LANSING, Mich. (AP/WOOD) — More than a dozen West Michigan schools have made the state’s latest list of lowest-performing schools for 2015.
A total of 124 schools made the bottom 5 percent list of public schools; of those, 17 are located in West Michigan.
>>PDF: Michigan’s lowest achieving public schools of 2015
Many of the low-scoring schools are in Detroit and will not be closed by the state until 2019 at the earliest because of how the laws enacting a financial bailout of the district were written.
Fifty-eight of the 116 open schools are in Detroit’s district or will be folded back into the district when a state-created turnaround entity dissolves next year.
A Snyder spokeswoman says the state will not force the closure of Detroit schools for at least three years because of the legislation that created a new debt-free district.
Also Thursday, Michigan’s School Reform Office released seven schools from “priority” status after students improved their test results.
Lowest achieving schools in West Michigan:
BERRIEN RESA
Benton Harbor High School | Benton Harbor Area Schools | 2010 Priority
Dream Academy | Benton Harbor Area Schools| 2011 Priority
International Academy at Hull | Benton Harbor Area Schools |2013 Priority
STEAM Academy at MLK | Benton Harbor Area Schools | 2012 Priority
Montessori Academy At Henry C Morton | Benton Harbor Area Schools | 2013 Priority
Benton Harbor Charter School Academy | Benton Harbor Charter School Academy | 2015 Priority
CALHOUN ISD
Dudley School | Battle Creek Public Schools | 2013 Priority
KALAMAZOO RESA
Washington Writers’ Academy | Kalamazoo Public Schools | 2013 Priority
Woodward School for Technology and Research | Kalamazoo Public Schools | 2013 Priority
KENT ISD
Burton Elementary School | Grand Rapids Public Schools | 2015 Priority
Burton Middle School | Grand Rapids Public Schools | 2015 Priority
Martin Luther King Leadership Academy | Grand Rapids Public Schools | 2013 Priority
Westwood Middle School | Grand Rapids Public Schools| 2015 Priority
Hope Academy of West Michigan |2014 Priority
Michigan Virtual Charter Academy | 2014 Priority
MUSKEGON AREA ISD
Marquette Elementary School | Muskegon Public Schools | 2015 Priority
Muskegon Heights Academy | Muskegon Heights Public School Academy System | 2010 Priority