Enrollment
347
Combined
STATE 281
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HALE AREA SCHOOLS·NCES 261737005412
Hale Area School
311 N WASHINGTON ST, HALE, MI 48739 · (989) 728-3551 · Iosco County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL347 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
24 FTE teachers
STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
262 students
STATE 55%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
42.7%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
40.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Michigan's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
347
+225 (+184%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 26.6:1
% White
93%
was 90%
% Hispanic
4%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 6%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Hale Area School
Located at 311 N WASHINGTON ST, in HALE, Michigan, Hale Area School is an average-sized multi-level school that hosts 347 students (grades K through 12), run under Hale Area Schools. That puts it 23% bigger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 281 students.
Hale Area School is a school of Hale Area Schools, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
On the student-mix side, Hale Area School reports that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Iosco County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the resource side, Hale Area School logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Iosco County (around 65%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hale Area School ranks in the top 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 32.8%; Hale Area School posts 47.5%, +14.7 points above that line.
Around the school, Iosco County reports that the typical household earns roughly $50,066 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Hale Area School is one of 11 public schools in Iosco County (combined enrollment of about 3,497 students).
Nearest neighbor: WhittemorePrescott Area Elementary, around 11.2 miles off.
Hale Area School operates from a low-density location.
Five-year trend. Hale Area School's enrollment has rose 184% since 2018, when it stood at 122 (now 347). Black enrollment moved from 6% to 0% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 26.6:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.
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Iosco County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,347
Census ACS
Median income
$50,066
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,497 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- WhittemorePrescott Area Elementary11.2 mi · 347
- WhittemorePrescott JrSr High School11.2 mi · 260
- Tawas Area Middle School15.2 mi · 340
- Tawas Area High School15.2 mi · 351
- Clara B Bolen Elementary School15.3 mi · 433
- Rose City School15.8 mi · 103
Frequently asked questions
About Hale Area SchoolHow many students attend Hale Area School?
Hale Area School enrolls approximately 347 students in grades KG-12.
Is Hale Area School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hale Area School is a combined-grade school covering grades KG-12.
How many students per teacher at Hale Area School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Hale Area School.
How diverse is Hale Area School?
Hale Area School reports a student body of 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Hale Area School public or private?
Hale Area School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hale Area Schools.
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