Summary:
The Brown City Community Schools district in Michigan has only one high school, Brown City High School, which serves grades 9-12. The school has faced some challenges in recent years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 573 out of 735 Michigan high schools in 2022-2023 to 361 out of 739 in 2024-2025, indicating a declining performance trend.
Academically, Brown City High School has had mixed results. While its 11th-grade students outperformed the state average in SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, they underperformed the state average in SAT Math, as well as in M-Step Science and Social Studies for both 8th and 11th grades. Additionally, the school's 7th-grade students scored below the state averages in ELA and Math proficiency. These academic performance issues may be related to the school's high poverty rate, with 63.8% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, and a chronic absenteeism rate of 29.5%.
Despite these challenges, Brown City High School has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 19.5, and its spending per student of $14,823 is lower than the state average. The school's four-year graduation rate of 82.8% and dropout rate of 7.6% also suggest areas of strength. However, the school's overall performance and the district's ranking of 250 out of 613 districts in Michigan indicate that there is room for improvement to better support the academic and social-emotional needs of students at Brown City High School.
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