High · Michigan
Buchanan High School
Free meals for allBuchanan High School, a public high school in Buchanan, Michigan: grades 8–12, 561 students, 18.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Buchanan Community Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 561
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.0
- Students per teacher
- 18.1
- Grades
- 8–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 52% of high schools in Michigan
Median 18.4 · 866 schools compared
More students per teacher than 74% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Larger than 70% of high schools in Michigan
Median 322 · 916 schools compared
Larger than 59% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Michigan's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Michigan: 45%77%proficient
−0.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 97% of high schools in Michigan
Median 44% · 153 high schools compared
128 students tested, grades 8 · PSAT; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Michigan: 35%40%proficient
+1.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 87% of high schools in Michigan
Median 26% · 153 high schools compared
128 students tested, grades 8 · PSAT; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 8–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Town near a city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Buchanan Community Schools.
Location
- Address
- 401 W Chicago St, Buchanan, MI 49107
- Phone
- (269)695-8403
- City or town
- Buchanan
- County
- Berrien County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Niles Comm Schools Adult EducationAlternative | 9–12 | 24 | 32.0 |
Brandywine Innovation AcademyAlternativeMostly virtualFree meals for all | 6–12 | 69 | 59.0 |
Niles Senior High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 828 | 20.4 |
Career Academy High SchoolCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 481 | 10.2 |
Niles Cedar LaneAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 134 | 24.9 |
WAY NilesAlternative | 6–12 | 95 | — |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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