Ishpeming Middle School

As a very small 6-8 campus in ISHPEMING, Michigan, Ishpeming Middle School educates 185 students from grades 5 through 8, overseen by Ishpeming Public School District No. 1. Compared to the state average of about 502 students per school, that is 63% smaller than typical.

Ishpeming Public School District No. 1 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 612 students. Ishpeming Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ishpeming Middle School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder is composed of 7% multiracial. Compared to Marquette County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Ishpeming Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Marquette County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ishpeming Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.2%, the actual is 39.0%, a residual of -7.2 points.

In the area at large, Marquette County reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,429 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Marquette County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,657 students), of which Ishpeming Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Ishpeming High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Ishpeming Middle School comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 50.3%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Ishpeming Middle School's enrollment has ticked down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 235 (now 185). Class-load math has widened: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

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