Benton Heights’s public schools score below 95% of Michigan districts
The public schools Benton Heights’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 95% of Michigan’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
The short version on Benton Heights’s schools
Fewer students graduate on time
57% of students graduate on time, 26 points below the state’s 83%.
High spending, low results
Benton Heights spends $25,300 per student, 53% more than the state average. Results haven’t kept pace: the schools beat 5% of districts. Test scores ↓
Results are among the lowest in Michigan
Benton Heights’s schools score below 95% of Michigan districts. How it compares ↓
Benton Heights shares its schools with neighboring towns
Every school on Benton Heights’s path is shared: Discovery Enrichment Center, Martin Luther King Jr Elementary, Fair Plain Middle School and Benton Harbor High School. Benton and Benton Harbor send their kids to all the same schools. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Benton Heights 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Benton Heights.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Benton Heights vs. its neighbors
Benton Heights’s schools rank 1st of 3 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Michigan districts.
Every school in Benton Heights
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Benton Heights families are saying about school.
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Colleges near Benton Heights
There’s no college in Benton Heights, but 4 are within 30 miles. The closest is Lake Michigan College in Benton, 2 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Benton Heights. 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.