Waterford Mott High School

Summary:

Waterford Mott High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Waterford, Michigan, which is part of the Waterford School District. The school has a diverse student population, with over 50% White, 14.5% African American, and 24.4% Hispanic students.

Waterford Mott High School has consistently underperformed compared to state and district averages on standardized tests, with only 31.7% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in M-Step Science and 29.2% proficient or better in M-Step Social Studies, lagging behind state averages. The school's four-year graduation rate has ranged from 82.5% to 90.9% over the past five years, lower than the state average, and its dropout rate has fluctuated between 3.4% and 7.9%, higher than the state average. Additionally, Waterford Mott High School has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 26.7% in 2019-2020 to 45.3% in 2022-2023, much higher than the state average.

When compared to other schools in the Waterford School District, such as Waterford Kettering High School, Waterford Mott High School underperforms on academic measures, has lower graduation rates, higher dropout rates, and higher chronic absenteeism. The school also faces significant racial disparities, with its African American and Hispanic students performing well below the state averages. Waterford Mott High School's performance for students with special needs and English Language Learners is also concerning, indicating the need for a comprehensive review of the school's practices and strategies to address these issues and improve student outcomes.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 1151 Scott Lake Rd
       Waterford, MI  48328-1526


(248) 674-4134

District: Waterford School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
505th of 743 Michigan High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,632 Help


Feeder schools for Waterford Mott High School:

Elementary:    Beaumont Elementary School
    Donelson Hills Elementary School
    Haviland Elementary School
    Knudsen Elementary School
Middle:    Mason Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  20.6 Help
Number of students:  1,131

Racial breakdown:

White:
51.3%
Hispanic:
24.4%
African American:
14.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  62.8% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Waterford Mott High School ranks worse than 68% of high schools in Michigan. It also ranks 2nd among 3 ranked high schools in the Waterford School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 30.99. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Waterford Mott 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 Waterford Mott High School has the largest high school student body size in the Waterford School District. Student population at Waterford Mott High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (51.3%), Hispanic (24.4%), African American (14.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 62.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Waterford Mott High School is 20.6, which is the highest among 3 high schools in the Waterford School District! (See more...)
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Compare Waterford Mott High School employs 54.6 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Waterford Mott High School is $15,632. 1 high schools in the Waterford School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Waterford Mott High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Waterford Mott High School 505th of 743 Michigan public high schools. (See Waterford Mott High School in the ranking list.)

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Waterford School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Waterford School District 378th of 610 Michigan school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Waterford Mott High School

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Rank History for all students at Waterford Mott High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 61.53 324th 705 54.0%
2007 67.96 276th 767 64.0%
2008 65.86 318th 750 57.6%
2009 66.47 317th 754 58.0%
2010 53.60 452nd 765 40.9%
2011 56.94 435th 784 44.5%
2012 50.94 426th 773 44.9%
2013 50.80 427th 805 47.0%
2014 47.79 456th 799 42.9%
2015 52.52 412th 832 50.5%
2016 39.87 489th 852 42.6%
2017 38.25 470th 835 43.7%
2018 29.86 553rd 824 32.9%
2019 25.17 509th 666 23.6%
2021 28.17 426th 561 24.1%
2022 20.79 472nd 531 11.1%
2023 25.85 546th 735 25.7%
2024 30.99 505th 743 32.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Waterford Mott High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.56 33rd 102 67.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Waterford Mott High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.49 180th 315 42.9%
2022 18.11 12th 13 7.7%
2024 17.69 113th 130 13.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Waterford Mott High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.09 555th 755 26.5%
2019 28.70 410th 532 22.9%
2021 25.10 343rd 417 17.7%
2022 19.41 336th 369 8.9%
2023 19.34 521st 614 15.1%
2024 24.22 513th 654 21.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Waterford Mott High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.77 537th 710 24.4%
2019 24.36 437th 554 21.1%
2021 33.21 322nd 462 30.3%
2022 14.35 398th 416 4.3%
2023 17.27 513th 611 16.0%
2024 28.36 440th 619 28.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Waterford Mott High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.57 505th 707 28.6%
2019 16.63 476th 543 12.3%
2021 15.26 423rd 472 10.4%
2022 19.34 392nd 440 10.9%
2023 25.08 466th 611 23.7%
2024 24.07 496th 633 21.6%
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Rank History for Asian students at Waterford Mott High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 3.78 82nd 87 5.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Waterford Mott High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.71 169th 254 33.5%
2019 27.08 102nd 147 30.6%
2023 42.72 86th 170 49.4%
2024 42.89 94th 188 50.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Waterford Mott High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.77 178th 201 11.4%
2019 14.00 86th 97 11.3%
2021 25.39 51st 64 20.3%
2023 16.93 167th 190 12.1%
2024 7.92 189th 195 3.1%
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Rank History for White students at Waterford Mott High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.70 489th 708 30.9%
2019 34.62 396th 582 32.0%
2021 36.09 334th 516 35.3%
2022 28.33 384th 492 22.0%
2023 26.88 484th 647 25.2%
2024 48.01 314th 638 50.8%
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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 Waterford Mott High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1437 11 20 20 8 n/a n/a 0 1496
1989 1324 23 11 32 10 n/a n/a -5 1395
1990 1243 15 4 23 2 n/a n/a -4 1283
1991 1482 26 10 31 3 n/a n/a 0 1552
1992 1454 28 10 29 3 n/a n/a 0 1524
1993 1363 29 11 22 6 n/a n/a 0 1431
1994 1390 30 13 23 6 n/a n/a 0 1462
1995 1341 38 15 26 2 n/a n/a 0 1422
1996 1341 38 15 26 2 n/a n/a 0 1422
1997 1396 33 20 36 8 n/a n/a 4 1497
1998 1500 47 24 48 11 n/a n/a 0 1630
1999 1446 39 27 48 11 n/a n/a 0 1571
2000 1481 50 32 55 10 n/a n/a 13 1641
2001 1533 71 41 67 6 n/a n/a 0 1718
2002 1554 74 67 91 4 n/a n/a 0 1790
2003 1554 74 67 91 4 n/a n/a 0 1790
2004 1488 96 68 106 4 n/a n/a 0 1762
2005 1532 105 63 112 4 n/a n/a 0 1816
2006 1478 128 52 122 6 n/a n/a 0 1786
2007 1444 163 48 126 8 n/a n/a 0 1789
2008 1438 188 49 111 4 n/a n/a 0 1790
2009 1357 201 42 141 4 n/a n/a 0 1745
2010 1289 212 41 127 8 n/a n/a 0 1677
2011 1210 224 40 143 9 4 0 0 1630
2012 1132 199 48 164 8 2 0 0 1553
2013 1166 190 47 161 9 3 4 0 1580
2014 1084 203 38 193 12 0 13 0 1543
2015 1037 175 42 226 11 0 21 0 1512
2016 1006 199 34 248 12 1 33 0 1533
2017 935 198 36 258 12 2 33 0 1474
2018 886 188 34 271 9 2 39 0 1429
2019 815 184 39 285 15 1 46 0 1385
2020 731 182 32 284 16 0 47 0 1292
2021 669 180 35 291 15 3 56 0 1249
2022 605 170 39 283 10 5 59 0 1171
2023 580 164 36 276 9 5 61 0 1131

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 Waterford Mott High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1496 n/a n/a n/a
1989 1395 n/a n/a 2
1990 1283 79.0 16.2 2.1
1991 1552 n/a n/a n/a
1992 1524 n/a n/a 4.9
1993 1431 n/a 0.0 10.1
1994 1462 70.6 20.7 8.1
1995 1422 57.4 24.8 7.8
1996 1422 57.4 24.8 7.8
1997 1497 67.0 22.3 10.4
1998 1630 64.0 25.5 6.9
1999 1571 65.0 24.2 9.5
2000 1641 70.5 23.1 14.2
2001 1718 73.1 23.5 14.4
2002 1790 43.4 41.2 12
2003 1790 43.4 41.2 12
2004 1762 76.4 23.1 14.7
2005 1816 83.3 21.8 19.3
2006 1786 86.7 20.6 22.5
2007 1789 91.4 19.6 28.6
2008 1790 95.2 18.8 26.4
2009 1745 91.3 19.1 35.6
2010 1677 70.5 23.7 42.3
2011 1630 83.7 19.4 45.3
2012 1553 80.5 19.2 50.8
2013 1580 84.9 18.6 51.2
2014 1543 80.6 19.1 53.5
2015 1512 75.0 20.1 55.2
2016 1533 76.0 20.1 53.6
2017 1474 75.8 19.4 54.1
2018 1429 71.8 19.8 58.3
2019 1385 73.6 18.8 60.1
2020 1292 66.5 19.4 61.8
2021 1249 63.5 19.6 57.4
2022 1171 61.0 19.1 63.2
2023 1131 54.6 20.6 62.8

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 Waterford Mott High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1496 n/a n/a n/a
1989 1395 n/a n/a 2
1990 1283 79.0 16.2 2.1
1991 1552 n/a n/a n/a
1992 1524 n/a n/a 4.9
1993 1431 n/a 0.0 10.1
1994 1462 70.6 20.7 8.1
1995 1422 57.4 24.8 7.8
1996 1422 57.4 24.8 7.8
1997 1497 67.0 22.3 10.4
1998 1630 64.0 25.5 6.9
1999 1571 65.0 24.2 9.5
2000 1641 70.5 23.1 14.2
2001 1718 73.1 23.5 14.4
2002 1790 43.4 41.2 12
2003 1790 43.4 41.2 12
2004 1762 76.4 23.1 14.7
2005 1816 83.3 21.8 19.3
2006 1786 86.7 20.6 22.5
2007 1789 91.4 19.6 28.6
2008 1790 95.2 18.8 26.4
2009 1745 91.3 19.1 35.6
2010 1677 70.5 23.7 42.3
2011 1630 83.7 19.4 45.3
2012 1553 80.5 19.2 50.8
2013 1580 84.9 18.6 51.2
2014 1543 80.6 19.1 53.5
2015 1512 75.0 20.1 55.2
2016 1533 76.0 20.1 53.6
2017 1474 75.8 19.4 54.1
2018 1429 71.8 19.8 58.3
2019 1385 73.6 18.8 60.1
2020 1292 66.5 19.4 61.8
2021 1249 63.5 19.6 57.4
2022 1171 61.0 19.1 63.2
2023 1131 54.6 20.6 62.8

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 Waterford Mott High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,076 (9.7%) $10,005 (90.3%) $11,081
2020 $1,038 (8.9%) $10,581 (91.1%) $11,619
2021 $2,405 (19.4%) $10,010 (80.6%) $12,415
2022 $1,624 (11.5%) $12,466 (88.5%) $14,091
2023 $1,874 (12.0%) $13,758 (88.0%) $15,632

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Waterford Mott High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 509th of 666 High schoolsRanks 546th of 735 High schools
 2.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade Social Studies (Waterford Mott High School)38.325.1
 13.2%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Waterford School District)36.822.8
 14%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)46.636.1
 10.5%
11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Waterford Mott High School)37.934.1
 3.8%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Waterford School District)39.336.8
 2.5%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Michigan)55.352.2
 3.1%
11th Grade Mathematics (Waterford Mott High School)18.213.1
 5.1%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Waterford School District)18.317.4
 0.9%
   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 Students13851131
 18.3%
African American184164
 10.9%
American Indian159
 40%
Asian3936
 7.7%
Hispanic285276
 3.2%
Pacific Islander15
 400%
White815580
 28.8%
Two or More Races4661
 32.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients60.1%62.8%
 2.6%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Waterford Mott High School

Students at Waterford Mott High School are 51% White, 24% Hispanic, 15% African American, 5% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,131 students attended Waterford Mott High School.

Waterford Mott High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Beaumont Elementary School
Elementary : Donelson Hills Elementary School
Elementary : Haviland Elementary School
Elementary : Knudsen Elementary School
Middle : Mason Middle School

Waterford Mott High School ranks 505th of 743 Michigan high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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