LaSalle High School

LaSalle High School is a very small high school in SAINT IGNACE, Michigan. The school has 117 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. High schools in Michigan have about 460 students on average; enrollment here is 75% lower.

The district, St. Ignace Area Schools, operates 3 schools serving 360 students.

The student body at LaSalle High School is 55% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 38% Native American, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 72%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.

With 8.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.2:1. The average for high schools in Michigan is 21.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at LaSalle High School, 55% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 54% average for public schools in Mackinac County.

Looking at the county, Mackinac County, the median household earns about $63,909 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Mackinac County has 9 public schools with about 1,091 students, including LaSalle High School.

LaSalle High School's closest public school neighbor is St Ignace ElementaryMiddle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of LaSalle High School, there are 3 other public schools.

NCES describes the area around LaSalle High School as Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 215 to 117. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 21.5:1 to 14.2:1.

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