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Port Huron Northern High School

Public | 9-12 | 1391 students

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Port Huron's Port Huron Northern High School is a public school serving 1391 students in grades 9-12. It is special education and alternative.

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90% of students at this school are White.

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Posted October 24, 2004

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I feel the school does a great job in providing all things for the students, the trick is getting the students to take advantage of the resources available to them. There are circumstances that happen in every day life for a student that can make things difficult, I feel that the counselers and staff are doing a great job in sorting these instances out. I would like to be able to keep in touch with my teens progress through e-mail as it would be very helpful for me to know what he's been doing or how he is doing with his assignments, tests or his behavior. Thank you, Roger Paul
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Posted March 16, 2004

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It would be nice if parents had teacher email access for closer communication for ADD students or at least for students performing poorly. I myself would be in close contact trying to find out what is going on with this child, what are his homework assignments, tests, and his behavior. If there are 16 students per teacher as shown on statistics, this is achievable! Other than that, teachers staying in contact with parents is very very poor. The parent has to hassel the teachers or school constantly so stay on top of their childs progress.
—Submitted by Kathy Kessler, a parent

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Grade 9

Grade 11

Social Studies

The state average for Social Studies was 29% in 2013.

323 students were tested at this school in 2013.

Scale: % proficient or advanced

About the tests

In 2012-2013 Michigan used the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) to test students in grades 3 through 8 in math, reading and writing; in grades 5 and 8 in science; and in grades 6 and 9 in social studies. The MEAP is a standards-based test, which measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Michigan. The goal is for all students to score at or above the proficient level.

Beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, the Michigan State Board of Education implemented new definitions of what it means to be proficient on the MEAP test. The new standards for proficiency are higher than in previous years and the percent of students earning a proficient score is expected to be lower as a result of this change.

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Source: Michigan Department of Education