Holt Senior High School

Summary:

Holt Senior High School is a public high school serving 1,626 students in grades 9-12 in Holt, Michigan, which is part of the Okemos Public Schools district. The school has a relatively diverse student population and has consistently performed well on state assessments, with 11th-grade students scoring above the state average in several subjects.

Holt Senior High School's four-year graduation rate has remained high, ranging from 80.0% to 84.7% over the past five years, which is higher than the nearby JW Sexton High School, which had a 76.8% graduation rate in 2022-2023. However, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 10.3% in 2020-2021 to 43.3% in 2021-2022, which is higher than the state average and the nearby Okemos High School, which had a 17.9% chronic absenteeism rate in 2022-2023.

Holt Senior High School's statewide ranking has fluctuated over the years, suggesting that the school's performance may be influenced by factors beyond just academic achievement. The school's performance also varies across different student subgroups, indicating that the school may need to focus on addressing the needs of specific subgroups to ensure equitable outcomes. While Holt Senior High School generally outperforms nearby schools like JW Sexton High School and Waverly Senior High School, it lags behind the highly-ranked Okemos High School, which could provide valuable insights for Holt Senior High School to further improve its performance.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 5885 Holt Rd
       Holt, MI  48842-8677


(517) 694-2162

District: Holt Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
281st of 743 Michigan High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,534 Help


Feeder schools for Holt Senior High School:

Elementary:    Dimondale Elementary School
    Elliott Elementary School
    Horizon Elementary School
    Sycamore Elementary School
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Middle:    Holt Junior High School
    Hope Middle School
    Washington Woods Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  17.0 Help
Number of students:  1,626

Racial breakdown:

White:
57.4%
Hispanic:
14.5%
African American:
13.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  44.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Holt Senior High School ranks better than 62.2% of high schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 58.12. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Holt Senior 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.
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Holt Senior High School is $15,534.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Holt Senior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Holt Senior High School 281st of 743 Michigan public high schools. (See Holt Senior High School in the ranking list.)

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Holt Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Holt Public Schools 280th of 610 Michigan school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Holt Senior High School

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Rank History for all students at Holt Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 72.45 214th 705 69.6%
2007 78.76 138th 767 82.0%
2008 76.94 180th 750 76.0%
2009 80.17 134th 754 82.2%
2010 76.09 181st 765 76.3%
2011 79.30 153rd 784 80.5%
2012 79.51 137th 773 82.3%
2013 68.41 249th 805 69.1%
2014 73.17 188th 799 76.5%
2015 58.66 355th 832 57.3%
2016 66.65 259th 852 69.6%
2017 64.51 263rd 835 68.5%
2018 56.63 342nd 824 58.5%
2019 63.85 220th 666 67.0%
2021 86.69 58th 561 89.7%
2022 49.73 289th 531 45.6%
2023 63.26 231st 735 68.6%
2024 58.12 281st 743 62.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Holt Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.05 64th 93 31.2%
2019 43.05 18th 36 50.0%
2023 56.97 48th 110 56.4%
2024 27.07 82nd 105 21.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Holt Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.35 58th 102 43.1%
2023 80.06 7th 35 80.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Holt Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.45 169th 315 46.3%
2019 29.86 43rd 61 29.5%
2023 39.79 68th 116 41.4%
2024 50.78 58th 130 55.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Holt Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.98 444th 755 41.2%
2019 60.20 178th 532 66.5%
2021 87.43 36th 417 91.4%
2022 39.94 261st 369 29.3%
2023 47.80 304th 614 50.5%
2024 42.42 352nd 654 46.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Holt Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.23 332nd 710 53.2%
2019 60.40 210th 554 62.1%
2021 65.25 121st 462 73.8%
2022 38.77 300th 416 27.9%
2023 51.95 284th 611 53.5%
2024 47.90 300th 619 51.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Holt Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.93 329th 707 53.5%
2019 57.82 227th 543 58.2%
2021 95.29 23rd 472 95.1%
2022 48.95 238th 440 45.9%
2023 64.51 179th 611 70.7%
2024 58.38 232nd 633 63.3%
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Rank History for Asian students at Holt Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.04 61st 87 29.9%
2023 40.08 41st 63 34.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Holt Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.71 120th 254 52.8%
2019 72.78 34th 147 76.9%
2023 35.41 101st 170 40.6%
2024 48.80 79th 188 58.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Holt Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.72 129th 201 35.8%
2019 62.92 32nd 97 67.0%
2022 22.82 68th 83 18.1%
2023 49.23 94th 190 50.5%
2024 30.54 140th 195 28.2%
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Rank History for White students at Holt Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.11 236th 708 66.7%
2019 66.68 164th 582 71.8%
2021 88.41 52nd 516 89.9%
2022 63.65 178th 492 63.8%
2023 67.67 175th 647 73.0%
2024 63.50 193rd 638 69.7%
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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 Holt Senior High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 989 10 14 26 4 n/a n/a -3 1040
1989 904 16 10 22 6 n/a n/a -8 950
1990 875 10 20 23 4 n/a n/a -6 926
1991 819 11 19 15 4 n/a n/a 0 868
1992 872 12 19 21 4 n/a n/a 0 928
1993 855 15 18 22 4 n/a n/a 0 914
1994 873 14 17 31 7 n/a n/a 0 942
1995 951 27 8 38 1 n/a n/a 0 1025
1996 951 27 8 38 1 n/a n/a 0 1025
1997 979 34 17 42 8 n/a n/a 0 1080
1998 988 30 17 38 2 n/a n/a 0 1075
1999 949 32 27 44 29 n/a n/a 0 1081
2000 958 32 25 56 20 n/a n/a 0 1091
2001 1029 34 21 44 15 n/a n/a 0 1143
2002 1093 61 33 50 29 n/a n/a 0 1266
2003 1093 61 33 50 29 n/a n/a 0 1266
2004 1151 73 42 55 11 n/a n/a 0 1332
2005 1140 68 37 50 5 n/a n/a 35 1335
2006 1175 83 38 53 9 n/a n/a 39 1397
2007 1147 84 33 55 6 n/a n/a 103 1428
2008 1139 120 34 67 9 n/a n/a 42 1411
2009 1064 129 36 75 8 n/a n/a 79 1391
2010 1034 157 36 76 6 n/a n/a 68 1377
2011 980 154 31 141 4 0 71 0 1381
2012 936 171 41 129 5 0 68 0 1350
2013 856 161 42 150 3 0 92 0 1304
2014 843 146 42 139 2 0 90 0 1262
2015 874 170 48 179 4 0 103 0 1378
2016 831 158 47 177 3 1 124 0 1341
2017 804 142 45 172 4 2 116 0 1285
2018 813 145 47 178 2 2 117 0 1304
2019 1084 192 65 225 3 3 151 0 1723
2020 1071 185 67 239 4 0 146 0 1712
2021 1060 194 67 241 5 1 154 0 1722
2022 1029 192 60 244 4 2 159 0 1690
2023 934 217 63 236 3 2 171 0 1626

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 Holt Senior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1040 n/a n/a n/a
1989 950 n/a n/a 2.3
1990 926 57.0 16.2 1.7
1991 868 n/a n/a n/a
1992 928 n/a n/a 2.5
1993 914 n/a 0.0 2.7
1994 942 42.0 22.4 2
1995 1025 52.0 19.7 3.4
1996 1025 52.0 19.7 3.4
1997 1080 59.0 18.3 2.4
1998 1075 58.0 18.5 3.1
1999 1081 60.0 18.0 2.4
2000 1091 68.9 15.8 5.4
2001 1143 66.2 17.3 4.1
2002 1266 4.0 316.5 8.4
2003 1266 4.0 316.5 8.4
2004 1332 71.5 18.6 10.9
2005 1335 72.3 18.5 15.8
2006 1397 74.8 18.7 15.8
2007 1428 76.6 18.6 15.8
2008 1411 77.4 18.2 19.1
2009 1391 77.3 18.0 25.1
2010 1377 75.4 18.2 26.2
2011 1381 70.1 19.6 26.4
2012 1350 66.8 20.1 27.4
2013 1304 69.8 18.6 33.4
2014 1262 66.4 19.0 30.5
2015 1378 73.0 18.8 35.3
2016 1341 77.0 17.4 33.5
2017 1285 75.8 16.9 29.3
2018 1304 75.8 17.1 34.8
2019 1723 87.7 19.6 34.6
2020 1712 93.0 18.4 35.1
2021 1722 95.0 18.1 35.1
2022 1690 91.6 18.4 41.7
2023 1626 95.4 17.0 44.6

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 Holt Senior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1040 n/a n/a n/a
1989 950 n/a n/a 2.3
1990 926 57.0 16.2 1.7
1991 868 n/a n/a n/a
1992 928 n/a n/a 2.5
1993 914 n/a 0.0 2.7
1994 942 42.0 22.4 2
1995 1025 52.0 19.7 3.4
1996 1025 52.0 19.7 3.4
1997 1080 59.0 18.3 2.4
1998 1075 58.0 18.5 3.1
1999 1081 60.0 18.0 2.4
2000 1091 68.9 15.8 5.4
2001 1143 66.2 17.3 4.1
2002 1266 4.0 316.5 8.4
2003 1266 4.0 316.5 8.4
2004 1332 71.5 18.6 10.9
2005 1335 72.3 18.5 15.8
2006 1397 74.8 18.7 15.8
2007 1428 76.6 18.6 15.8
2008 1411 77.4 18.2 19.1
2009 1391 77.3 18.0 25.1
2010 1377 75.4 18.2 26.2
2011 1381 70.1 19.6 26.4
2012 1350 66.8 20.1 27.4
2013 1304 69.8 18.6 33.4
2014 1262 66.4 19.0 30.5
2015 1378 73.0 18.8 35.3
2016 1341 77.0 17.4 33.5
2017 1285 75.8 16.9 29.3
2018 1304 75.8 17.1 34.8
2019 1723 87.7 19.6 34.6
2020 1712 93.0 18.4 35.1
2021 1722 95.0 18.1 35.1
2022 1690 91.6 18.4 41.7
2023 1626 95.4 17.0 44.6

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.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Holt Senior High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $404 (3.7%) $10,464 (96.3%) $10,868
2020 $507 (4.6%) $10,555 (95.4%) $11,062
2021 $496 (4.3%) $11,121 (95.7%) $11,617
2022 $923 (7.0%) $12,233 (93.0%) $13,156
2023 $1,185 (7.6%) $14,349 (92.4%) $15,534

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Holt Senior 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 220th of 666 High schoolsRanks 231st of 735 High schools
 1.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade Social Studies (Holt Senior High School)52.138.3
 13.8%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Holt Public Schools)52.138.3
 13.8%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)46.636.1
 10.5%
11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Holt Senior High School)64.254.4
 9.8%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Holt Public Schools)64.254.4
 9.8%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Michigan)55.352.2
 3.1%
11th Grade Mathematics (Holt Senior High School)34.130.1
 4%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Holt Public Schools)34.130.1
 4%
   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 Students17231626
 5.6%
African American192217
 13%
American Indian33
Asian6563
 3.1%
Hispanic225236
 4.9%
Pacific Islander32
 33.3%
White1084934
 13.8%
Two or More Races151171
 13.2%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients34.6%44.6%
 10%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 1,626 students attended Holt Senior High School.

Holt Senior High School ranks 281st of 743 Michigan high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Holt Senior High School are 57% White, 15% Hispanic, 13% African American, 11% Two or more races, 4% Asian.


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