Marquette Senior High School

Located at 1203 W FAIR AVE, in MARQUETTE, Michigan, Marquette Senior High School is a sprawling four-year high school that serves 940 students (grades 7 through 12), part of Marquette Area Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 460 students per school, that is 104% larger than typical.

Marquette Area Public Schools runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,209 students. Marquette Senior High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Marquette Senior High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest consists of 7% multiracial, 2% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Marquette Senior High School has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.5:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Marquette County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Marquette County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,429, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Marquette Senior High School is one of 25 public schools in Marquette County (combined enrollment of about 7,657 students).

Sandy Knoll School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Marquette Senior High School.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Marquette Senior High School's enrollment has contracted 3% since 2018, when it stood at 969 (now 940).

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