Portage Northern High School
Portage, MI · High School · Grades 9-12
Portage Northern High School is a high school in Portage, MI with 1,252 students enrolled and a 64% proficiency rate. Part of Portage Public Schools. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Portage Northern High School is a high school located in Portage, Michigan. The school serves 1,252 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.5:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 64% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 76% graduation rate.
31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Portage Northern High School is part of the Portage Public Schools in Michigan.
How This School Compares
Portage Northern High School has 1,252 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Portage Public Schools (614 students). Its 64% proficiency rate is 5 percentage points above the district average of 59%. Compared to the Michigan state average of 47%, the school performs 18 points higher. The 20.5:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Portage Northern High School has 1,252 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.5:1.
According to EDFacts data, 64% of students at Portage Northern High School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Portage Northern High School has a 76% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Portage Northern High School is part of the Portage Public Schools in Portage, Michigan. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.