The top reported proficiency rate is 34% in English language arts. The lowest is 20% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Peck Jrsr High School
Peck JrSr High School sits in the village of Peck, a small, primarily residential community in Michigan's Sanilac County, about an hour's drive north of the Detroit metro fringe. The village calls itself "The Pheasant Capitol of Michigan," a label that hints at the rural character surrounding the school. Peck sits along M-19, and most residents commute by car to work. The community has been slowly losing population, yet median property values have ticked upward in recent years. Housing here remains well below both state and national benchmarks, which makes this an affordable place for families looking to buy, though the trade-off is limited commercial activity and few civic amenities beyond the school itself, village offices, and basic public safety services.
The school serves grades six through twelve and belongs to the Peck Community School District, a small single-building system that runs from pre-kindergarten through graduation. Enrollment at the secondary level is modest, with each grade cohort roughly two to three dozen students. This is a tight-knit setting where students stay together across seven years, and teachers likely know most families by name. The student body is predominantly white, with a small Hispanic presence and a handful of students of Asian heritage. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the working-class economic profile of the village. Data on special education enrollment and English learners was not available.
State testing results are limited to the middle school grades, since Michigan's M-STEP and PSAT assessments cover grades six through eight at this level, and the high school years use a different testing framework that did not appear in the provided data. What the results show is a mixed but generally modest academic picture. In English language arts, proficiency ranges from the upper twenties in sixth grade to the mid-twenties in seventh grade, then jumps to half the class meeting proficiency in eighth grade. Math results are lower and more consistent across the three tested grades, sitting in the low twenties for sixth and seventh grade and dropping further in eighth grade. Eighth-grade science proficiency lands near a third of the class, while social studies is in the low twenties. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency places it in the bottom quartile relative to districts in Sanilac County. A parent considering this school may want to look into what the school is doing to strengthen math outcomes and how it plans to build on the stronger eighth-grade ELA result.
No graduation rate was available in the data, which is a gap a family should ask about directly. The absence is not unusual for a small school where cohort sizes can trigger suppression rules, but it leaves an open question about how students fare once they move through the high school years. Chronic absenteeism data was also missing, as were staffing figures, course catalogs, and discipline records. Program offerings such as Advanced Placement, career and technical education, or dual-enrollment options were not reported in the data provided, so families interested in those pathways should contact the district office to ask what is available.
The district brief turned up little about recent changes or strategic initiatives, so there is no clear record of new programs, building projects, or policy shifts to report. What is publicly known is that the district operates as a single community school, which means Peck JrSr High shares its building and leadership with the elementary program. That structure can mean shared resources and continuity across grade levels, but it also means the district has a thin administrative layer and limited capacity for specialized offerings compared with larger systems.
For a family already rooted in Peck or drawn by the affordable housing and rural setting, this school offers continuity and a small peer environment where students move together from sixth grade through graduation. The academic results, particularly in math, suggest room for growth, and the missing graduation and program data means a family would need to do some direct asking to get the full picture.
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