Orchard Center High School
Monroe · MI · Monroe Public Schools · Public · K-12 combined
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Monroe County Middle College → Mason Senior High School → Jefferson High School → Whiteford High School → Ida High School → Summerfield JuniorSenior High School → Trillium Academy → WayneWestland Innovative Academy →At a glance
- AP rigor: Bottom 29% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 27% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 62% in 2019 (Bottom 12% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Orchard Center High School compares for families
What families should know about Orchard Center High School.
- ▸ 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: Monroe County Middle College, Mason Senior High School, Jefferson High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 27% 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 12% 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
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
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 -3.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 260 students:
≈ 39 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $14,780 per student in district revenue, the 39 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $576,420/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe County Middle College MONROE |
Public | 4.8 | 320 | -10.1% |
| Mason Senior High School ERIE |
Public | 8.4 | 316 | -5.7% |
| Jefferson High School NEWPORT |
Public | 5.1 | 430 | -12.2% |
| Whiteford High School OTTAWA LAKE |
Public | 19.1 | 262 | -0.8% |
| Ida High School IDA |
Public | 9.8 | 451 | +5.6% |
| Summerfield JuniorSenior High School PETERSBURG |
Public | 16.6 | 162 | -4.7% |
| Trillium Academy TAYLOR |
Public · charter | 21.1 | 187 | +8.1% |
| WayneWestland Innovative Academy WAYNE |
Public | 25.4 | 255 | +26.2% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantOrchard Center High School is a public high school in Monroe, MI, enrolling 260 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is down 25% from 2021 to 2024.
24 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 27% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 62% in the latest EDFacts release.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
What is Orchard Center High School's graduation rate? Orchard Center High School's federal four-year graduation rate was about 62% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Orchard Center High School? Orchard Center High School is a public high school in Monroe, MI, enrolling 260 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.
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