Northwest Connect
JACKSON · MI · Northwest Community Schools · Public · K-12 combined
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Vandercook Lake High School → Woodville Community Center → Jackson Preparatory Early College → Concord High School → East Jackson Secondary School → Jackson Pathways → Marshall Opportunity High School → SAI Camp Cassidy Lake →At a glance
- AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 14% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 30% in 2019 (Bottom 6% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Northwest Connect compares for families
What families should know about Northwest Connect.
- ▸ LocallyMI sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Vandercook Lake High School, Woodville Community Center, Jackson Preparatory Early College and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 14% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 6% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $13,138/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +5.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 157 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vandercook Lake High School JACKSON |
Public | 9.9 | 177 | -10.6% |
| Woodville Community Center JACKSON |
Public | 5.6 | 97 | -23.6% |
| Jackson Preparatory Early College JACKSON |
Public · charter | 12.0 | 179 | -23.5% |
| Concord High School CONCORD |
Public | 14.3 | 182 | -21.2% |
| East Jackson Secondary School JACKSON |
Public | 8.2 | 245 | -5.8% |
| Jackson Pathways JACKSON |
Public | 6.2 | 77 | -7.2% |
| Marshall Opportunity High School ALBION |
Public | 15.5 | 109 | -0.9% |
| SAI Camp Cassidy Lake JACKSON |
Public | 4.3 | — | — |