Summary:
Covert Public Schools is home to a single high school, Covert High School, which serves grades 9 through 12 in the small, rural community of Covert, Michigan, with just 101 students enrolled.
For parents considering this school, the most important takeaway is that Covert High School faces significant academic challenges despite having strong financial resources. The school spends a substantial $24,102 per student and maintains a favorable student-teacher ratio of 14.7, suggesting smaller class sizes and access to funding. However, test scores lag far behind state averages in every subject. For example, only 12% of 10th graders are proficient in math compared to 31.5% statewide, and 9th-grade English proficiency stands at 33.3% versus the state’s 60.2%. Even the school’s best area, 11th-grade social studies at 22.7% proficiency, trails the state average by more than 20 points. The graduation rate is 79.3%, below the state’s 84.0%, while the dropout rate of 10.3% exceeds the state’s 7.1%.
Another critical concern is chronic absenteeism, which affects 36% of students—well above the state’s 27.9%. This likely contributes to lower instructional time and academic struggles. The student body is also high-need, with 76.24% eligible for free or reduced lunch, a factor often associated with additional barriers to learning. On a positive note, there are small signs of improvement: 11th-grade science proficiency rose from 13.64% to 18.18%, and social studies improved from 18.18% to 22.7% between the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years. While these gains are modest, they suggest that recent efforts may be starting to take hold. Overall, Covert High School offers a supportive, small-school environment, but parents should be aware that academic outcomes remain well below state benchmarks, and the school is working to overcome significant socioeconomic and attendance hurdles.
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