Forest Park School

Forest Park School is a K-12 campus of large scale in CRYSTAL FALLS, Michigan, one of the schools within Forest Park School District, hosting 481 students in grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 71% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 281 students.

Operationally, Forest Park School answers to Forest Park School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Forest Park School shows that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 59% of students at Forest Park School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Forest Park School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Iron County put median household income runs about $55,940, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Iron County runs 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,241 students), of which Forest Park School is one.

Florence Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 12.3 miles from this campus. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Forest Park School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.7%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 15%: 417 students in 2018 compared to 481 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 today.

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