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Schools in Athens

Athens’s public schools

Athens Area Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Athens. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above Michigan’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Michigan’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
41%
2021–22
Math proficiency
24%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.2K
▼ 2% vs MI $16.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.2
MI 16.5 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
455 students on the public path
In brief

Athens’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Athens’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Michigan’s 2,812 public schools. Athens JuniorSenor High School places highest (better than 43%); East Leroy Elementary School lowest (43%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Athens, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–5East Leroy Elementary Schoolin East LeroyC+
6–12Athens JuniorSenor High SchoolAthens Area SchoolsC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Athens Area Schools.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Athens Area SchoolsGrades K–12 · 2 schools · 455 students, down 6% since 2020–21 · 9.2 per teacher (MI 16.5)
$16,168MI $16,528 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading41%
State average 45.4% · 269 students tested
Math24%
State average 33.6% · 269 students tested

Athens vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Michigan towns that share Athens’s borders.

Schools next door
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Athens—Athens Area Schools

Every school in Athens

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Michigan’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Athensin other towns
East Leroy Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · East Leroy
C+
199 students13:1Rate it →
Athens JuniorSenor High School
High · Grades 6–12
C+
256 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Athens’s schools

Are Athens’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Athens. Athens Area Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Athens. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Michigan’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Athens in?

Athens Area Schools.

Where do Athens kids go to high school?

Athens JuniorSenor High School.

Parents talk

What Athens families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.