Countryside Academy

The Countryside Academy district in Michigan operates two schools - Countryside Academy Elementary and Countryside Academy MiddleHigh School. Both schools serve predominantly low-income student populations and have struggled with consistently low academic performance, high absenteeism, and concerning graduation and dropout rates.

Countryside Academy Elementary is the district's sole elementary school, with 380 students enrolled. The school has ranked in the bottom 20% of Michigan elementary schools for the past 3 years and has very low proficiency rates on state assessments, significantly trailing state averages. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 29.5% and an extremely high free/reduced lunch rate of 90.26%, indicating a high-poverty student population.

Countryside Academy MiddleHigh School is the district's only secondary school, serving grades 2-12. The school has a 82.8% 4-year graduation rate, which is below the state average, and a high dropout rate of 7.6%. Similar to the elementary school, proficiency rates on state assessments are very low, and the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 29.5% and a free/reduced lunch rate of 86.83%, also indicating a high-poverty student population. Overall, the data suggests that the Countryside Academy district is facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students.