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Best High Schools in Van Buren County, MI

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Schools

5,186

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedMattawan High School73^rd of 739 Michigan high schools

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Biggest riser

Paw Paw High School up 112 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Lawrence JrSr High School 14.6 students per teacher

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6 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSAT English Language Arts (2025)	PSAT Mathematics (2025)	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (2025)	SAT Mathematics (2025)	M-Step English Language Arts (2025)		M-Step Math (2025)		M-Step Science (2025)		M-Step Social Studies (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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 6th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 7th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Math 7th Grade	M-Step Science 8th Grade	M-Step Science 11th 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
Bangor High School	Public	9-12	801 W Arlington St	Bangor	49013	Van Buren County	Bangor Public Schools (Van Buren)	No	No	No	No	(269) 427-6800	264	16	16.5	59.8%	113 (42.8%)	11 (4.2%)	118 (44.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (8.0%)	49.2	367^th of 739 public high schools	50.3%		49.4	342^nd of 743 public high schools	54.0%	25			44.6	12.5						39.3		51.8	$18,877	$1,592	$17,285
Bloomingdale Middle and High School	Public	6-12	629 E Kalamazoo St	Bloomingdale	49026	Van Buren County	Bloomingdale Public School District	No	No	No	No	(269) 521-3910	516	31	16.4	64.5%	281 (54.5%)	15 (2.9%)	204 (39.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.9%)	20.6	579^th of 739 public high schools	21.7%		18.3	612^th of 743 public high schools	17.6%	33	46.4	7.1	45.5	12.7	8.5	9.6	16.9	3.8	36.7	15.8	28.3	19.3	$18,397	$916	$17,481
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	101	7	14.7	76.2%	12 (11.9%)	23 (22.8%)	61 (60.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.0%)	11.4	652^nd of 739 public high schools	11.8%		13.2	645^th of 743 public high schools	13.2%	7										13.6		18.2	$24,102	$1,520	$22,582
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	399	20	19.5	58.4%	274 (68.7%)	0 (0.0%)	92 (23.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.3%)	51.6	350^th of 739 public high schools	52.6%		38.8	436^th of 743 public high schools	41.3%	86	64.6	20.8	44.2	18.6	28.6	25.8	22.2	22.6	35.4	39.5	35.4	51.2	$17,322	$1,487	$15,835
Gobles High School	Public	6-12	409 N State St	Gobles	49055	Van Buren County	Gobles Public School District	No	No	No	No	(269) 628-9340	396	25	15.7	54.0%	327 (82.6%)	3 (0.8%)	45 (11.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.1%)	58.9	283^rd of 739 public high schools	61.7%		44.6	382^nd of 743 public high schools	48.6%	99	74.5	20.0	54.3	39.1	40.7	40.0	28.8	29.2	52.6	37.0	49.1	34.8	$19,407	$734	$18,673
Hartford High School	Public	9-12	121 School St	Hartford	49057	Van Buren County	Hartford Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 621-7100	379	20	19.3	70.7%	134 (35.4%)	6 (1.6%)	219 (57.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.7%)	23.5	554^th of 739 public high schools	25.0%		35.8	461^st of 743 public high schools	38.0%	93			32.6	9.8						22.8		33.7	$13,732	$1,066	$12,666
Hartford Alternative Education	Public	6-12	115 School St	Hartford	49057	Van Buren County	Hartford Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 621-7143	122	0		89.3%	74 (60.7%)	5 (4.1%)	32 (26.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (7.4%)								(n/a)													$6,421	$1,020	$5,401
Lawrence JrSr High School	Public	7-12	650 W Saint Joseph St	Lawrence	49064	Van Buren County	Lawrence Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 674-8232	179	12	14.6	73.2%	97 (54.2%)	1 (0.6%)	76 (42.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.2%)	18.8	589^th of 739 public high schools	20.3%		30.6	509^th of 743 public high schools	31.5%	80	37.5	12.5	36.7			12.9		9.7	12.0	22.6	16.0	13.3	$16,134	$1,122	$15,012
Lawton Accelerated Academic Center	Public	5-12	101 Blue Pride Dr	Lawton	49065	Van Buren County	Lawton Community School District	No	No	No	No	(269) 624-7542	26	0	152.9	73.1%	17 (65.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (26.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (7.7%)								(n/a)													$00	$00	$00
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	279	15	19.2	53.0%	217 (77.8%)	1 (0.4%)	43 (15.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.1%)	29.1	511^th of 739 public high schools	30.9%		34.9	470^th of 743 public high schools	36.7%	41			41.8	20.9						14.7		33.8	$00	$00	$00
Mattawan High School	Public	9-12	56720 Murray St	Mattawan	49071	Van Buren County	Mattawan Consolidated School	No	No	No	No	(269) 668-3361	1,126	58	19.4	22.4%	955 (84.8%)	27 (2.4%)	80 (7.1%)	19 (1.7%)	6 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (3.5%)	85.6	73^rd of 739 public high schools	90.1%		85	81^st of 743 public high schools	89.1%	8			73.5	39.4						52.5		58.7	$12,868	$528	$12,340
Cedar Street Community and Family Center	Public	6-12	555 Cedar St	Paw Paw	49079	Van Buren County	Paw Paw Public School District	No	No	No	No	(269) 415-5700	76	7	11.4	60.5%	60 (78.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.3%)	2 (2.6%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (11.8%)								(n/a)													$17,675	$928	$16,747
Paw Paw High School	Public	9-12	30609 E Red Arrow Hwy	Paw Paw	49079	Van Buren County	Paw Paw Public School District	No	No	No	No	(269) 415-5600	638	35	18.2	24.8%	524 (82.1%)	5 (0.8%)	78 (12.2%)	6 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.6%)	67.4	200^th of 739 public high schools	72.9%		53.4	312^th of 743 public high schools	58.0%	112			61.7	31.5						35.6		54.7	$15,148	$928	$14,220
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	588	34	17.4	51.2%	368 (62.6%)	43 (7.3%)	115 (19.6%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (9.4%)	23.8	549^th of 739 public high schools	25.7%		26.1	544^th of 743 public high schools	26.8%	5			47.3	9.9						20.5		22.8	$14,611	$1,041	$13,571
WAY South Haven	Public	8-12	125 Veterans Dr	South Haven	49090	Van Buren County	South Haven Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 637-0500	44	10	4.2	54.5%	28 (63.6%)	4 (9.1%)	5 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (15.9%)								(n/a)													$10,329	$903	$9,426
Van Buren Technical	Public	11-12	250 South St	Lawrence	49064	Van Buren County	Van Buren Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	No	No	(269) 674-8091	0	34	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Communitybased Transition Center	Public	10-12	811 Hazen St	Paw Paw	49079	Van Buren County	Van Buren Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	No	No	(269) 415-0270	53	10	5.3	37.7%	35 (66.0%)	7 (13.2%)	9 (17.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.8%)								(n/a)

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