Schools · Mancelona

Mancelona, MI schools

Mancelona’s public schools score well below Michigan’s averages: 41% of students are proficient in reading against 47.9% statewide, and 87% of high schoolers graduate on time against 82.9%. Kids attend Mancelona Elementary School through grade 4, then Mancelona Middle School and Mancelona High School.

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

TownTapestry School GradeNew

Mancelona’s School Grade: B

The public schools Mancelona’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 56% of Michigan’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

B-Test scoresB-Graduation
Michigan school districts we grade (796)Better than 56%
Lower resultsHigher results
Michigan towns with similar household incomes (795)Better than 61%
Good confidence. Built on 356 tested students and a graduating class of 63; 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 Mancelona kids go to school

Grades PK–4
C+Mancelona Elementary School 288 students · Mancelona Mancelona Public Schools
Grades 5–8
B-Mancelona Middle School 242 students · Mancelona Mancelona Public Schools
Grades 9–12
C+Mancelona High School 243 students · Mancelona Mancelona Public Schools

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Mancelona Public Schools)41%
State average 47.9%
Math (grades PK–12, Mancelona Public Schools)28%
State average 34.6%
Graduation · class of 2020

87% graduate on time

Graduation rate
87%
MI: 82.9%
Graduating class
63
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #256 of 536 MI towns →

Districts

The district serving Mancelona

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Mancelona

There’s no college in Mancelona, but 2 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Kirtland Community College in Grayling, 27.1 miles away.

Straight-line distance from the center of Mancelona. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.

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