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Flextech High School Shepherd is a public charter high school located in Shepherd, Michigan, serving grades 8-12 with a total enrollment of 71 students. The school has a predominantly white student population, with 88.73% of students identifying as white in the 2022-2023 school year.
Flextech High School Shepherd faces several significant challenges, including low graduation rates that have fluctuated between 50.0% and 100.0% over the past few years, high dropout rates ranging from 0.0% to 25.0%, and high chronic absenteeism rates reaching as high as 29.4%. The school's test scores on the M-Step assessments for 11th-grade students are also lower than the state averages, with proficiency rates of 28.57% in M-Step/Science and 21.43% in M-Step/Social Studies, compared to the state averages of 39% and 36.1%, respectively. In comparison, Beal City High School, located just 10.6 miles away, has significantly higher graduation rates, lower dropout rates, and better test scores than Flextech High School Shepherd.
The challenges faced by Flextech High School Shepherd may be attributed to a combination of factors, including the school's relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 48.53% to 54.9% over the past few years, and a decrease in per-student spending from $15,791 in 2019-2020 to $12,433 in 2022-2023. Additionally, the school's small size, with only 71 students enrolled in the 2022-2023 school year, may present challenges in offering a diverse range of academic and extracurricular opportunities for students.
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