No	(269) 427-6844	280	16	17.2	73.6%	124 (44.3%)	13 (4.6%)	124 (44.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.4%)	22.4	527^th of 666 public high schools	20.9%		31.2	546^th of 824 public high schools	33.7%	19			33.9	14.3													38.7	$11,547	$859	$10,688
Bangor Middle School	Public	5-8	803 West Arlington St	Bangor	49013	Van Buren County	Bangor Public Schools (Van Buren)	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 427-6824	345	16	21.9	76.5%	177 (51.3%)	15 (4.3%)	131 (38.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.5%)	10.4	725^th of 792 public middle schools	8.5%		19.4	704^th of 838 public middle schools	16.0%	21	45.9	14.1					15.6	11.7	21.3			11.1	10.4	9.0	7.8	5.9		$9,894	$1,405	$8,489
Bangor Career Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	12 N Walnut St	Bangor	49013	Van Buren County	Bangor Public Schools (Van Buren)	No	No	Yes	No	(269) 427-6800	100	6	17.1	69.0%	67 (67.0%)	5 (5.0%)	18 (18.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (7.0%)								(n/a)																		$9,448	$859	$8,589
Wood School Bangor Township 8	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	29842 66th St	Bangor	49013	Van Buren County	Bangor Township S/D #8	No	Yes	No	No	(269) 427-8562	21	2	10.5	61.9%	19 (90.5%)	2 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																		$10,558	$00	$10,558
Bloomingdale Middle and High School	Public	6-12	629 East Kalamazoo St	Bloomingdale	49026	Van Buren County	Bloomingdale Public School District	No	No	No	No	(269) 521-3910	636	33	19.3	76.6%	372 (58.5%)	33 (5.2%)	218 (34.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.4%)	33.3	452^nd of 666 public high schools	32.1%		28	565^th of 824 public high schools	31.4%	113	31.4	14.3	47.6	20.7				20.0	34.1				18.9	25.9		7.2	39.2	$9,874	$676	$9,198
Bloomingdale Elementary School	Public	K-5	307 East Willow St	Bloomingdale	49026	Van Buren County	Bloomingdale Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 521-3935	323	18	17.5	80.8%	197 (61.0%)	17 (5.3%)	107 (33.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	29	995^th of 1408 public elementary schools	29.3%		39.6	942^nd of 1448 public elementary schools	34.9%	53					31.7	32.0	36.4			31.7	40.0	30.4						$10,038	$1,327	$8,711
Covert Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	35323 M 140 Hwy	Covert	49043	Van Buren County	Covert Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(269) 764-3739	164	10	15.8	98.8%	29 (17.7%)	18 (11.0%)	107 (65.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (6.1%)								(n/a)					31.8		25.9											$19,516	$2,841	$16,675
Covert High School	Public	9-12	35323 M 140 Hwy	Covert	49043	Van Buren County	Covert Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 764-3711	122	6	21.5	99.2%	12 (9.8%)	20 (16.4%)	79 (64.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (9.0%)	10.1	595^th of 666 public high schools	10.7%		6.9	751^st of 824 public high schools	8.9%	156			21.7														26.1	$14,676	$1,307	$13,369
Covert Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	35323 M 140 Hwy	Covert	49043	Van Buren County	Covert Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(269) 764-3711	80	5	15.9	100.0%	4 (5.0%)	15 (18.8%)	56 (70.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.3%)	24.5	617^th of 792 public middle schools	22.1%		29.6	631^st of 838 public middle schools	24.7%	14	32.0	28.0						27.3	37.5				21.7					$19,581	$1,966	$17,615
Decatur Junior Senior High School	Public	6-12	110 Cedar St	Decatur	49045	Van Buren County	Decatur Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 423-6851	397	18	21.9	64.2%	284 (71.5%)	8 (2.0%)	80 (20.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.8%)	38.8	410^th of 666 public high schools	38.4%		31.4	545^th of 824 public high schools	33.9%	135	46.7	33.3	40.7	22.2				38.3	34.5				13.3	12.1		13.3	50.9	$8,998	$895	$8,103
Davis Elementary School	Public	K-5	409 North Phelps St	Decatur	49045	Van Buren County	Decatur Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 423-6950	343	21	16.0	70.3%	249 (72.6%)	1 (0.3%)	70 (20.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.1%)	45.1	751^st of 1408 public elementary schools	46.7%		55.5	692^nd of 1448 public elementary schools	52.2%	59					38.2	55.2	50.9			40.0	44.1	25.5			20.0			$11,252	$1,031	$10,221
Gobles Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	409 North State St	Gobles	49055	Van Buren County	Gobles Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 628-9445	366	23	16.1	66.7%	301 (82.2%)	1 (0.3%)	38 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.1%)	56.3	573^rd of 1408 public elementary schools	59.3%		77	326^th of 1448 public elementary schools	77.5%	247					32.1	53.1	54.2			44.6	65.6	38.3			23.3			$8,791	$1,055	$7,736
Gobles High School	Public	6-12	409 North State St	Gobles	49055	Van Buren County	Gobles Public School District	No	No	No	No	(269) 628-9340	395	24	16.5	50.1%	347 (87.8%)	2 (0.5%)	25 (6.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.8%)	51.2	316^th of 666 public high schools	52.6%		66.4	260^th of 824 public high schools	68.4%	56	50.9	24.5	62.5	31.3				46.0	50.0				28.6	40.0		21.2	40.0	$11,933	$444	$11,488
Gobles Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	409 N State St	Gobles	49055	Van Buren County	Gobles Public School District	No	No	Yes	No	(269) 628-9340	11	3	4.1	72.7%	10 (90.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (9.1%)								(n/a)																		$2,384	$444	$1,939

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