Caseville School K12, Caseville MI

Original Research by School Decision on Caseville School K12

Caseville School K12 is the only school in the Caseville Public Schools district, serving students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade in a single building on Vine Street. It is a small, rural school in Michigan's Thumb region, and its size shapes nearly everything about the experience. A family choosing this school is choosing intimacy: small classes, a single campus where younger and older students share the same building, and a community where staff tend to know families by name. The district brief notes a low student-teacher ratio, which supports a more personalized environment than most larger districts can offer.

The town of Caseville sits at the mouth of the Pigeon River on Saginaw Bay, a lakeside community with a seasonal rhythm. Summer brings tourists, boaters, and the well-known Cheeseburger in Caseville festival, while the off-season is quiet. The downtown strip along M-25 has shops, restaurants, and a marina, and the town is compact enough to navigate on foot or by bike. Civic anchors include Sleeper State Park and Caseville County Park, both offering beach access and camping. No public library was identified in available sources, which families may want to keep in mind. The local economy appears driven by tourism and recreation, with no major employers named in the research. Housing here is affordable compared with state and national benchmarks, with typical home values well below the Michigan median. That affordability, paired with the lakeside setting, is part of what draws families to the area.

Academically, the state assessment picture is mixed. In math, proficiency rates across the elementary and middle grades are generally low, with several grades showing only a small share of students meeting the state bar. One grade-level math result was reported only as a range, and another sat near the bottom of what the state reports. English language arts follows a similar pattern: some grades reach a moderate level of proficiency, but others fall below that. There are bright spots. Eighth-grade science results were comparatively strong, and eighth-grade social studies was also solid. Those upper-grade results suggest that some students find their footing as they progress, even if the earlier grades show weaker performance. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency sits below the midpoint relative to districts in Huron County. A parent weighing academic outcomes may want to look into this further with the school, particularly in the elementary math and literacy years where the results are softest.

Enrollment is small, with roughly a dozen to two dozen students per grade. The student body is predominantly white, with a small Hispanic population and very few students from other racial or ethnic backgrounds. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not available, so those dimensions of the school's support environment could not be assessed.

The school's broader environment data was limited. No discipline, course access, staffing, or attendance figures were provided, and Title I status was not reported. Graduation rate was not available in the comparison data, and chronic absenteeism was also missing. These gaps mean that several questions a parent might have, about advanced course offerings, college pathways, or attendance patterns, cannot be answered from the available data. The district brief did not surface any recent referendums, curriculum changes, or other shifts that would alter the school's trajectory, so the picture is one of stability rather than transition.

What Caseville offers is a small, close-knit setting in an affordable lakeside community, with class sizes that allow for personal attention and a campus where students stay in one place from early childhood through graduation. The academic results are uneven, stronger in the upper grades than the lower ones, and below the county midpoint overall. For a family drawn to rural life, seasonal lake access, and a school where everyone knows your child, this is a place worth understanding in detail. For a family prioritizing strong proficiency outcomes or broad program offerings, the available data suggests looking closely before committing.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=80%Cohort of 21 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,027 schools plotted. 80 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 331%

School 31% · District 31%

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 424%

School 24% · District 24%

▼ 15 pts below state median

Grade 623%

School 23% · District 23%

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 719%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 846%

School 46% · District 46%

▲ 18 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 331%

School 31% · District 31%

▼ 7 pts below state median

Grade 429%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 11 pts below state median

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 21%

▼ 21 pts below state median

Grade 639%

School 39% · District 39%

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 725%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 9 pts below state median

Science

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 11 pts below state median

Grade 873%

School 73% · District 73%

▲ 36 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 864%

School 64% · District 64%

▲ 21 pts above state median

This schoolCaseville Public Schools, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.