Our 2023/24 annual education report was made public earlier this month on mischooldata.org.
It’s a 133-page beast that includes educator qualifications, student assessment, and accountability data.
Here are a few takeaways about educational equity and our economically disadvantaged kids:
3rd Grade Reading Proficiency (Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress – M-STEP)
- All students: 58%
- Economically Disadvantaged Students: 40%
- Non Economically Disadvantaged Students: 68%
3rd Grade Math Proficiency (M-STEP)
- All students: 55%
- Economically Disadvantaged Students: 35%
- Non Economically Disadvantaged Students: 66%
4th Grade Math Proficiency (National Assessment of Educational Progress – NAEP)
- All students*: 32% (proficient and advanced)
4th Grade Reading Proficiency (NAEP)
- All students*: 28% (proficient and advanced)
8th Grade Math Proficiency (Preliminary SAT – PSAT)
- All students: 48%
- Economically Disadvantaged Students: 23%
- Non Economically Disadvantaged Students: 62%
8th Grade Math Proficiency (NAEP)
- All students*: 26% (proficient and advanced)
8th Grade Reading Proficiency (NAEP)
- All students*: 28% (proficient and advanced)
11th Grade Career and College Readiness (total Standard Assessment Test – SAT – score)
- All students: 41% met or exceeded
- Economically Disadvantaged Students: 25% met or exceeded
- Non Economically Disadvantaged Students: 49% met or exceeded
Graduation Rates
Our recent graduation rates*:
- 2019/20: 91%
- 2020/21: 87%
- 2021/22: 86%
- 2022/23: 84%**
- 2023/24: 88%**
*4-year graduation rates
**Graduation rate for our economically disadvantaged students in 2022/23 = 68%. In 2023/24 = 74%.
Advanced Coursework** (percent of students in grades 11 and 12 enrolling and passing in advanced coursework)
Central High School
- All students: 50%
- Economically Disadvantaged Students: 37%
West Senior High School
- All students: 61%
- Economically Disadvantaged Students: 47%
Traverse City High School
- All students: 9%
- Economically Disadvantaged Students: 6%
Early Middle College Enrollment*** (5 year program that allows students to earn post-secondary outcomes while in high school)
Central High School
- Economically Disadvantaged Students: 24%
- Non Economically Disadvantaged Students: 76%
West Senior High School
- Economically Disadvantaged Students: 18%
- Non Economically Disadvantaged Students: 82%
Traverse City High School
- No data available for 2024 (most recent is 2019)
I’ll be sharing more takeaways soon but here’s the report if you’re curious.
*no data was provided for our economically disadvantaged kids for the NAEP scores however, according to this January 29, 2025 Ed-Trust Midwest story,
“For students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, the picture is even more troubling. Only 13% of Michigan’s 4th graders from economically disadvantaged backgrounds scored at or above proficient on the NAEP reading assessment in 2024, down from 16% in 2022 and below the national average of 19%. On the 8th grade math assessment, only 12% of Michigan students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds scored at or above proficient, down from 13% in 2022 and below the national average of 14%.”
** from Parent Dashboards for School Transparency on mischooldata.org
*** from Early Middle College Enrollment and Outcomes report on mischooldata.org
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