High Schools in Vassar Public Schools

The Vassar Public Schools district in Michigan operates two high schools: Vassar Senior High School and Clarence Fischer Center. While Vassar Senior High School demonstrates stronger academic performance and graduation rates, Clarence Fischer Center faces significant challenges with low graduation and high dropout rates.

Vassar Senior High School has a student enrollment of 481 and a predominantly white student population (86.9%). The school's 4-year graduation rate is 79.4%, and its academic proficiency scores, while still below state averages, are generally higher than the district and state levels. In contrast, Clarence Fischer Center, with an enrollment of just 74 students, has an alarmingly low 4-year graduation rate of only 5.5% and an extremely high dropout rate of 66.6%. The student population at Clarence Fischer Center is more racially diverse, with 54.05% white and 45.95% African American students.

Both schools serve economically disadvantaged student populations, with over 55% of students at Vassar Senior High School and nearly 96% at Clarence Fischer Center eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Despite the significant performance gap, Clarence Fischer Center actually has a higher per-student spending of $16,821, compared to $15,025 at Vassar Senior High School, suggesting that simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution to improving academic outcomes.