School type Public, Urban Phone +1 269-250-8930 Number of students 210 (2010) Average ACT scores 15 | Established 1979 District Comstock Public Schools Founded 1979 Funding type State school | |
Dean Roderick Carson (as of 2011) Principal Jay Birchmeier (as of 2011) Age range 16-19 and adult program Similar Phoenix High School, Parchment High School, Hackett Catholic Prep Hig, Gull Lake High School, Kalamazoo Christian School A | ||
Comstock Compass High School is an alternative high school in the Comstock Public School District in Kalamazoo, Michigan designed for non-traditional students who have struggled in traditional high school programs. As of 2011 the school had a staff of eight teachers and an enrollment of 210 high school students and 70 adult education students.
In 2009, Compass adopted the Michigan Merit Curriculum, which requires students pass a core of classes which includes Algebra 2, Physics, and Chemistry; students need 19 total credits to graduate. After the 2009-2010 school year, the school did not meet Adequate Yearly Progress standards for the state of Michigan.
Compass offers an online curriculum as well as a dual enrollment program that allows high school students to receive college credit from Kalamazoo Valley Community College. Additionally, it offers a General Educational Development (GED) program and a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) training program.