Hudson Area Jrsr High School, Hudson MI

Original Research by School Decision on Hudson Area Jrsr High School

Hudson Area JRSR High School sits in a small, historically rooted rural community in Lenawee County, serving grades seven through twelve as part of Hudson Area Schools. The school draws from a town whose identity is tied to its downtown historic district on the National Register, its manufacturing base in aluminum castings and screw machine products, and a long-standing small-town character. Publicly reported sources note the community has seen minimal population growth over decades, with no major housing developments or growth projects identified. The town's civic anchors cluster along Main Street, including the Carnegie library and the Hudson Museum, and school facilities appear woven into the small-town fabric rather than set apart on isolated campuses. The local housing market is modest compared with state and national benchmarks, with home values well below the statewide level, which may make the area accessible for families looking to settle in a quieter rural setting.

The school serves a predominantly white student body, with a small Hispanic presence and very few students from other racial or ethnic backgrounds. Nearly half of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the working-class character of the surrounding community. The total enrollment is modest for a school spanning six grade levels, and the distribution across grades is relatively even. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not reported, so those populations cannot be characterized here.

On state assessments for the most recent year, the school's results are mixed and, on the whole, sit below the midpoint for Lenawee County districts. The strongest result comes from eighth-grade English language arts, where roughly half of tested students reached proficiency, a notably higher rate than the school posted in other subjects or grades. Eighth-grade social studies and science landed in the middle range, with about a third and about a quarter of students proficient, respectively. The weakest results were in mathematics at both seventh and eighth grades and in seventh-grade English language arts, where only a small fraction of students demonstrated proficiency. The school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile relative to districts in Lenawee County, whose own median sits modestly above this school's level. A parent weighing academic outcomes may want to look into what the school is doing to address these lower math results in particular, and to ask how the stronger eighth-grade ELA performance is being built on across other subjects and grades.

Several important pieces of information were not available in the data provided. No graduation rate was reported for this school, so families cannot assess that measure here. Chronic absenteeism, discipline data, staffing levels, course access, and program offerings such as Advanced Placement, career and technical education, or dual enrollment were also absent. Civil rights data was not provided. We looked for the district's recent parent-relevant changes such as referendums, curriculum overhauls, or tax shifts but found little, so that context is left out rather than guessed. Families considering this school would benefit from asking directly about graduation patterns, advanced coursework, and support services, since the available data does not speak to them.

What the data does say is that Hudson Area JRSR High School is a small, community-rooted school in an affordable rural town with a proud local history. Its academic results show a clear bright spot in eighth-grade reading but persistent weakness in mathematics across both tested grades. Families drawn to a close-knit, rural, historic community with lower housing costs may find the setting appealing and should pair that with direct conversations with the school about academic support, course offerings, and outcomes that this data set does not capture.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=90%Cohort of 54 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 713%

School 13% · District 13%

▼ 16 pts below state median

Grade 814%

School 14% · District 13% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 714%

School 14% · District 14%

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 851%

School 51% · District 48% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Science

Grade 827%

School 27% · District 24% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 835%

School 35% · District 31% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

This schoolHudson Area 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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 7Lower-income14%Higher-income14%1 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income39%Higher-income61%22 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income17%Higher-income8%9 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income7%Higher-income20%12 pp gap