Summary:
Zip code 48088 in Warren, MI is served by two public high schools within the Warren Woods Public Schools district, both covering grades 9-12 but offering vastly different educational environments.
Warren Woods Tower High School is the area's primary comprehensive high school with 963 students and is the clear academic standout. It posts a strong 92.1% graduation rate, well above the state average of 84%, and performs near or above state averages in English/Language Arts and Social Studies. However, mathematics is a critical weakness, with only 14.1% of 11th graders proficient in SAT Math compared to the 26.5% state average. In contrast, Warren Woods Enterprise High School is a small alternative campus with just 75 students, ranked in the bottom 3% of Michigan high schools. Its graduation rate is only 72.2%, and its dropout rate of 12.9% is more than double that of Tower. Enterprise also struggles with a 57.1% chronic absenteeism rate, meaning more than half its students are regularly missing school.
Economic disadvantage is higher at Enterprise, where 70.67% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch versus 55.56% at Tower. Interestingly, Enterprise spends significantly more per student ($26,419) than Tower ($18,589) and maintains a lower student-teacher ratio of 12:1, yet this investment has not translated into better outcomes. The district-wide math crisis affects both schools, with district averages roughly half the state proficiency rates. Chronic absenteeism is a concern even at Tower, where 31.5% of students are chronically absent, exceeding the state average of 27.9%. For parents, Tower offers a more traditional and successful path to graduation, while Enterprise serves a high-need population where attendance and student engagement remain the primary barriers to academic success.
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