District Annual Education Report

February 6, 2026

We are pleased to present you with the Annual Education Report (AER) which provides key information on the 2024-25 educational progress for Grand Haven Area Public Schools. The AER addresses the complex reporting information required by federal and some requirements of state laws. Our staff is available to help you understand this information. Please contact Mary Jane Evink in Instructional Services at (616) 850-5075 if you need assistance.

The DISTRICT AER is available for you to review electronically by visiting the following website - MI School Data, or you may review a copy in the main office at your child’s school. Each school will also be communicating their own AER to parents directly.

These reports contain the following information:

School Accountability Data

• Includes information on schools’ performance on various measures such as student proficiency and growth on state assessments, graduation, and attendance rates. Performance is measured on 0-100 index scales 
• Reports schools identified under three federally required categories for further support: Comprehensive Support and Improvement, Targeted Support and Improvement, and Additional Targeted Support 

Student Assessment Data

• Includes the following three assessments: M-STEP (Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress), MI-Access (Alternate Assessment) and College Board SAT 
• Presents assessment information for English language arts and mathematics for grades 3 to 8 and 11, and MI-Access science for grades 4, 7, and 11, compared to state averages for all students as well as subgroups of students 

NAEP Data (National Assessment of Educational Progress)

• Provides state results of the national assessment in mathematics and reading every other year in grades 4 and 8 

Educator Qualification Data 

• Identifies the number and percentage of inexperienced teachers, principals, and other school leaders 
• Reports teachers who are teaching with emergency or provisional credentials 
• Includes teachers who are not teaching in the subject or field for which they are certified 

Civil Rights Data 

• Provides information on school quality, climate and safety

Review the table below listing our schools. For the 2025-26 school year, schools were identified based on previous years’ performance using definitions and labels as required in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). A Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) school is one that had at least one underperforming student subgroup in 2024-25. An Additional Targeted Support (ATS) school is one that had a student subgroup performing at the same level as the lowest 5% of all schools in the state in 2021-22. A Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) school is one whose performance was in the lowest 5% of all schools in the state, had a graduation rate at or below 67%, failed to exit CSI status in 2024-25, or failed to exit ATS status in 2021-22. Some schools are not identified with any of these labels. In these cases, no status label is given.

We pride ourselves in providing a comprehensive educational experience. In addition to our core academic programs, we offer a variety of extracurricular and specialty programs to extend and enhance every child’s education. Grand Haven is a community where residents have demonstrated a strong commitment to education and have provided valuable support for our programs, allowing students and the district to prosper.

We welcome the opportunity to share in your child’s education. Grand Haven Area Public Schools will continue to focus on our mission: Committed to creating a learning environment where students are challenged to think critically, act responsibly, and lead with purpose.

Yours in Education,

Kristin Perkowski
Superintendent of Schools
Grand Haven Area Public Schools