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Enrollment
685
High
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 460
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANISTEE AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 262241005957
Manistee Middle High School
525 12TH ST, MANISTEE, MI 49660 · (231) 723-2547 · Manistee County
GRADES 06–12HIGH33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL685 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
209 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 77 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 107 | 16% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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 Manistee Area Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
33.7%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
38.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Manistee Middle High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manistee Middle High School this school | 685 | 30.5% | 40.0% |
| Columbia Central High School BROOKLYN | 637 | 29.7% | 46.4% |
| Otsego High School OTSEGO | 708 | 28.0% | N/A |
| Edwardsburg High School EDWARDSBURG | 773 | 31.0% | N/A |
| Eaton Rapids High School EATON RAPIDS | 637 | 27.3% | N/A |
| North Branch High School NORTH BRANCH | 695 | 32.1% | N/A |
Matched among Michigan high 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 Manistee Middle High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #46 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #27 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #34 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 685 | #225 of 844 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #431 of 548 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.6% | #277 of 550 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.5% | #494 of 654 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #190 of 436 |
Ranked against other public high 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
685
-98 (-13%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 546
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 685 | 33.4 | 20.5:1 | 31% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 669 | 33.2 | 20.1:1 | 44% (295) |
| 2022-23 | 687 | 34.9 | 19.7:1 | 50% (345) |
| 2020-21 | 783 | 36 | 21.8:1 | 47% (365) |
| 2017-18 | 816 | 36.2 | 22.5:1 | 48% (391) |
| 2015-16 | 744 | 31 | 24.0:1 | 44% (324) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 24 | 21.8:1 | 38% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 562 | 29 | 19.4:1 | 38% (213) |
| 1990-91 | 546 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manistee Middle High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (816 to 685); teachers down 8% (36.2 to 33.4).
About Manistee Middle High School
Manistee Middle High School is a mid-sized high school in MANISTEE, Michigan, administered by Manistee Area Public Schools. It teaches 685 students in grades 6 through 12. High schools in Michigan have about 460 students on average; enrollment here is 49% higher.
Manistee Area Public Schools runs Manistee Middle High School along with 2 other schools, enrolling 1,247 students in total.
White students are 85% of those enrolled at Manistee Middle High School. The next largest groups are 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Native American. That is in line with Manistee County, where about 89% of residents are White. A diversity index of 27% means there is a 27% chance two randomly chosen students at Manistee Middle High School are from different groups.
Based on 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, Manistee Middle High School has a ratio of 20.5:1. Across high schools in Michigan, the average ratio is 21.6:1. Income data for the school show 31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Manistee County, the average eligibility rate is 67%.
Manistee Middle High School falls short of its prediction by 12.8 points. The model expects 52.8% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Michigan; the school's rate is 40.0%.
In the surrounding county, Manistee County, median household income comes to about $63,516, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 14 public schools and about 6,511 students.
Manistee Middle High School's closest public school neighbor is Thomas Jefferson Elem School, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Manistee Middle High School holds 5 other public schools. Manistee Middle High School ranks 3rd of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 40.0% against a local average of 55.6%.
The federal government classifies Manistee Middle High School's location as Town: Remote.
The school shrank from 783 students in 2020-21 to 685 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 21.8:1 in 2020-21 to 20.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Manistee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,350
Census ACS
Median income
$63,516
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
6,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Manistee Area Public Schools
- Thomas Jefferson Elem SchoolElementary · 292 students
- John F Kennedy Elem SchoolElementary · 270 students
Other schools in MANISTEE
- Michigan Great Lakes Virtual AcademyCombined · 3,934 students
- Thomas Jefferson Elem SchoolElementary · 292 students
- John F Kennedy Elem SchoolElementary · 270 students
- Casman Alternative AcademyHigh · 65 students
- Manistee ISD Center ProgramsCombined · 46 students
- Oaks Correctional FacilityHigh
Nearby schools
- Thomas Jefferson Elem School0.5 mi · 292
- Casman Alternative Academy1.1 mi · 65
- Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy1.2 mi · 3,934
- John F Kennedy Elem School1.9 mi · 270
- Manistee ISD Center Programs3.4 mi · 46
- Onekama Consolidated Schools11.1 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About Manistee Middle High SchoolHow large is Manistee Middle High School?
Manistee Middle High School enrolls approximately 685 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Manistee Middle High School serve?
Manistee Middle High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Manistee Middle High School?
Approximately 20.5:1 students per teacher at Manistee Middle High School.
How diverse is Manistee Middle High School?
Manistee Middle High School reports a student body of 85% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Manistee Middle High School in?
Manistee Middle High School is part of Manistee Area Public Schools.
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