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Wylie E. Groves High School

Birmingham City School District
Oakland County

20500 W 13 Mile Road
Beverly Hills, Michigan
(248)203-3520

   
Poverty-Adjusted Adjusted Performance Index: 1.02
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap: 31.0
College Readiness Index 39.3

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Detailed Information (methodology)

School Data

Grades Served 9-12
Magnet School Yes
Charter School No
Admissions Type Open Enrollment
NCES Locale Type Urban Fringe of a Large City
Receives Title I Funding No

Demographic Data

Enrollment 1411
Minority Enrollment (% of total) 17.6%
Disadvantaged Student Enrollment (% of total) 2.1%

Average student performance

State Test Performance Index 101.9
Poverty-Adjusted Adjusted Performance Index 1.02

Disadvantaged student performance

Disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate 75.0
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap 31.0
Non-disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate 95.0
Current State Test Achievement Gap 20.0

College-ready student performance

AP Participation Rate 44.6%
Quality-Adjusted AP Participation Rate 37.5%
Exams Per Test Taker 3.2
Quality-Adjusted Exams Per Test Taker 3.2
AP Pass Rate 83.5%
College Readiness Index 39.3

Criteria for Medals

Gold Medal
Top 100 schools nationally based on College Readiness Index
Silver Medal
all other schools with a college-readiness index of at least 20, but that are not in the top 100 nationally
Bronze Medal
either do not offer AP, or do not achieve a college readiness index of at least 20, but successfully meet other two key performance indicator criteria

Notes

College-ready student performance data derived from data provided by the College Board. Copyright © 2006 by the College Board. All rights reserved. www.collegeboard.com.

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