Marlette JrSr High School

As a tight-knit high school in MARLETTE, Michigan, Marlette JrSr High School enrolls 371 students from grades 6 through 12, part of Marlette Community Schools.

Within Marlette Community Schools, which oversees 2 schools and 699 students, Marlette JrSr High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Marlette JrSr High School reports that nearly all students (89%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Sanilac County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Marlette JrSr High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Sanilac County indicate median household income runs about $58,863, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Sanilac County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,377 students), Marlette JrSr High School is one campus in the mix.

Marlette Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Marlette JrSr High School has contracted 8%, going from 404 students in 2018 to 371 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

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