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Danby, MI schools

Danby’s public schools score above Michigan’s averages: 50% of students are proficient in reading against 47.9% statewide, and 72% of high schoolers graduate on time against 82.9%. Kids attend Oakwood Elementary School through grade 2, then Westwood Elementary School, Portland Middle School and Portland High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Danby’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Danby’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 52% of Michigan’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

B+Test scoresC-Graduation
Michigan school districts we grade (796)Better than 48%
Lower resultsHigher results
Michigan towns with similar household incomes (837)Better than 22%
Towns in Ionia County (16)Better than 44%
High confidence. Built on 940 tested students and a graduating class of 160; 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.
School path

Where Danby kids go to school

Grades PK–2
Oakwood Elementary School 473 students · Portland Portland Public School District
Grades 3–5
B+Westwood Elementary School 423 students · Portland Portland Public School District
Grades 6–8
B-Portland Middle School 418 students · Portland Portland Public School District
Grades 9–12
B+Portland High School 665 students · Portland Portland Public School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Portland Public)50%
State average 47.9%
Math (grades PK–12, Portland Public)30%
State average 34.6%
Graduation · class of 2020

72% graduate on time

Graduation rate
72%
MI: 82.9%
Graduating class
160
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #484 of 536 MI towns →

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