High · Michigan
Vandercook Lake High School
Free meals for allVandercook Lake High School, a public high school in Jackson, Michigan: grades 7–12, 258 students, 13.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Vandercook Lake Public 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
- 258
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.0
- Students per teacher
- 13.6
- Grades
- 7–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 83% of high schools in Michigan
Median 18.4 · 866 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 56% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 57% of high schools in Michigan
Median 322 · 916 schools compared
Smaller than 64% 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%28%proficient
−9.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 87% of high schools in Michigan
Median 44% · 153 high schools compared
81 students tested, grades 7, 8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Michigan: 35%7.4%proficient
−9.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 91% of high schools in Michigan
Median 26% · 153 high schools compared
81 students tested, grades 7, 8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
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 7–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Small suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Vandercook Lake Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 1000 E Golf Ave, Jackson, MI 49203
- Phone
- (517)782-8167
- City or town
- Vandercook Lake
- County
- Jackson 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 | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–12 | 260 | 19.8 | 61% | 28% | |
Jackson Area Career CenterCareer and technical | 9–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Michigan Center JrSr High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–12 | 700 | 21.0 | 38% | 14% |
Jackson County JailAlternative | 9–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Jackson PathwaysAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 77 | 15.4 | — | — |
Jackson High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 989 | 17.3 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
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.
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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