Summary:
Zip code 48808 is home to a single public high school, Bath High School, which serves grades 9-12 within the Bath Community Schools district, enrolling 307 students in a community where 41.37% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Bath High School stands out for its exceptional graduation rate of 96.2%, which is 12.2 percentage points above the state average, paired with a remarkably low dropout rate of just 1.2% compared to the state's 7.1%. The school's strongest academic area is 11th-grade social studies, where 61.3% of students are proficient versus the state's 43.2%, and it also exceeds state averages in 11th-grade SAT reading (56.7% vs. 52.1%) and math (32.8% vs. 26.5%). However, math proficiency is a consistent weakness in earlier grades—9th graders score 29.8% proficient (below the state's 33.5%) and 10th graders score 28.6% (below the state's 31.5%)—while 10th-grade ELA is a bright spot at 71.4% proficiency, far exceeding the state's 58.0%. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 26.9% is slightly better than the state average of 27.9%, yet still means over a quarter of students miss significant school days.
Parents should note that Bath High School has a high student-teacher ratio of 20.4, which may mean larger class sizes and less individualized attention, particularly in math where intervention may be needed. The school's state ranking has been volatile over three years, moving from the 51st to 76th to 69th percentile, likely due to its small student population where one cohort can skew results. Despite high graduation rates and strong social studies performance, the combination of high absenteeism and math struggles in 9th and 10th grades suggests that while the school excels at retaining students and preparing them for graduation, foundational math skills may require targeted support to ensure long-term academic success.
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