Marquette Branch Prison

Marquette Branch Prison is a secondary school of rural-scale scale in MARQUETTE, Michigan, run under Michigan Department of Corrections, instructing 1 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 100% smaller than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Across the 14 schools in Michigan Department of Corrections (83 students total), Marquette Branch Prison accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Marquette Branch Prison records that nearly all students (100%) are White. By comparison, Marquette County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In the area at large, Marquette County reports that median household earnings sit near $65,429, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Marquette Branch Prison is one of 25 public schools in Marquette County (combined enrollment of about 7,657 students).

The closest other public school is Bothwell Middle School, roughly 2.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Marquette Branch Prison.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Marquette Branch Prison has contracted 83%, going from 6 students in 2018 to 1 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 17% to 100% across the same window.

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