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Alumni: what's one memory from Mackinaw Trail Middle School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
683
Middle
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CADILLAC AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 260759001220
Mackinaw Trail Middle School
8401 S MACKINAW TRL, CADILLAC, MI 49601 · (231) 876-5600 · Wexford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL683 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Michigan public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
355 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 222 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 215 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 246 | 36% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Cadillac Area Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
45.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
50.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mackinaw Trail Middle School
Mackinaw Trail Middle School's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mackinaw Trail Middle School this school | 683 | 52.0% | 52.5% |
| Fruitport Middle School FRUITPORT | 615 | 49.8% | 40.9% |
| Greenville Middle School GREENVILLE | 797 | 49.4% | 45.6% |
| Marshall Greene Middle School BIRCH RUN | 548 | 52.6% | 37.4% |
| Northeast Middle School MIDLAND | 789 | 50.7% | 54.3% |
| Holly Middle School HOLLY | 743 | 51.8% | 35.0% |
Matched among Michigan middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mackinaw Trail Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #101 of 397 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #81 of 380 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #156 of 377 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 683 | #115 of 491 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #208 of 436 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #361 of 437 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.0% | #194 of 477 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +40.8% | #11 of 101 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
683
+193 (+39%) vs 2020
+6% since 2000-01, when it was 645
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 21.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 683 | 39.3 | 17.4:1 | 52% (355) |
| 2023-24 | 710 | 39.2 | 18.1:1 | 66% (471) |
| 2022-23 | 750 | 40.3 | 18.6:1 | 67% (505) |
| 2020-21 | 490 | 23 | 21.3:1 | 60% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 485 | 24.7 | 19.6:1 | 60% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 23 | 19.7:1 | 53% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 421 | 22 | 19.1:1 | 60% (253) |
| 2000-01 | 645 | 34 | 19.0:1 | 34% (220) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mackinaw Trail Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 41% (485 to 683); teachers up 59% (24.7 to 39.3).
About Mackinaw Trail Middle School
Mackinaw Trail Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in CADILLAC, Michigan, one of the schools in Cadillac Area Public Schools. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 683 students enrolled. The average among middle schools in Michigan is roughly 502 students; this school is 36% bigger than that.
Cadillac Area Public Schools operates 6 schools. Combined enrollment is 3,050 students.
Most students at Mackinaw Trail Middle School are White: 91% of enrollment. Other groups make up 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, about 92% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Mackinaw Trail Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 17%.
The school reports 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 17.4 students per teacher. Middle schools in Michigan have a similar average ratio of 17.5:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 52%. The average for public schools in Wexford County is 63%.
allk12 grades Mackinaw Trail Middle School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 43.3% for Mackinaw Trail Middle School. The school posts 52.5%, 9.3 points above the prediction.
In the county around the school, Wexford County, median household income is about $61,085, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. A total of 15 public schools operate in Wexford County, serving about 8,553 students.
Franklin Elementary School is the public school closest to Mackinaw Trail Middle School, about 2.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Mackinaw Trail Middle School places 2nd out of 5 schools in its immediate area.
Mackinaw Trail Middle School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Mackinaw Trail Middle School saw enrollment rise 39% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 21.3:1 in 2020-21, and 17.4:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Mackinaw Trail Middle School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Wexford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,077
Census ACS
Median income
$61,085
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
8,553 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cadillac Area Public Schools
- Cadillac Senior High SchoolHigh · 903 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 563 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
- Forest View Elementary SchoolElementary · 257 students
- Cadillac Innovation High SchoolHigh · 164 students
Other schools in CADILLAC
- Cadillac Senior High SchoolHigh · 903 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 563 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
- Cadillac Innovation High SchoolHigh · 164 students
- WexfordMissaukee ISD Special EducationCombined · 89 students
- WexfordMissaukee ISD Career CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Franklin Elementary School2.3 mi · 563
- Cadillac Senior High School2.4 mi · 903
- Cadillac Innovation High School2.6 mi · 164
- Lincoln Elementary School3.2 mi · 480
- WexfordMissaukee ISD Special Education3.8 mi · 89
- Forest View Elementary School8.8 mi · 257
Frequently asked questions
About Mackinaw Trail Middle SchoolHow large is Mackinaw Trail Middle School?
Mackinaw Trail Middle School enrolls approximately 683 students in grades 06-08.
Is Mackinaw Trail Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mackinaw Trail Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Mackinaw Trail Middle School?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at Mackinaw Trail Middle School.
How diverse is Mackinaw Trail Middle School?
Mackinaw Trail Middle School reports a student body of 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Mackinaw Trail Middle School?
Mackinaw Trail Middle School is overseen by Cadillac Area Public Schools in Wexford County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.