Mar Lee School

Mar Lee School is one of the tight-knit primary schools in MARSHALL, Michigan, part of Mar Lee School District, with 295 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Mar Lee School sits 20% below that benchmark.

Mar Lee School sits inside Mar Lee School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Mar Lee School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Beyond that, the school lists 9% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Calhoun County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 38% of students at Mar Lee School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Calhoun County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mar Lee School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.3%, the actual is 49.5%, a residual of +0.2 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Calhoun County indicate the typical household earns roughly $63,177 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Mar Lee School is one of 56 public schools in Calhoun County (combined enrollment of about 18,982 students).

Calhoun County Youth Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.1 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mar Lee School at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 54.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mar Lee School has grew 4%, going from 283 students in 2018 to 295 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 2% to 9%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.