Summary:
Grant Public School District is a small, rural Michigan district serving roughly 1,438 students across five schools—two elementary schools (Grant Primary Center for grades K-1 and Grant Elementary School for grades 2-4), Grant Middle School for grades 5-8, and two high school options (Grant High School and the alternative Grant Learning Center).
For parents, the standout is Grant High School, which posts a 95.7% graduation rate—far above the district’s 88.6% and the state’s 84.0%—and a dropout rate of just 1.7%. It also outperforms the state in 11th grade social studies (51.9% vs. 43.2%) and SAT Reading/Writing (56.6% vs. 52.1%). In contrast, the tiny Grant Learning Center (22 students) is in crisis: a 33.3% graduation rate, 53.3% dropout rate, and a 36.6:1 student-teacher ratio. Its inclusion skews district averages—without it, the district’s graduation rate would mirror the main high school’s. Grant Middle School shows a split: 7th grade ELA exceeds the state (42.6% vs. 38.4%), but math lags badly, with 5th grade math proficiency collapsing from 25.5% to 9.6% in one year—23 points below the state average.
The district’s biggest systemic issue is math. Proficiency trails the state at every grade, widening from 2-13 points in elementary to 11-14 points by middle and high school (8th grade PSAT math: 19% vs. 33.2%; 11th grade SAT math: 15.1% vs. 26.5%). Chronic absenteeism also rises with grade level, from 19-21% in elementary to 29.2% at middle school and 32.8% at the high school. Meanwhile, Grant Primary Center spends the most per student ($18,975) with the lowest ratio (11.5:1), while Grant High School spends the least ($13,792) with a 22.8:1 ratio. The district’s 2-star rating masks real variation—the high school has earned 3-4 stars, while Grant Elementary School has stagnated near the 40th percentile for three years.
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