Grand Blanc Community High School

Summary:

Grand Blanc Community High School is a public high school serving 2,556 students in grades 8-12 in Grand Blanc, Michigan, which is part of the Goodrich Area Schools district. The school stands out for its relatively diverse student population, strong academic performance, and high graduation rates compared to nearby schools.

With a student body that is 62.25% White, 20.42% African American, 6.14% Hispanic, and 3.48% Asian, Goodrich High School and Bentley Senior High School have significantly less racial diversity. Academically, 52.7% of 11th-graders at Grand Blanc Community High School were proficient or better in SAT/Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, compared to the state average of 51.3%. The school also maintains a high 94.9% four-year graduation rate, much higher than nearby schools like Southwestern Classical Academy (51.7%) and Bentley Senior High School (75.8%).

However, the school faces some challenges, including a decline in racial diversity over the past few years and significant achievement gaps between different student subgroups. Additionally, while Grand Blanc Community High School outperforms many nearby schools, Madison Academy High School has shown stronger performance in certain areas, such as SAT/Mathematics proficiency. The school's increased per-student spending, from $10,178 in 2019-2020 to $12,276 in 2022-2023, may have contributed to its relatively strong academic and graduation outcomes.


Detail:

Public 8-12

 12500 Holly Rd
       Grand Blanc, MI  48439-1868


(810) 591-6638

District: Grand Blanc Community Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
275th of 743 Michigan High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,276 Help


Feeder schools for Grand Blanc Community High School:

Elementary:    Anderson Elementary School
    Brendel Elementary School
    Cook Elementary School
    Indian Hill Elementary School
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Middle:    Grand Blanc Middle School East
    Grand Blanc Middle School West
Alternative:    Perry Innovation Center

Student/teacher ratio:  20.2 Help
Number of students:  2,470

Racial breakdown:

White:
59.9%
African American:
21.9%
Two or more races:
7.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  37.3% Help


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Compare Details Grand Blanc Community High School ranks better than 63% of high schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 58.47. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Grand Blanc Community 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 (59.9%), African American (21.9%), two or more races (7.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 37.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Grand Blanc Community High School is 20.2. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Grand Blanc Community High School is $12,276.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Grand Blanc Community High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Grand Blanc Community High School 275th of 743 Michigan public high schools. (See Grand Blanc Community High School in the ranking list.)

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Grand Blanc Community Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Grand Blanc Community Schools 204th of 610 Michigan school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Grand Blanc Community High School

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Rank History for all students at Grand Blanc Community High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 92.30 18th 705 97.4%
2007 89.88 34th 767 95.6%
2008 89.04 56th 750 92.5%
2009 86.43 81st 754 89.3%
2010 85.67 72nd 765 90.6%
2011 86.79 58th 784 92.6%
2012 88.97 65th 773 91.6%
2013 87.59 83rd 805 89.7%
2014 82.64 109th 799 86.4%
2015 68.99 256th 832 69.2%
2016 75.75 172nd 852 79.8%
2017 84.59 95th 835 88.6%
2018 80.68 135th 824 83.6%
2019 72.38 163rd 666 75.5%
2021 58.94 188th 561 66.5%
2022 58.50 231st 531 56.5%
2023 59.93 260th 735 64.6%
2024 58.47 275th 743 63.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Grand Blanc Community High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.89 28th 93 69.9%
2019 26.80 26th 36 27.8%
2021 45.25 14th 24 41.7%
2022 38.95 20th 32 37.5%
2023 21.26 91st 110 17.3%
2024 27.66 81st 105 22.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Grand Blanc Community High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.60 89th 315 71.7%
2019 35.72 37th 61 39.3%
2023 45.13 62nd 116 46.6%
2024 23.08 102nd 130 21.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Grand Blanc Community High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.88 246th 755 67.4%
2019 55.14 224th 532 57.9%
2021 42.31 248th 417 40.5%
2022 41.30 255th 369 30.9%
2023 48.74 293rd 614 52.3%
2024 30.24 467th 654 28.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Grand Blanc Community High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.86 154th 710 78.3%
2019 74.62 117th 554 78.9%
2021 56.39 176th 462 61.9%
2022 54.28 203rd 416 51.2%
2023 56.21 246th 611 59.7%
2024 58.04 230th 619 62.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Grand Blanc Community High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.95 112th 707 84.2%
2019 60.89 207th 543 61.9%
2021 51.15 199th 472 57.8%
2022 53.38 212th 440 51.8%
2023 53.73 260th 611 57.4%
2024 48.63 293rd 633 53.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Grand Blanc Community High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.65 29th 87 66.7%
2019 67.27 15th 42 64.3%
2021 47.82 27th 42 35.7%
2023 35.06 44th 63 30.2%
2024 33.34 52nd 70 25.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Grand Blanc Community High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.27 77th 254 69.7%
2019 63.92 48th 147 67.3%
2021 51.66 30th 59 49.2%
2022 39.27 40th 51 21.6%
2023 61.35 47th 170 72.4%
2024 49.21 78th 188 58.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Grand Blanc Community High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.50 48th 201 76.1%
2019 64.23 30th 97 69.1%
2021 44.99 36th 64 43.8%
2022 35.32 60th 83 27.7%
2023 77.97 30th 190 84.2%
2024 52.62 83rd 195 57.4%
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Rank History for White students at Grand Blanc Community High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.20 97th 708 86.3%
2019 74.05 133rd 582 77.1%
2021 62.21 152nd 516 70.5%
2022 63.60 179th 492 63.6%
2023 60.49 221st 647 65.8%
2024 61.85 204th 638 68.0%
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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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Grand Blanc Community High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1766 77 46 20 2 n/a n/a 0 1911
1989 1710 74 53 17 3 n/a n/a -1 1856
1990 1607 84 54 11 5 n/a n/a 0 1761
1991 1546 92 48 15 7 n/a n/a 0 1708
1992 1513 85 49 14 8 n/a n/a 0 1669
1993 1533 95 37 14 5 n/a n/a 0 1684
1994 1531 115 35 19 4 n/a n/a 0 1704
1995 1518 126 49 16 1 n/a n/a 0 1710
1996 1518 126 49 16 1 n/a n/a 0 1710
1997 1498 138 57 25 0 n/a n/a 0 1718
1998 1530 149 64 28 1 n/a n/a 0 1772
1999 1549 157 71 22 2 n/a n/a 0 1801
2000 1585 166 83 22 1 n/a n/a 0 1857
2001 1643 170 72 28 2 n/a n/a 0 1915
2002 1711 190 84 34 2 n/a n/a 1 2022
2003 1711 190 84 34 2 n/a n/a 1 2022
2004 1795 217 81 47 4 n/a n/a 9 2153
2005 1849 2 0 1 0 n/a n/a 404 2256
2006 1918 99 22 19 0 n/a n/a 293 2351
2007 2032 302 53 26 0 n/a n/a 82 2495
2008 2035 329 48 23 n/a n/a n/a 93 2528
2009 2001 355 55 31 3 n/a n/a 117 2562
2010 2046 396 69 25 4 n/a n/a 129 2669
2011 2006 388 63 72 4 1 94 0 2628
2012 2025 408 68 80 7 2 113 0 2703
2013 2014 402 74 83 8 1 117 0 2699
2014 1996 420 76 92 9 3 111 0 2707
2015 2010 437 85 98 11 1 125 0 2767
2016 1963 406 96 107 8 2 120 0 2702
2017 1958 392 101 104 6 2 133 0 2696
2018 1944 390 104 107 6 1 142 0 2694
2019 1946 415 101 144 9 0 157 0 2772
2020 1899 452 101 145 4 2 180 0 2783
2021 1393 326 77 106 2 1 146 0 2051
2022 1650 462 94 131 3 2 176 0 2518
2023 1591 522 89 157 3 0 194 0 2556
2024 1480 542 93 160 2 0 193 0 2470

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 Grand Blanc Community High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1911 n/a n/a n/a
1989 1856 n/a n/a 1.6
1990 1761 102.0 17.2 3.1
1991 1708 n/a n/a n/a
1992 1669 n/a n/a 3.4
1993 1684 n/a 0.0 3.4
1994 1704 77.7 21.9 4.5
1995 1710 84.6 20.2 3
1996 1710 84.6 20.2 3
1997 1718 87.0 19.7 2.6
1998 1772 89.0 19.9 2
1999 1801 89.0 20.2 2.9
2000 1857 90.0 20.6 3.5
2001 1915 97.3 19.7 6
2002 2022 104.7 19.3 7.7
2003 2022 104.7 19.3 7.7
2004 2153 93.4 23.1 10.5
2005 2256 105.1 21.5 15.3
2006 2351 110.6 21.3 13.7
2007 2495 120.4 20.7 13.8
2008 2528 117.9 21.4 16.4
2009 2562 110.0 23.3 20.2
2010 2669 122.8 21.7 24
2011 2628 123.8 21.2 24.1
2012 2703 127.8 21.1 26.9
2013 2699 128.5 21.0 24.5
2014 2707 126.0 21.4 27.2
2015 2767 128.0 21.6 26.4
2016 2702 126.0 21.4 24.4
2017 2696 121.7 22.1 22.6
2018 2694 120.0 22.4 28
2019 2772 126.2 21.9 27.3
2020 2783 126.7 21.9 25.4
2021 2051 102.4 20.0 26.7
2022 2518 115.2 21.8 31.1
2023 2556 119.4 21.4 37.5
2024 2470 122.0 20.2 37.3

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 Grand Blanc Community High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1911 n/a n/a n/a
1989 1856 n/a n/a 1.6
1990 1761 102.0 17.2 3.1
1991 1708 n/a n/a n/a
1992 1669 n/a n/a 3.4
1993 1684 n/a 0.0 3.4
1994 1704 77.7 21.9 4.5
1995 1710 84.6 20.2 3
1996 1710 84.6 20.2 3
1997 1718 87.0 19.7 2.6
1998 1772 89.0 19.9 2
1999 1801 89.0 20.2 2.9
2000 1857 90.0 20.6 3.5
2001 1915 97.3 19.7 6
2002 2022 104.7 19.3 7.7
2003 2022 104.7 19.3 7.7
2004 2153 93.4 23.1 10.5
2005 2256 105.1 21.5 15.3
2006 2351 110.6 21.3 13.7
2007 2495 120.4 20.7 13.8
2008 2528 117.9 21.4 16.4
2009 2562 110.0 23.3 20.2
2010 2669 122.8 21.7 24
2011 2628 123.8 21.2 24.1
2012 2703 127.8 21.1 26.9
2013 2699 128.5 21.0 24.5
2014 2707 126.0 21.4 27.2
2015 2767 128.0 21.6 26.4
2016 2702 126.0 21.4 24.4
2017 2696 121.7 22.1 22.6
2018 2694 120.0 22.4 28
2019 2772 126.2 21.9 27.3
2020 2783 126.7 21.9 25.4
2021 2051 102.4 20.0 26.7
2022 2518 115.2 21.8 31.1
2023 2556 119.4 21.4 37.5
2024 2470 122.0 20.2 37.3

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 Grand Blanc Community High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $542 (5.4%) $9,467 (94.6%) $10,009
2020 $475 (4.7%) $9,702 (95.3%) $10,178
2021 $824 (7.0%) $11,004 (93.0%) $11,829
2022 $966 (8.5%) $10,397 (91.5%) $11,363
2023 $842 (6.9%) $11,434 (93.1%) $12,276

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Grand Blanc Community High School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 163rd of 666 High schoolsRanks 260th of 735 High schools
 10.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade Social Studies (Grand Blanc Community High School)54.144.9
 9.2%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Grand Blanc Community Schools)54.143.9
 10.2%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)46.636.1
 10.5%
11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Grand Blanc Community High School)63.854.6
 9.2%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Grand Blanc Community Schools)63.853.3
 10.5%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Michigan)55.352.2
 3.1%
11th Grade Mathematics (Grand Blanc Community High School)43.628.5
 15.1%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Grand Blanc Community Schools)43.627.6
 16%
   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 Students27722556
 7.8%
African American415522
 25.8%
American Indian93
 66.7%
Asian10189
 11.9%
Hispanic144157
 9%
Pacific Islander00
White19461591
 18.2%
Two or More Races157194
 23.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients27.3%37.5%
 10.2%


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Students at Grand Blanc Community High School are 60% White, 22% African American, 8% Two or more races, 6% Hispanic, 4% Asian.

In the 2023-24 school year, 2,470 students attended Grand Blanc Community High School.

Grand Blanc Community High School ranks 275th of 743 Michigan high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.


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