Mancelona High School

Set in MANCELONA, Michigan, Mancelona High School is a cozy 9-12 campus, run under Mancelona Public Schools. It teaches 243 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 47% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Within Mancelona Public Schools, which oversees 3 schools and 773 students, Mancelona High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Mancelona High School reports that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Antrim County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Mancelona High School records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Mancelona High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 74% of students at Mancelona High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Antrim County's rate of about 53%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Antrim County) records that the typical household earns roughly $72,054 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Antrim County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,700 students), of which Mancelona High School is one.

Mancelona Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Mancelona High School.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 22%: 311 students in 2018 compared to 243 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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