High Schools in Carson City-Crystal Area Schools

The Carson City-Crystal Area Schools district in Michigan operates two high schools: Carson CityCrystal High School and Carson CityCrystal Virtual Academy. While both schools share similar graduation and dropout rates, they exhibit notable differences in their academic performance, student demographics, and resource allocation.

Carson CityCrystal High School, the larger of the two with 213 students, struggles academically, ranking between 443-564 out of 735-743 Michigan high schools. Its proficiency rates on standardized tests fall below the state average, and the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 29.5% and a dropout rate of 7.6%. However, the school maintains a relatively high four-year graduation rate of 82.8%. In contrast, Carson CityCrystal Virtual Academy, with only 45 students, does not have a statewide ranking, but it shares similar graduation and dropout rates with the traditional high school.

The data also reveals significant differences in student demographics and resource allocation between the two schools. Carson CityCrystal High School has a higher percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with 49.77% receiving free or reduced-price lunch, compared to 73.33% at Carson CityCrystal Virtual Academy. Additionally, the traditional high school spends $13,623 per student, while the virtual school spends only $6,080 per student, with a much higher student-teacher ratio of 45:1 compared to 17.8:1 at the traditional high school.