Schools · Sodus

Sodus, MI schools

Sodus’s public schools score well below Michigan’s averages: 3% of students are proficient in reading against 47.9% statewide, and 57% of high schoolers graduate on time against 82.9%. Kids attend Lybrook Elementary School or Discovery Enrichment Center through grade 5, then Lybrook Elementary School, Eau Claire Middle School and Eau Claire High School.

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

TownTapestry School GradeNew

D

Sodus’s School Grade: D

The public schools Sodus’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 91% of Michigan’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

D-Test scoresDGraduation

Michigan school districts we grade (796)Better than 9%

Lower resultsHigher results

Michigan towns with similar household incomes (1,145)Better than 1%

Towns in Berrien County (22)Better than 5%

High confidence. Built on 799 tested students and a graduating class of 188; 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 Sodus kids go to school

Grades PK–5

DLybrook Elementary School or Discovery Enrichment Center Depends on your address Eau Claire Public Schools

Grades 5

DLybrook Elementary School 233 students · Eau Claire Eau Claire Public Schools

Grades 6–8

C-Eau Claire Middle School 139 students · Eau Claire Eau Claire Public Schools

Grades 9–12

C-Eau Claire High School 180 students · Eau Claire Eau Claire 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 (Benton Harbor Area)3%

State average 47.9%

Reading (grades PK–12, Eau Claire)20%

State average 47.9%

Math (Benton Harbor Area)0.5%

State average 34.6%

Math (grades PK–12, Eau Claire)9%

State average 34.6%

Graduation · class of 2020

57% graduate on time

Graduation rate

57%

MI: 82.9%

Graduating class

188

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Sodus

Benton Harbor Area SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 1,227 students

$25,288 per studentMI $16,528D 🏫

Eau Claire Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 587 students

$15,635 per studentMI $16,528D

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

Within reach

Colleges near Sodus

There’s no college in Sodus, but 9 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Lake Michigan College in Benton, 4.6 miles away.

Lake Michigan CollegeCommunity college · Public · Benton4.6 mi2,188 students Andrews UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Oronoko4.8 mi2,296 students Southwestern Michigan CollegeCommunity college · Public · LaGrange15.6 mi1,801 students Saint Mary's CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Portage23.2 mi1,467 students University of Notre DameUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Portage23.7 mi12,910 students Holy Cross CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Portage23.8 mi547 students John Patrick University of Health and Applied SciencesUniversity or college · For-profit · South Bend25.6 mi365 students Bethel UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Mishawaka26.1 mi972 students Indiana University-South BendUniversity or college · Public · South Bend26.5 mi3,778 students

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

Every school

All 1 school in Sodus

Level

All 1 Elementary 1

Type

All 1 Public 1

Showing 1–1 of 1 school

River SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 70 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

Also serving Sodus

Schools Sodus kids attend in other towns

Public schools in Sodus’s districts that are located in Eau Claire and Benton Harbor. Which one depends on your address.

Lybrook Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 233 students · Eau Claire

Discovery Enrichment CenterElementary · Grades PK–K · 80 students · Benton Harbor

Eau Claire Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 139 students · Eau Claire

Eau Claire High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 180 students · Eau Claire