Bingham’s public schools score below 71% of Michigan districts
The public schools Bingham’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 71% of Michigan’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
What Bingham’s schools are like
Below what its incomes would suggest
Statewide, Bingham’s schools beat 29% of districts. Among the 815 towns with similar household incomes, they beat just 5%. Most towns with comparable incomes get noticeably better results. How it compares ↓
Fewer students graduate on time
67% of students graduate on time, 16 points below the state’s 83%, #511 in Michigan.
Bingham shares its schools with neighboring towns
Every school on Bingham’s path is shared: Suttons Bay Elementary Middle School and Suttons Bay Senior High School. Suttons Bay sends its kids to all the same schools. The high school earns the best grade on the path (B−); the elementary school earns the lowest (C). 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 Bingham 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 Bingham.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Bingham vs. its neighbors
Bingham’s schools rank 3rd of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Michigan districts.
Every school in Bingham
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Bingham families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Bingham
There’s no college in Bingham, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City, 10.6 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Bingham. 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.