Summary:
Waverly Community Schools in Michigan has only one high school, Waverly Senior High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school has faced significant challenges, with consistently lower academic performance, high rates of chronic absenteeism and dropout, and a student population that faces significant economic disadvantages.
Waverly Senior High School has a statewide ranking that has fluctuated between 490 and 532 out of 735-743 Michigan high schools over the past three school years, with a 2-star rating out of 5 in the most recent years. The school's four-year graduation rate for the 2023-2024 school year was 82.8%, which is lower than the state average, and its dropout rate for the same year was 7.6%, which is higher than the state average. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate for the 2023-2024 school year was 29.5%, significantly higher than the state average.
Academically, Waverly Senior High School's proficiency rates on the M-Step and SAT exams were lower than the state averages in all subject areas, including science, social studies, reading/writing, and mathematics, in both the 2024-2025 and 2023-2024 school years. The school also has a high percentage of students (59.19%) who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. Despite the higher per-student spending at Waverly Senior High School, the school's performance metrics suggest that the additional funding may not be translating into improved educational outcomes, and further investigation may be needed to address the underlying challenges facing the school and its students.
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