Summary:
The Sand Creek Community Schools district in Michigan has only one high school, Sand Creek High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance data reveals several areas of concern, with the school consistently underperforming compared to state averages across a range of academic metrics.
Sand Creek High School has a statewide ranking of 496 out of 739 Michigan high schools and a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's 4-year graduation rate of 82.8% is lower than the state average, and its dropout rate of 7.6% is higher. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 29.5% is significantly higher than the state average. In most subject areas and grade levels, Sand Creek High School's proficiency rates on standardized tests are lower than the state averages, with particularly low performance in English Language Arts and Mathematics.
Demographic factors may play a role in the school's challenges, as 40.33% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a higher proportion of students from low-income families. Despite the school's higher per-student spending of $14,358, which is above the state average, the academic performance remains below par. This raises questions about the effectiveness of the school's resource allocation and the need to explore ways to improve the utilization of available resources to support student learning and address the root causes of the school's underperformance.
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