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Schools in Benton Heights

Benton Heights’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools above Michigan’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 84% 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
5%
2021–22
Math proficiency
under 1%
2021–22
Graduate on time
52%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$25.3K
▲ 53% vs MI $16.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.2
MI 16.5 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,018 students on the public path
In brief

Benton Heights’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Benton Heights’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Michigan’s 2,812 public schools. Benton Harbor High School places highest (better than 1%); Martin Luther King Jr Elementary lowest (0%). 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 Benton Heights, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–KDiscovery Enrichment Centerin Benton HarborNo scores
1–3Martin Luther King Jr Elementaryin Benton HarborD−
6–8Fair Plain Middle Schoolin Benton HarborD−
9–12Benton Harbor High Schoolin Benton HarborD−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Benton Harbor 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.

Benton Harbor Area SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 1,227 students, down 24% since 2020–21 · 11.2 per teacher (MI 16.5)
$25,288MI $16,528 · FY2024
D−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading5%
State average 45.4% · 657 students tested
Mathunder 1%
State average 33.6% · 652 students tested

Benton Heights vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Benton Heights—Benton Harbor Area Schools
BentonD−Benton Harbor Area Schools
Benton HarborD−Benton Harbor Area Schools

All 2 neighbors share Benton Harbor Area Schools with Benton Heights, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Benton Heights

4 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 Benton Heightsin other towns
Discovery Enrichment Center
Elementary · Grades PK–K · Benton Harbor
80 students7:1Rate it →
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary
Elementary · Grades 1–3 · Benton Harbor
D−
229 students10:1Rate it →
Fair Plain Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Benton Harbor
D−
240 students11:1Rate it →
Benton Harbor High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Benton Harbor
D−
469 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Benton Heights’s schools

Are Benton Heights’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Benton Heights. Benton Harbor Area Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Benton Heights. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Michigan’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Benton Heights in?

Benton Harbor Area Schools.

Where do Benton Heights kids go to high school?

Benton Harbor High 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.