Covert High School

Covert High School, a micro-enrollment secondary school in COVERT, Michigan, run under Covert Public Schools, enrolls 101 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Covert High School sits 78% below that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Covert Public Schools (324 students total), Covert High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Covert High School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment; the rest looks like 23% Black, 12% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Covert High School has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Van Buren County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, Van Buren County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,114 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Covert High School is one of 45 public schools in Van Buren County (combined enrollment of about 14,850 students).

Covert Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Covert High School's enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 109 (now 101). Over the same period, the Black share rose from 17% to 23%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.0:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Covert High School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.