Maple Valley Schools
Serves Castleton Township, Sunfield Township, Vermontville Township, Kalamo Township, Chester Township, Maple Grove Township, Nashville and Vermontville, and parts of Assyria Township.
Castleton Township’s School Grade C+ better than 41% of Michigan school districts
What stands out about Maple Valley Schools
- Its letter, C+: results better than 41% of Michigan districts
- Math proficiency 10 pts below the state
- Reading proficiency 13 pts below the state
- Spends 13% less per student than the MI average
- 15 students per teacher
- Enrollment down 6.3% since 2020–21
- Debt of $16.3M, about $18,734 per student
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
C+: better than 41% of the 815 Michigan school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Castleton Township. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. MI
2021–22 · class of 202396% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.
Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Down 6.3% since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
4 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Michigan’s other public schools.
Nearby districts
Compare spending and schools next door.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Michigan.