High Schools in Covert Public Schools

Covert Public Schools operates a single high school, Covert High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school is located in a small community and faces significant challenges, ranking in the bottom 12% of Michigan high schools for the 2024-2025 school year with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Covert High School has a small student population of 116 and a high percentage (94.83%) of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage. The school's academic performance is well below the state average, with only 13.64% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in M-Step/Science and 18.18% proficient or better in M-Step/Social Studies, compared to state averages of 34.9% and 42.1%, respectively. The school's SAT/Evidence-Based Reading and Writing proficiency rate of 27.3% is also significantly lower than the state average of 51.3%.

Covert High School also faces challenges with graduation and attendance, with a four-year graduation rate of 82.8% and a dropout rate of 7.6%, both of which are worse than the state averages. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 29.5% is also significantly higher than the state average. Despite the higher per-student spending of $16,762 and a lower student-teacher ratio of 12.6, the school's academic performance remains well below the state's standards, suggesting the need for a comprehensive review of the school's resource allocation and instructional strategies.