Schools · Almena
Almena, MI schools
Almena’s public schools score well above Michigan’s averages: 55% of students are proficient in reading against 47.9% statewide, and 77% of high schoolers graduate on time against 82.9%.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B+
Almena’s School Grade: B+
The public schools Almena’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 65% of Michigan’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
A-Test scoresC-Graduation
Michigan school districts we grade (796)Better than 65%
Lower resultsHigher results
Michigan towns with similar household incomes (490)Better than 33%
Towns in Van Buren County (18)Better than 83%
High confidence. Built on 1,209 tested students and a graduating class of 167; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Michigan’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Michigan only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Michigan with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why 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.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (Paw Paw Public)55%
State average 47.9%
Reading (Gobles Public)50%
State average 47.9%
Math (Paw Paw Public)34%
State average 34.6%
Math (Gobles Public)34%
State average 34.6%
Graduation · class of 2020
77% graduate on time
Graduation rate
77%
MI: 82.9%
Graduating class
167
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Almena
Paw Paw Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 5 schools · 2,146 students
$14,613 per studentMI $16,528BGobles Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 786 students
$14,369 per studentMI $16,528B+Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
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