Summary:
Beaverton Schools is home to a single combined junior/senior high school, Beaverton Junior/Senior High School, which serves grades 6 through 12 and enrolls 463 students in a rural Michigan setting.
For parents, the most striking takeaway is the school’s dramatic improvement. After ranking in the 25th percentile statewide in 2024-2025, the school jumped to the 61st percentile in 2025-2026—a 241-position leap that suggests positive momentum. However, performance is uneven by grade level. The school shines in middle school: 7th graders exceed state averages in math by 14.1 points and 8th graders beat the state in science by 16.8 points. Ninth graders also outperform the state in PSAT math by 12.8 points. Yet this success fades by 11th grade, where SAT scores lag the state by 9 points in reading and 6.9 points in math. The graduation rate of 84.3% is essentially on par with the state average, but the dropout rate of 9.6% is notably higher than the 7.1% state figure.
Two concerns stand out. Chronic absenteeism affects 34.1% of students—well above the state’s 27.9%—which likely contributes to the high school struggles and inconsistent year-to-year test scores. For example, 6th grade ELA proficiency plummeted from 44.6% to 18.8% in one year, while 7th grade math soared from 23.7% to 47.4%, indicating small cohorts where individual results swing percentages. The school also serves a majority low-income population (54.9% free/reduced lunch) with a 20.2:1 student-teacher ratio and per-student spending of $14,566. Despite these challenges, the middle school’s strong results prove the school can achieve academic success, making the key question whether it can replicate that effectiveness in the upper grades.
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