Summary:
The Kaleva Norman Dickson School District contains a single high school, Brethren High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school has faced some challenges in recent years, with lower-than-average academic proficiency rates, particularly in mathematics, and a high chronic absenteeism rate that may be impacting student outcomes.
Brethren High School has maintained a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past three school years, with its statewide ranking fluctuating between 294 and 357 out of 739-743 Michigan high schools. The school's four-year graduation rate for the 2023-2024 school year was 82.8%, slightly below the state average, while its dropout rate was 7.6%, higher than the state average. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates on the M-Step and SAT exams were generally lower than the state averages, with the exception of Social Studies, where the school outperformed the state.
The school serves a relatively small student population of 169 students, with a student-teacher ratio of 20:1, slightly higher than the state average. The school's free and reduced-price lunch rate is 60.95%, indicating a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students. Despite this, the school's per-student spending for the 2023-2024 school year was $15,411, higher than the state average. The high chronic absenteeism rate of 29.5% may be a contributing factor to the school's lower academic performance and graduation rates, and may warrant further investigation and targeted interventions to address the unique needs of the student population.
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