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Walden Green Montessori is a public charter elementary school serving grades K-8 in Spring Lake, Michigan, with a student population of 232. The school is part of the Spring Lake Public Schools district, which is ranked 38th out of 610 districts in Michigan and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Walden Green Montessori consistently outperforms the state average in M-Step/English Language Arts and M-Step/Math assessments across all grade levels. In 2023-2024, the school had 71.4% of 3rd graders, 67.9% of 4th graders, and 68% of 5th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state averages of 39.6%, 43.3%, and 44%, respectively. In Math, the school had 64.3% of 3rd graders, 75% of 4th graders, and 36% of 5th graders proficient or better, compared to state averages of 43.4%, 39.1%, and 32.6%. The school's performance in Science and Social Studies assessments is also strong, with 68% of 5th graders proficient or better in Science and 52% in Social Studies, compared to state averages of 40.4% and 18.9%. Walden Green Montessori's female and male students, as well as its white students, consistently rank in the top 20-30% of Michigan elementary schools in their respective subgroups, and the school's low socioeconomic status (SES) students perform well, ranking in the top 12% of Michigan elementary schools for this subgroup in 2022-2023.
Walden Green Montessori outperforms many of the nearby public schools, such as Rosy Mound School, Peach Plains School, and Mary A White School, in academic assessments. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate has fluctuated significantly, ranging from 13.6% in 2018-2019 to 46.0% in 2021-2022, with the most recent rate in 2022-2023 being 18.9%. This is still lower than the rates of nearby schools like Ferry School (57.8%) and West MI Academy of Arts and Academics (63.8%).
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