Summary:
Comstock Public Schools, located in Michigan, has only one middle school serving grades 6-8 - Comstock Middle School. This school faces significant challenges, with consistently low academic performance, high poverty rates, and chronic absenteeism issues that are well above state averages.
Comstock Middle School's academic performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is alarmingly low compared to both the Comstock Public Schools district and the state of Michigan. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 8.6% of 6th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 26.7% for the district and 37.5% for the state. The school's mathematics performance is even more concerning, with just 4.26% of 7th-grade students achieving proficiency, compared to 19.2% for the district and 32.1% for the state.
Comstock Middle School's struggles extend beyond academics, with a high percentage of students (80.13%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a significant economically disadvantaged population. The school also has a very high chronic absenteeism rate of 56.1%, which is significantly higher than the state average. Despite the school's relatively high spending per student ($18,735), these challenges have resulted in Comstock Middle School consistently ranking in the bottom tier of Michigan middle schools, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past three school years.
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