Summary
Mary McGuire School is an elementary school located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, serving grades 3-5 with a total enrollment of 300 students. The school is part of the Mt. Pleasant City School District, which is ranked 296 out of 613 school districts in Michigan and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Despite its location in Mount Pleasant, Mary McGuire School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Michigan elementary schools, with a ranking between 975 and 1212 out of around 1500 schools over the past several years. The school has maintained a 1-star or 2-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating below-average performance compared to other schools in the state. This is particularly concerning in specific student subgroups, where the school performs poorly for female, male, and white students, ranking in the bottom 25% of Michigan elementary schools for these groups. Additionally, Mary McGuire School has a very high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 22.2% to 30.8% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average.
When comparing Mary McGuire School to other elementary schools in the immediate vicinity, it performs significantly worse than its peers. For example, Fancher School, which is also part of the Mt. Pleasant City School District, consistently outperforms Mary McGuire School on M-Step assessments and has a higher SchoolDigger ranking. Despite the school's low performance, Mary McGuire School has a relatively high per-student spending level, ranging from $11,993 to $15,311 per student over the past few years, suggesting that the issue may not be a lack of funding, but rather how the resources are being utilized.
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