Best Public Schools in West Branch, MI

Summary:

The city of West Branch, Michigan is home to 4 schools serving students from elementary through high school, including 1 elementary school, 1 middle school, 2 high schools, and 1 alternative high school. The schools in this district display a range of performance, with Surline Elementary School standing out as the strongest performer, while the Alternative Educational Academy of Ogemaw County struggles with significantly lower graduation rates and higher absenteeism compared to the other schools.

Surline Elementary School excels in 3rd and 4th grade assessments, with students outperforming district and state averages in English Language Arts and Math. The school also has a lower chronic absenteeism rate than the middle and high schools in the district. In contrast, Surline Middle School and Ogemaw Heights High School show weaker performance, particularly in math, with the middle school struggling more on 8th grade PSAT assessments.

The Alternative Educational Academy of Ogemaw County stands out as an outlier, with a significantly lower 4-year graduation rate, higher dropout rate, and extremely high chronic absenteeism compared to the other schools in the West Branch-Rose City Area Schools district. This suggests a need for further investigation into the factors contributing to the disparities between the alternative high school and the rest of the district.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				PSAT English Language Arts (2024)	PSAT Mathematics (2024)	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (2024)	SAT Mathematics (2024)	M-Step English Language Arts (2024)					M-Step Math (2024)					M-Step Science (2024)			M-Step Social Studies (2024)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th Grade	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 3rd Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 4th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 5th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 6th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 7th Grade	M-Step Math 3rd Grade	M-Step Math 4th Grade	M-Step Math 5th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Math 7th Grade	M-Step Science 5th Grade	M-Step Science 8th Grade	M-Step Science 11th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 8th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Alternative Educational Academy of Ogemaw County	Public, Charter	6-12	2479 S M 76	West Branch	48661	Ogemaw County	Alternative Educational Academy of Ogemaw County	Yes	No	No	No	(989) 343-9070	118	4	27.4	94.9%	108 (91.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.9%)	17.4	619^th of 743 public high schools	16.7%					(n/a)	35.3		31.6														17.7			18.8	$10,645	$2,584	$8,062
Surline Middle School	Public, Magnet	5-8	147 State St	West Branch	48661	Ogemaw County	West Branch-Rose City Area Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(989) 343-2140	582	33	17.7	69.8%	558 (95.9%)	4 (0.7%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.5%)	37.8	535^th of 897 public middle schools	40.4%		48.1	412^th of 883 public middle schools	53.3%	123	58.3	23.7					45.5	32.4	27.5			39.7	14.5	19.6	54.1	39.6		13.7	24.6		$13,584	$3,459	$10,125
Ogemaw Heights High School	Public	9-12	960 S M 33	West Branch	48661	Ogemaw County	West Branch-Rose City Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(989) 343-2020	573	29	20.0	61.8%	545 (95.1%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (1.0%)	3 (0.5%)	8 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.4%)	49	345^th of 743 public high schools	53.6%		34.5	479^th of 735 public high schools	34.8%	134			45.5	15.7													42.5			40.3	$14,496	$4,763	$9,733
Surline Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	147 State St	West Branch	48661	Ogemaw County	West Branch-Rose City Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 343-2190	601	37	16.1	67.7%	566 (94.2%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.3%)	43.2	798^th of 1486 public elementary schools	46.3%		51.1	676^th of 1470 public elementary schools	54.0%	122					45.2	41.1				39.7	21.6										$14,653	$3,314	$11,339

Cities Near West Branch

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Rose City	10.18 mi	1	357^th
Saint Helen	10.3 mi	1
Whittemore	17.17 mi	2	485^th
Sterling	20.07 mi	1
Hale	21.33 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Michigan Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.