Hancock MiddleHigh School

Hancock MiddleHigh School operates as a low-enrollment 9-12 campus in HANCOCK, Michigan, one of the schools within Hancock Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 292 students spanning grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 460 students per school, that is 37% smaller than typical.

Within Hancock Public Schools, which oversees 2 schools and 549 students, Hancock MiddleHigh School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hancock MiddleHigh School logs that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

Looking at school resources, Hancock MiddleHigh School reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Hancock MiddleHigh School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Houghton County put median household income runs about $58,899, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Hancock MiddleHigh School is one of 18 public schools in Houghton County (combined enrollment of about 5,267 students).

Barkell Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 24%: 384 students in 2018 compared to 292 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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