Summary:
The 48505 zip code area in Michigan is home to two schools: The New Standard Academy, an alternative public charter school serving grades PK-12, and Beecher Alternative Education, a public high school serving grades 9-12. Both schools serve high-poverty student populations, with free and reduced lunch rates exceeding 90%, and exhibit significantly lower academic performance compared to state averages across various subjects and grade levels.
The New Standard Academy has a relatively large student population of 785 students, but its proficiency rates range from around 7% to 31%, well below the Michigan average. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 29.5% and spends $12,447 per student. In contrast, Beecher Alternative Education has a very small student population of only 12 students, but it spends significantly more per student at $32,355, with a lower student-teacher ratio of 6:1 compared to 11.6:1 at The New Standard Academy.
Despite the disparities in spending and resources, both schools in the 48505 zip code area exhibit similar four-year graduation rates of around 82.8% and dropout rates of around 7.6%. The findings suggest that the schools in this area face significant challenges in providing quality education to their high-poverty student populations and may require targeted interventions and support to improve academic outcomes.
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