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Michigan Online School

Public, Charter, Virtual, Alternative Grades K-12

1311^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,488 Michigan Alternative Schools

Better than 12% of Michigan alternative schools

Summary

Michigan Online School is an alternative public charter virtual school located in Gobles, MI, serving grades K-12 with a total enrollment of 1,236 students. While the school is part of the Michigan Online School district, the data suggests it is facing significant challenges compared to both state averages and nearby alternative schools.

The school's 4-year graduation rates have ranged from 45.1% to 82.8% in recent years, significantly lower than the state average of around 90%. Additionally, Michigan Online School has experienced very high dropout rates, ranging from 7.6% to 34.4%, and chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 29.5% to 58.9%, which are much higher than state averages. The school's test scores across various subjects and grade levels are also consistently lower than the state averages, with proficiency rates in ELA and Math around 20% compared to the state averages of 38-44%.

When comparing Michigan Online School to nearby alternative schools, such as Comstock Compass High School, WoodsEdge Learning Center, and Gobles Virtual Academy, the data shows that Michigan Online School is performing worse across several key metrics, including graduation rates, test scores, and chronic absenteeism. This suggests that the online learning model may present unique challenges for some students, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, and that the school may not be adequately resourced to support the needs of its student population, as indicated by its relatively low spending per student compared to nearby alternative schools.

1,268

Students ?

24.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,204

Per pupil spending ?

70.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

209 S State St
Gobles, MI 49055-9405

(269) 216-6972

District: Michigan Online School

Racial breakdown:

White:

52.9%

African American:

26.5%

Hispanic:

9.2%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 16th percentile in 2022 → 23rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 7 percentile points since 2022

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Michigan average (21% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (12th percentile)

!Graduation rate below the Michigan average (53% vs 83%)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school21%

District avg21%

Michigan avg41%

Elementary school

1,311^th of 1,488

Michigan public elementary schools ?

Bottom 12%▬ steady since 2024

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★★★★★

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Middle school

748^th of 890

Michigan public middle schools ?

Bottom 16%▼ down 13 pts since 2019

From bottom 29% (2019) to bottom 16% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

568^th of 739

Michigan public high schools ?

Bottom 23%▲ up 5 pts since 2019

From bottom 18% (2019) to bottom 23% (2025)

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★★★★★

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Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	12.3	1311 of 1488	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.0	1308 of 1486	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	12.3	1216 of 1338	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.6	1147 of 1342	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	18.3	1148 of 1346	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.3	1241 of 1381	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	12.0	1226 of 1366	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.7	1103 of 1347	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	10.1	1145 of 1206	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.9	1154 of 1204	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	15.7	748 of 890	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.1	802 of 897	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.6	791 of 883	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.0	655 of 776	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.0	521 of 675	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.9	561 of 792	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2024	21.7	249 of 300	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	11.7	714 of 789	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.7	727 of 771	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.5	692 of 770	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.9	591 of 657	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.8	486 of 658	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	16.0	737 of 832	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.3	757 of 836	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.9	779 of 825	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.0	605 of 691	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	16.6	670 of 798	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.7	708 of 786	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.0	722 of 776	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	22.3	518 of 658	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	13.8	627 of 696	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.5	667 of 701	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.7	657 of 688	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.6	607 of 638	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	35.2	400 of 624	35.9%	★★☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	21.6	568 of 739	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.2	646 of 743	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.5	649 of 735	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.3	482 of 531	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	18.8	488 of 561	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.3	545 of 666	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	63.1	50 of 192	74.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	7.7	586 of 629	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.2	565 of 619	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.7	568 of 611	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.4	420 of 462	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.0	478 of 554	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	22.1	502 of 635	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.3	570 of 654	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.6	555 of 614	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	29.4	317 of 417	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.9	364 of 532	31.6%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	36.1	405 of 628	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	11.3	576 of 633	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.1	555 of 611	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	18.5	406 of 472	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.9	478 of 543	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	10.6	122 of 127	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	10.9	585 of 639	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.8	584 of 638	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.3	580 of 647	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.9	450 of 516	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.2	532 of 582	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)15th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)10th percentile~ school

Female (2025)9th percentile-3 vs school

White (2025)5th percentile-7 vs school

Middle school

African American (2024)17th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2025)16th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)11th percentile-5 vs school

White (2025)10th percentile-6 vs school

Female (2025)10th percentile-6 vs school

High school

African American (2025)74th percentile+51 vs school

Male (2025)36th percentile+12 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)21st percentile~ school

White (2025)8th percentile-15 vs school

Female (2025)7th percentile-16 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)4th percentile-19 vs school

By subject vs Michigan (2024-2025) ?

Evidence-Based Reading and Writing35%-21 vs state

English Language Arts21%-20 vs state

Social Studies21%-19 vs state

Science17%-21 vs state

Math9%-26 vs state

Mathematics7%-23 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, March 14, 2022

Awful. Look at test scores. They threaten parents if they choose to remove and homeschool with truancy actions... Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				PSAT English Language Arts (2025)	PSAT Mathematics (2025)	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (2025)	M-Step English Language Arts (2025)					M-Step Math (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 ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th Grade	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 3rd Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 4th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 5th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 6th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 7th Grade	M-Step Math 4th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Math 7th Grade	M-Step Science 5th Grade	M-Step Science 8th Grade	M-Step Science 11th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 8th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Michigan Online School	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	209 S State St	Gobles	49055	Van Buren County	Michigan Online School	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(269) 216-6972	1,268	52	24.2	70.7%	671 (52.9%)	336 (26.5%)	117 (9.2%)	21 (1.7%)	8 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	115 (9.1%)								(n/a)	51.8	7.2	34.7	17.4	26.5	23.5	18.4	19.2	8.6	8.3	9.7	11.5	16.7	20.3	9.6	20.2	25.8	$10,204	$1,403	$8,802
Gobles Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	409 N State St	Gobles	49055	Van Buren County	Gobles Public School District	No	No	Yes	No	(269) 628-9340	35	6	6.1	71.4%	29 (82.9%)	2 (5.7%)	1 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (8.6%)								(n/a)																		$3,881	$613	$3,267
Allegan Online K12	Public, Alternative	K-12	550 5th St	Allegan	49010	Allegan County	Allegan Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 673-5431	73	2	29.5	65.8%	61 (83.6%)	1 (1.4%)	5 (6.8%)	1 (1.4%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.5%)								(n/a)								61.5						36.4			27.3	$13,563	$698	$12,865
Hillside Learning Center	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	212 Grove St	Allegan	49010	Allegan County	Allegan Area Educational Service Agency	No	No	No	No	(269) 512-7900	92	21	4.4	59.8%	72 (78.3%)	1 (1.1%)	11 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (7.6%)								(n/a)
Maple Creek Education Center	Public, Alternative	K-12	30 S Walnut St	Bangor	49013	Van Buren County	Van Buren Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	No	No	(269) 427-7961	33	7	4.7	66.7%	28 (84.8%)	3 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.0%)								(n/a)
Bangor Career Academy	Public, Alternative	K-12	801 W Arlington St	Bangor	49013	Van Buren County	Bangor Public Schools (Van Buren)	No	No	No	No	(269) 427-6800	74	14	5.3	77.0%	46 (62.2%)	4 (5.4%)	16 (21.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (9.5%)								(n/a)																		$17,298	$1,550	$15,748
Bert Goens Learning Center	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	701 S Paw Paw St	Lawrence	49064	Van Buren County	Van Buren Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	No	No	(269) 539-5032	70	27	2.5	50.0%	41 (58.6%)	4 (5.7%)	17 (24.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.9%)	1 (1.4%)	5 (7.1%)								(n/a)
Comstock Compass High School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	PK, KG-12	3010 Gull Rd	Kalamazoo	49048	Kalamazoo County	Comstock Public Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(269) 250-8930	309	14	21.6	73.1%	138 (44.7%)	92 (29.8%)	27 (8.7%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	49 (15.9%)								(n/a)																		$16,220	$1,208	$15,012
WoodsEdge Learning Center	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1501 E Milham Ave	Portage	49002	Kalamazoo County	Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency	No	No	No	No	(269) 250-9414	222	26	8.7	52.3%	125 (56.3%)	52 (23.4%)	23 (10.4%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (8.6%)								(n/a)
Valley Center School	Public, Alternative	1-12	3122 Lake St	Kalamazoo	49048	Kalamazoo County	Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency	No	No	No	No	(269) 250-9773	30	5	6.0	73.3%	15 (50.0%)	7 (23.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (26.7%)								(n/a)

Frequently Asked Questions about Michigan Online School

What is the racial makeup of Michigan Online School?

Students at Michigan Online School are 53% White, 26% African American, 9% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Is Michigan Online School a good school?

Michigan Online School ranks in the bottom 11.9% of Michigan alternative schools.

What district is Michigan Online School in?

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How many students attend Michigan Online School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,268 students attended Michigan Online School.

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