Summary:
Richmond Community Schools is served by a single high school, Richmond Community High School, which enrolls 490 students in grades 9-12 in a moderate-income Michigan community where about 26% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Richmond Community High School stands out for its exceptional social studies performance, with 59.4% of 11th graders proficient compared to the state's 43.2% — a 16.2 percentage point advantage. The school also exceeds state averages in SAT reading/writing (60.4% vs. 52.1%) and 10th-grade PSAT ELA (68.8% vs. 58.0%). Its graduation rate of 89.2% tops the state's 84.0%, while the dropout rate of 5.7% is below the state's 7.1%. The school has improved its state ranking dramatically, jumping from the 49th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 66th percentile in 2025-2026, even as the number of ranked schools grew from 743 to 800.
The most concerning finding is mathematics proficiency. Only 19.8% of 9th graders are proficient in PSAT math versus the state's 33.5%, a 13.7-point deficit. This gap narrows by 10th grade (27.7% vs. 31.5%) and nearly disappears by 11th grade on the SAT (27.7% vs. 26.5%). Encouragingly, SAT math proficiency jumped from 20.9% to 27.7% in just one year, suggesting effective interventions. Chronic absenteeism affects 25% of students — better than the state's 27.9% but notably higher than the district's 20.8% rate. Additionally, 9th-grade ELA proficiency (58.6%) trails the state (60.2%), yet 10th graders surge ahead by 10.8 points, indicating strong academic growth between these grades. With per-student spending of $14,788 and a 17.4:1 student-teacher ratio, the school has moderate resources, and since it is the district's only high school, its performance directly reflects the district's high school quality.
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