Advance’s public schools beat 73% of Michigan districts
The public schools Advance’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 73% of Michigan’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
How Advance compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Michigan’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Michigan only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well above the state in reading
Advance vs. its neighbors
Advance’s schools rank 1st of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Michigan districts.
Parents talk
What Advance families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Advance
There’s no college in Advance, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is North Central Michigan College in Petoskey, 12.1 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Advance. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Michigan. Stars are from neighbors.