Sandusky JuniorSenior High School

Summary:

Sandusky JuniorSenior High School is a public high school serving grades 7-12 in Sandusky, Michigan, with a student population of 468 that is predominantly White. While the school has consistently high graduation rates, it faces challenges such as low test scores, high chronic absenteeism, and socioeconomic disparities that impact academic performance.

One of the school's key strengths is its high 4-year graduation rates, ranging from 83.6% to 96.0% over the past 5 years, which is better than the state average. However, the school's test scores on the M-Step and SAT assessments are generally below the state averages, particularly in math and science. For example, in 2023-2024, only 25.7% of 7th graders were proficient in M-Step Math, compared to the state average of 32.1%. Additionally, the school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 19.7% in 2019-2020 to 40.5% in 2021-2022, which is higher than the state average.

When compared to nearby high schools, such as CarsonvillePort Sanilac High School, which is only about 10 miles away, Sandusky JuniorSenior High School generally performs worse on key metrics like test scores and graduation rates. For instance, CarsonvillePort Sanilac High School has a 96.1% graduation rate, significantly higher than Sandusky JuniorSenior High School. These disparities suggest that the district should prioritize addressing the challenges facing Sandusky JuniorSenior High School to ensure all students have the opportunity to succeed.


Detail:

Public 7-12

 191 E Pinetree Ln
       Sandusky, MI  48471


(810) 648-3401

District: Sandusky Community School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
315th of 743 Michigan High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,294 Help


Feeder schools for Sandusky JuniorSenior High School:

Elementary:    Sandusky Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  18.1 Help
Number of students:  463

Racial breakdown:

White:
93.5%
Hispanic:
5.0%
Two or more races:
0.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  48.4% Help


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Compare Details Sandusky JuniorSenior High School ranks worse than 52.6% of middle schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 43.77. (See more...)
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Compare Details Sandusky JuniorSenior High School ranks better than 57.6% of high schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 53.18. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Sandusky JuniorSenior High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (93.5%), Hispanic (5%), two or more races (0.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 48.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sandusky JuniorSenior High School is 18.1. (See more...)
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Compare Sandusky JuniorSenior High School employs 25.5 full-time teachers.
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sandusky JuniorSenior High School is $12,294.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sandusky JuniorSenior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Sandusky JuniorSenior High School 472nd of 897 Michigan public middle schools. (See Sandusky JuniorSenior High School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Sandusky JuniorSenior High School 315th of 743 Michigan public high schools. (See Sandusky JuniorSenior High School in the ranking list.)

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Sandusky Community School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Sandusky Community School District 257th of 610 Michigan school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Sandusky JuniorSenior High School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Sandusky JuniorSenior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2014 67.82 261st 921 71.7%
2015 60.30 341st 919 62.9%
2016 50.65 424th 894 52.6%
2017 31.40 541st 821 34.1%
2018 57.56 369th 838 56.0%
2019 51.57 347th 792 56.2%
2021 58.68 225th 675 66.7%
2022 58.12 270th 776 65.2%
2023 43.51 477th 883 46.0%
2024 43.77 472nd 897 47.4%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Sandusky JuniorSenior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.40 357th 815 56.2%
2019 59.96 224th 672 66.7%
2021 75.58 64th 523 87.8%
2022 57.68 240th 691 65.3%
2023 43.90 440th 825 46.7%
2024 46.77 405th 836 51.6%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Sandusky JuniorSenior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.92 253rd 794 68.1%
2019 52.99 286th 658 56.5%
2021 59.39 156th 521 70.1%
2022 38.85 385th 657 41.4%
2023 31.92 521st 770 32.3%
2024 34.81 499th 771 35.3%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Sandusky JuniorSenior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.48 442nd 797 44.5%
2019 44.56 327th 639 48.8%
2021 40.10 297th 540 45.0%
2022 72.48 125th 658 81.0%
2023 50.41 331st 776 57.3%
2024 46.81 389th 786 50.5%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Sandusky JuniorSenior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.92 376th 678 44.5%
2019 44.07 327th 624 47.6%
2021 52.70 239th 577 58.6%
2022 48.06 295th 638 53.8%
2023 28.24 513th 688 25.4%
2024 32.41 485th 701 30.8%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Sandusky JuniorSenior High School

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Rank History for all high school students at Sandusky JuniorSenior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 82.77 97th 705 86.2%
2007 72.00 225th 767 70.7%
2008 72.98 226th 750 69.9%
2009 68.52 287th 754 61.9%
2010 76.29 178th 765 76.7%
2011 80.83 125th 784 84.1%
2012 74.58 177th 773 77.1%
2013 65.33 284th 805 64.7%
2014 58.90 348th 799 56.4%
2015 75.11 193rd 832 76.8%
2016 47.49 435th 852 48.9%
2017 67.57 227th 835 72.8%
2018 70.80 218th 824 73.5%
2019 62.69 230th 666 65.5%
2021 60.31 177th 561 68.4%
2022 74.50 130th 531 75.5%
2023 37.75 446th 735 39.3%
2024 53.18 315th 743 57.6%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Sandusky JuniorSenior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.38 144th 755 80.9%
2019 49.68 270th 532 49.2%
2021 58.22 152nd 417 63.5%
2022 60.43 147th 369 60.2%
2023 57.67 232nd 614 62.2%
2024 56.11 251st 654 61.6%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Sandusky JuniorSenior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.92 248th 710 65.1%
2019 60.46 209th 554 62.3%
2021 52.28 200th 462 56.7%
2022 67.48 134th 416 67.8%
2023 37.25 385th 611 37.0%
2024 53.51 268th 619 56.7%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Sandusky JuniorSenior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.99 191st 707 73.0%
2019 52.03 260th 543 52.1%
2021 59.24 156th 472 66.9%
2022 70.63 127th 440 71.1%
2023 27.37 449th 611 26.5%
2024 43.73 339th 633 46.4%
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Rank History for high school White students at Sandusky JuniorSenior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.98 254th 708 64.1%
2019 47.88 296th 582 49.1%
2021 50.58 225th 516 56.4%
2022 74.57 117th 492 76.2%
2023 29.85 454th 647 29.8%
2024 43.08 356th 638 44.2%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Sandusky JuniorSenior High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 398 0 4 7 0 n/a n/a 0 409
1989 389 0 4 7 0 n/a n/a 0 400
1990 391 0 3 12 2 n/a n/a 0 408
1991 407 0 2 7 2 n/a n/a 0 418
1992 428 0 0 9 0 n/a n/a 0 437
1993 432 0 1 12 0 n/a n/a 0 445
1994 454 1 1 15 0 n/a n/a 0 471
1995 433 0 1 14 0 n/a n/a 0 448
1996 433 0 1 14 0 n/a n/a 0 448
1997 450 0 1 17 0 n/a n/a 0 468
1998 431 1 4 10 0 n/a n/a 0 446
1999 458 1 2 9 0 n/a n/a 0 470
2000 460 0 4 22 3 n/a n/a 0 489
2001 442 0 2 18 0 n/a n/a 0 462
2002 435 2 5 9 4 n/a n/a 0 455
2003 435 2 5 9 4 n/a n/a 0 455
2004 400 4 6 14 5 n/a n/a 0 429
2005 391 3 5 13 4 n/a n/a 0 416
2006 373 2 4 12 4 n/a n/a 0 395
2007 378 2 5 13 5 n/a n/a 0 403
2008 399 3 2 10 2 n/a n/a 0 416
2009 402 2 1 11 1 n/a n/a 0 417
2010 373 2 2 10 2 n/a n/a 0 389
2011 324 2 4 11 1 0 0 0 342
2012 324 1 4 15 2 0 1 0 347
2013 285 0 3 16 2 0 1 0 307
2014 440 0 2 23 3 0 2 0 470
2015 425 1 2 20 3 0 1 0 452
2016 447 1 1 16 0 0 3 0 468
2017 423 9 3 13 1 0 1 0 450
2018 433 2 5 13 1 0 1 0 455
2019 427 1 3 16 2 0 1 0 450
2020 422 1 4 21 2 0 1 0 451
2021 447 2 3 18 3 0 1 0 474
2022 438 0 4 24 3 0 1 0 470
2023 433 1 5 22 3 0 4 0 468
2024 433 1 1 23 1 0 4 0 463

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Sandusky JuniorSenior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 409 n/a n/a n/a
1989 400 n/a n/a 9.3
1990 408 29.0 14.0 9.1
1991 418 n/a n/a n/a
1992 437 n/a n/a 14.9
1993 445 n/a 0.0 25.2
1994 471 27.5 17.1 15.1
1995 448 26.3 17.0 14.3
1996 448 26.3 17.0 14.3
1997 468 26.0 18.0 15
1998 446 23.0 19.4 15.7
1999 470 23.0 20.4 15.7
2000 489 24.7 19.8 21.3
2001 462 22.7 20.4 20.1
2002 455 21.9 20.8 23.3
2003 455 21.9 20.8 23.3
2004 429 22.9 18.7 35.7
2005 416 21.9 19.0 37.3
2006 395 21.9 18.0 39
2007 403 20.9 19.3 37
2008 416 19.0 21.9 38.9
2009 417 19.0 21.9 39.6
2010 389 16.6 23.3 44.2
2011 342 16.6 20.5 41.2
2012 347 17.2 20.0 46.7
2013 307 16.8 18.2 45.9
2014 470 23.7 19.8 51.7
2015 452 23.0 19.6 45.1
2016 468 24.0 19.5 48.3
2017 450 23.3 19.3 47.3
2018 455 26.0 17.4 47.9
2019 450 23.5 19.1 45.3
2020 451 23.3 19.2 44.3
2021 474 23.9 19.7 45.6
2022 470 20.5 22.9 41.5
2023 468 20.9 22.3 51.1
2024 463 25.5 18.1 48.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Sandusky JuniorSenior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 409 n/a n/a n/a
1989 400 n/a n/a 9.3
1990 408 29.0 14.0 9.1
1991 418 n/a n/a n/a
1992 437 n/a n/a 14.9
1993 445 n/a 0.0 25.2
1994 471 27.5 17.1 15.1
1995 448 26.3 17.0 14.3
1996 448 26.3 17.0 14.3
1997 468 26.0 18.0 15
1998 446 23.0 19.4 15.7
1999 470 23.0 20.4 15.7
2000 489 24.7 19.8 21.3
2001 462 22.7 20.4 20.1
2002 455 21.9 20.8 23.3
2003 455 21.9 20.8 23.3
2004 429 22.9 18.7 35.7
2005 416 21.9 19.0 37.3
2006 395 21.9 18.0 39
2007 403 20.9 19.3 37
2008 416 19.0 21.9 38.9
2009 417 19.0 21.9 39.6
2010 389 16.6 23.3 44.2
2011 342 16.6 20.5 41.2
2012 347 17.2 20.0 46.7
2013 307 16.8 18.2 45.9
2014 470 23.7 19.8 51.7
2015 452 23.0 19.6 45.1
2016 468 24.0 19.5 48.3
2017 450 23.3 19.3 47.3
2018 455 26.0 17.4 47.9
2019 450 23.5 19.1 45.3
2020 451 23.3 19.2 44.3
2021 474 23.9 19.7 45.6
2022 470 20.5 22.9 41.5
2023 468 20.9 22.3 51.1
2024 463 25.5 18.1 48.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Sandusky JuniorSenior High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $650 (6.1%) $10,088 (94.0%) $10,737
2020 $615 (5.8%) $9,904 (94.2%) $10,519
2021 $854 (8.2%) $9,535 (91.8%) $10,390
2022 $1,544 (13.3%) $10,098 (86.7%) $11,643
2023 $949 (7.7%) $11,346 (92.3%) $12,294

Data source: Michigan Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Sandusky JuniorSenior High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 347th of 792 Middle schoolsRanks 477th of 883 Middle schools
 10.2%
Ranks 230th of 666 High schoolsRanks 446th of 735 High schools
 26.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts (Sandusky JuniorSenior High School)18.927.8
 8.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Sandusky Community School District)18.927.8
 8.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)42.736.9
 5.8%
7th Grade Math (Sandusky JuniorSenior High School)28.415.2
 13.2%
   7th Grade Math (Sandusky Community School District)28.415.2
 13.2%
   7th Grade Math (Michigan)35.731
 4.7%
8th Grade Social Studies (Sandusky JuniorSenior High School)27.525
 2.5%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Sandusky Community School District)27.525
 2.5%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)2826.7
 1.3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Sandusky JuniorSenior High School)71.360.3
 11%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Sandusky Community School District)71.360.3
 11%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)61.959.7
 2.2%
8th Grade Mathematics (Sandusky JuniorSenior High School)6032.1
 27.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Sandusky Community School District)6032.1
 27.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Michigan)41.436.3
 5.1%
11th Grade Social Studies (Sandusky JuniorSenior High School)47.220.6
 26.6%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Sandusky Community School District)47.220.6
 26.6%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)46.636.1
 10.5%
11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Sandusky JuniorSenior High School)56.656.9
 0.3%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Sandusky Community School District)56.656.9
 0.3%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Michigan)55.352.2
 3.1%
11th Grade Mathematics (Sandusky JuniorSenior High School)43.426.2
 17.2%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Sandusky Community School District)43.426.2
 17.2%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Michigan)36.329.9
 6.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students450468
 4%
African American11
American Indian23
 50%
Asian35
 66.7%
Hispanic1622
 37.5%
Pacific Islander00
White427433
 1.4%
Two or More Races14
 300%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients45.3%51.1%
 5.7%


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Sandusky JuniorSenior High School ranks 315th of 743 Michigan high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 463 students attended Sandusky JuniorSenior High School.

Sandusky JuniorSenior High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Sandusky Elementary School

Students at Sandusky JuniorSenior High School are 94% White, 5% Hispanic.


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