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Schools in Comstock Northwest · Comstock Public Schools

Comstock Northwest’s public schools score below 83% of Michigan districts

The public schools Comstock Northwest’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 83% of Michigan’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

2%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
32%
▼ 16 pts vs MI 48%
2020–21
Math proficiency
18%
▼ 17 pts vs MI 35%
2020–21
Graduate on time
52%
▼ 31 pts vs MI 83%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$16.6K
▲ 0% vs MI $16.5K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade

How Comstock Northwest compares

C Test scoresD Graduation
Michigan school districts we grade (796)Better than 17%
Lower resultsHigher results
Michigan towns with similar household incomes (1,196)Better than 2%
Good confidence. Built on 476 tested students and a graduating class of 164; 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.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Comstock Northwest.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
5Comstock Elementary Schoolin Kalamazoo

Parts of Comstock Northwest are served by Gull Lake Community Schools.

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

Reading32%
State average 47.9%
Math18%
State average 34.6%

Comstock Northwest vs. its neighbors

Comstock Northwest’s schools rank 3rd of 3 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Michigan districts.

Every school in Comstock Northwest

0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.

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Within reach

Colleges near Comstock Northwest

There’s no college in Comstock Northwest, but 6 are within 30 miles. The closest is Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine in Kalamazoo, 3.9 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Comstock Northwest. 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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