Manistique Middle and High School

Manistique Middle and High School is one of the medium-sized four-year high schools in MANISTIQUE, Michigan, one of the schools within Manistique Area Schools, with 412 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12.

Manistique Area Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 701 students. Manistique Middle and High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Manistique Middle and High School logs that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 22% Native American.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Manistique Middle and High School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Manistique Middle and High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Manistique Middle and High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 47.5%; this one comes in at 30.9%, -16.5 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Schoolcraft County) logs that median household income runs about $56,782, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Manistique Middle and High School is one of 3 public schools in Schoolcraft County (combined enrollment of about 701 students).

Nearest neighbor: Emerald Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 11%: 465 students in 2018 compared to 412 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 81% to 75%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.