Mackinac Island School

Mackinac Island School is a multi-level school of minimally staffed scale in MACKINAC ISLAND, Michigan, one of the schools within Mackinac Island Public Schools, educateing 64 students in grades K through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 281 students each, so Mackinac Island School sits 77% smaller than that benchmark.

Mackinac Island School sits inside Mackinac Island Public Schools, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Mackinac Island School logs that 70% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 11% multiracial, 11% Native American, 5% Hispanic. Compared to Mackinac County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.6:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 19% of students at Mackinac Island School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Mackinac County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Mackinac County) shows that median household earnings sit near $63,909, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Mackinac County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,091 students), of which Mackinac Island School is one.

St Ignace ElementaryMiddle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.8 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 67 students in 2018 compared to 64 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 66% to 70%.

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