High Schools in Melvindale-Northern Allen Park Schools

Summary:

The Melvindale-Northern Allen Park Schools district in Michigan contains a single high school, Melvindale High School, which serves grades 9-12. The school is performing below average compared to other high schools in the state, ranking 618 out of 739 Michigan high schools for the 2024-2025 school year and receiving a low 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Melvindale High School faces several key challenges. Its four-year graduation rate of 82.8% is below the state average, and its dropout rate of 7.6% is higher than the state average. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism, with 29.5% of students chronically absent. Academically, Melvindale High School's test scores are consistently lower than state averages across all subjects and grade levels, with only 16.7% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in M-Step/Science, compared to the state average of 34.9%.

Despite higher-than-average spending per student at $15,124, the school is not achieving better outcomes, suggesting that resources may not be effectively allocated or utilized. Additionally, a high percentage (84.88%) of Melvindale High School students receive free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a significant level of economic disadvantage among the student population, which may contribute to the school's challenges.

District Detail

18530 Prospect St
Melvindale, MI 48122-1508

(313) 389-3300

SchoolDigger Rank:
530^th of 613 Michigan districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 2,983

Primary Schools: 2
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (2025)	SAT Mathematics (2025)	M-Step Science (2025)	M-Step Social Studies (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	M-Step Science 11th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Melvindale High School	Public	9-12	4500 Enterprise Dr	Allen Park	48101	Wayne County	Melvindale-Northern Allen Park Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 457-8300	982	42	23.3	79.2%	585 (59.6%)	100 (10.2%)	279 (28.4%)	9 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	6 (0.6%)	15.4	618^th of 739 public high schools	16.4%		13.2	644^th of 743 public high schools	13.3%	26	35.5	6.1	16.7	21.9	$15,124	$1,862	$13,261

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District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Detroit City School District	1.03 mi	92
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Academy for Business and Technology	1.08 mi	2	576^th
Lincoln Park School District of the City of	1.52 mi	12	456^th
River Rouge School District of the City of	1.66 mi	5	590^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Michigan Department of Education.

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