Coldwater Community Schools
Serves Coldwater, Coldwater Township, Ovid Township, Girard Township, Kinderhook Township and Batavia Township, and parts of Quincy Township, Union Township, Algansee Township, Bethel Township, Butler Township and California Township.
Coldwater’s School Grade B better than 60% of Michigan school districts
What stands out about Coldwater Community Schools
- Its letter, B: results better than 60% of Michigan districts
- Reading proficiency 6 pts below the state
- Graduation rate 8 pts above the state
- Spends 19% less per student than the MI average
- 21 students per teacher
- Debt of $30.1M, about $10,709 per student
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
B: better than 60% 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 Coldwater. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. MI
2021–22 · class of 202398% 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.
About steady since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
5 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.