Flextech High School Shepherd

As a minimally staffed secondary school in SHEPHERD, Michigan, Flextech High School Shepherd teaches 79 students from grades 8 through 12, operated by Flextech High School Shepherd. That puts it 83% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Flextech High School Shepherd sits inside Flextech High School Shepherd, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Flextech High School Shepherd shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Beyond that, the school lists 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Isabella County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Flextech High School Shepherd records 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. About 59% 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, Isabella County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Isabella County indicate median household earnings sit near $55,237, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Isabella County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,493 students), Flextech High School Shepherd is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Winn Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a rural site. Flextech High School Shepherd operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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