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Best High Schools in Zip Code 49348

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Schools

837

Students

Top rankedWayland High School336^th of 739 Michigan high schools

Summary:

The 49348 zip code is home to two high schools: Wayland High School and Career Connections Academy. While Wayland High School is the larger and higher-performing of the two, with a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger, Career Connections Academy offers a more personalized learning environment with a lower student-teacher ratio.

Wayland High School outperforms the Wayland Union Schools district and the state of Michigan in several key test score metrics, including SAT/Evidence-Based Reading and Writing and SAT/Mathematics. However, it lags behind the district and state in M-Step/Science proficiency. Both schools have relatively high chronic absenteeism rates, which may be an area of concern.

The significant difference in spending per student between the two schools, with Wayland High School spending $18,708 per student compared to $11,955 per student at Career Connections Academy, may be a factor in their performance gap. Additionally, the higher proportion of economically disadvantaged students at Career Connections Academy compared to Wayland High School is an important consideration when analyzing the schools' performance.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (2025)	SAT Mathematics (2025)	M-Step Science (2025)	M-Step Social Studies (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	M-Step Science 11th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Wayland High School	Public	9-12	870 E Superior St	Wayland	49348	Allegan County	Wayland Union Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 792-2254	800	43	18.7	27.5%	686 (85.8%)	10 (1.3%)	56 (7.0%)	5 (0.6%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.6%)	53.7	336^th of 739 public high schools	54.5%		59.5	269^th of 743 public high schools	63.8%	67	58.4	33.7	23.0	42.1	$20,708	$658	$20,050
Career Connections Academy	Public	9-12	870 E Superior St	Wayland	49348	Allegan County	Wayland Union Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 792-2254	37	28	1.3	54.1%	35 (94.6%)	1 (2.7%)	1 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)					$3,890	$781	$3,110

Cities Near Zip Code 49348

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Wayland	0.39 mi	6	178^th
Dorr	5.26 mi	2	10^th
Caledonia	6.25 mi	11	14^th
Middleville	7.43 mi	6	183^rd
Hopkins	7.54 mi	3	155^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Michigan Department of Education.

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