Saginaw Township Community Schools

The Saginaw Township Community Schools district in Michigan consists of 8 schools, including 5 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 2 high schools (one of which is a virtual school). The district as a whole is ranked 334 out of 610 school districts in Michigan and is rated 2 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

The standout school in the district is Hemmeter Elementary School, a public magnet school that consistently ranks among the top elementary schools in the state. Hemmeter has significantly higher test scores across all subjects compared to the district and state averages, with over 80% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and Math. In contrast, the lowest performing schools appear to be Arrowwood Elementary and Weiss Elementary, both of which are ranked in the bottom 25% of Michigan elementary schools and have test scores well below the district and state averages.

At the high school level, Heritage High School has a respectable 88.8% 4-year graduation rate, while the district's virtual high school, Mackinaw High School, has a much lower 18.9% 4-year graduation rate and a very high 55.1% dropout rate. The correlation between socioeconomic factors and academic performance is evident, with the higher-poverty schools tending to have lower test scores and higher chronic absenteeism rates.