Summary:
Zip code 48218 is served by a single public middle school, CB Sabbath 68 Preparatory Academy, which enrolls 261 students in grades 6-8 and is part of the River Rouge School District of the City of.
For families in this area, CB Sabbath 68 Preparatory Academy is the only public middle school option, and its performance reflects severe academic challenges. The school has ranked in the bottom 1% of Michigan middle schools for three consecutive years, currently sitting at 893rd out of 896 schools. Proficiency rates on the 2025-2026 M-Step are critically low: just 2.86% of 6th graders and 4.35% of 7th graders are proficient in ELA, compared to a state average near 38%. Math proficiency for 7th graders is 4.23% versus a 33.3% state average, and 8th-grade science proficiency is 4.44% versus 39.2% statewide. The one relative bright spot is the 8th-grade PSAT ELA score, where 27% of students met proficiency, though this still trails the 64.8% state average.
The most defining issue at this school is chronic absenteeism. During the 2024-2025 school year, a staggering 73.8% of students were chronically absent—2.6 times the state rate of 27.9% and well above the district's own 56.5%. With 88.12% of students eligible for free/reduced lunch, the school serves a high-poverty population. Notably, per-student spending is $19,395, which is substantial, yet outcomes remain extremely low, suggesting that financial resources alone are not overcoming the barriers created by poverty and absenteeism. The student-teacher ratio is 16.9 to 1. While the school has improved slightly from being ranked dead last in 2023-2024, it remains in crisis. For parents, this means that any child attending this school faces an uphill battle, and the lack of alternative public schools in the zip code makes it essential to explore all available options, including schools of choice in neighboring districts.
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