Roseville High School

Roseville High School is a large public high school in Roseville, MI, serving 1,211 students in grades 9-12 as part of the Roseville Community Schools district. The school community faces significant economic challenges, with over 70% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, which provides important context for understanding its performance metrics.

When you look at test scores, Roseville High School struggles compared to nearby schools. Only 32.4% of 11th graders were proficient in SAT reading and writing, well below the state average of 52.1% and far behind Lakeview High School (63.2%) and Fraser High School (52.6%). The math scores are especially concerning—just 5.1% of 11th graders were proficient on the SAT math section, compared to over 20% at several neighboring schools. Chronic absenteeism is also a major issue, with 52.9% of students missing significant school time, nearly double the state average of 27.9%. This rate has been persistently high, peaking at 73.3% during the 2021-2022 school year.

There is a bright spot: the graduation rate has remained relatively stable in the low-to-mid 80s, showing the school successfully guides most students to a diploma. However, the contrast with nearby schools is stark. Fraser High School, just 2.2 miles away, boasts a 94.3% graduation rate and only a 1.9% dropout rate, while Roseville's dropout rate is 10.5%. Interestingly, Arts Academy in the Woods, a magnet school only 1.2 miles away, achieves state-average scores despite serving a similar community. This suggests improvement is possible, but the school's consistently low performance across all student subgroups—including special education students ranking in the bottom 7% statewide—indicates that significant, school-wide changes are needed, particularly in math instruction and addressing chronic absenteeism.