Summary:
The Bessemer Area School District in Michigan has only one high school, AD Johnston Jr-Sr High School, which serves students in grades 7-12. The school's performance is mixed, with some academic strengths but also areas for improvement, particularly in student attendance and mathematics proficiency.
AD Johnston Jr-Sr High School has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger, ranking 282nd out of 739 Michigan high schools. The school's 4-year graduation rate of 82.8% is slightly below the state average, while its dropout rate of 7.6% is higher than the state average. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 29.5% is significantly higher than the state average, suggesting a need to address student engagement and support. Academically, the school performs better than the state average in 7th grade English Language Arts, 11th grade Science, and 11th grade Social Studies, but lags behind in 7th grade Math and 11th grade Math and Evidence-Based Reading and Writing.
The school's student population of 174 students has a student-teacher ratio of 13.9, which is slightly lower than the state average. However, the school's free and reduced-price lunch rate of 63.22% is significantly higher than the state average, indicating that the school serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges that may impact academic achievement. The school's per-student spending for the 2023-2024 school year was $10,650.
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