Summary:
Gobles High School is the sole high school in the Gobles Public School District, serving grades 6 through 12 with 396 students in a rural Michigan setting. The school earns a 3-star rating and ranks in the 56th percentile statewide, showing steady improvement from the 49th percentile two years ago.
For parents, the most striking pattern is the contrast between strong science and English performance versus persistent math struggles. In 8th-grade science, 52.6% of students were proficient, well above the state average of 41.1%, and this strength continued into the following year. Similarly, 9th-grade PSAT English proficiency reached 67.9%, outpacing the state by nearly 8 points. However, math tells a different story: only 15% of 6th graders and 27.3% of 7th graders met state standards in math, lagging state averages by 15–17 percentage points. Interestingly, 11th-grade SAT math scores flipped this trend, with 39.1% proficiency versus the state’s 27.5%, suggesting the school may effectively prepare its college-bound students in math even as younger grades struggle.
The school’s graduation rate of 83% sits just below the state average, but the dropout rate of 9.4% is notably higher than Michigan’s 7.1%. Chronic absenteeism, however, is a bright spot at 23.3%, below the state’s 27.9%. With over half of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, the school serves a predominantly low-income population. Per-student spending is high at $19,407, yet the student-teacher ratio of 15.7 suggests larger class sizes, raising questions about how funds are allocated. Test scores also fluctuate significantly year to year—6th-grade English proficiency dropped from 40.7% to 26.7%—likely reflecting the small cohort size where a single classroom can skew results. Overall, Gobles High School shows clear strengths in literacy and science, but math intervention and dropout prevention remain key areas for improvement.
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