Middle Schools in Covert Public Schools

Covert Public Schools operates a single middle school, Covert Middle School, which serves grades 6-8 in the rural community of Covert, Michigan. Based on the available data, Covert Middle School appears to be a struggling school, ranking in the bottom 15% of Michigan middle schools and earning a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Covert Middle School faces significant challenges, including consistently low academic performance across all subject areas and grade levels. The school's proficiency rates on standardized tests are well below the state averages, with only 14.81% of 6th graders and 12% of 7th graders proficient in English Language Arts, and just 11.11% of 7th graders proficient in Math. The school's performance on PSAT ELA assessments is also quite low, with only 30.4% of 8th graders meeting proficiency standards compared to the state average of 65.3%.

Additionally, Covert Middle School grapples with high rates of poverty and chronic absenteeism, with 93.15% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch and a 29.5% chronic absenteeism rate. Despite the school's struggles, it spends a relatively high amount per student, at $19,739 per year. The school's student-teacher ratio of 11.8 is also lower than the state average, suggesting that the efficient use of resources and the effectiveness of educational programs may be areas that need further examination.