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Schools in Auburn · Bay City School District

Auburn’s public schools score below 51% of Michigan districts

The public schools Auburn’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 51% of Michigan’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

35%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
40%
▼ 8 pts vs MI 48%
2020–21
Math proficiency
27%
▼ 8 pts vs MI 35%
2020–21
Graduate on time
83%
▲ 0 pts vs MI 83%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$15.5K
▼ 6% vs MI $16.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
20.3
MI 16.7
Schools
4
2,164 students
The School Grade

How Auburn compares

B− Test scoresC+ Graduation
Michigan school districts we grade (796)Better than 49%
Lower resultsHigher results
Michigan towns with similar household incomes (1,239)Better than 35%
High confidence. Built on 2,748 tested students and a graduating class of 565; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
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.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading40%
State average 47.9%
Math27%
State average 34.6%

Every school in Auburn

4 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

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Within reach

Colleges near Auburn

There’s no college in Auburn, but 3 are within 30 miles. The closest is Delta College in Frankenlust, 5.3 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Auburn. 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.

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