High Schools in Central Montcalm Public Schools

Central Montcalm Public Schools operates a single high school, Central Montcalm Middle High School, which serves students in grades 6-12. The school's performance has been declining in recent years, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger and a ranking of 480 out of 739 Michigan high schools for the 2024-2025 school year.

Central Montcalm Middle High School faces several challenges, including lower-than-average graduation rates, higher dropout rates, and significantly higher chronic absenteeism compared to the state average. Academically, the school's proficiency rates on state assessments are consistently lower than the state averages, particularly in mathematics, with only 17.3% of 11th-grade students proficient in SAT Mathematics, compared to the state average of 27.5%. The school serves a relatively low-income student population, with 67.89% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, and has a higher per-student spending and student-teacher ratio than the state average.

Overall, the data suggests that Central Montcalm Public Schools and its sole high school, Central Montcalm Middle High School, face significant challenges in terms of academic performance, student engagement, and socioeconomic factors that may be impacting student outcomes. The school may need to implement targeted interventions and strategies to address these issues and improve the educational experiences and outcomes for its students.