McBain High School

McBain High School operates as a small four-year high school in MC BAIN, Michigan, run under McBain Rural Agricultural Schools. Current enrollment sits at 294 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 460 students per school, that is 36% smaller than typical.

McBain High School is one of 3 schools operated by McBain Rural Agricultural Schools, a district that works with 1,081 students overall.

On demographics, McBain High School reports that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 9% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 38% of students at McBain High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Missaukee County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Missaukee County put median household income runs about $66,194, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. McBain High School is one of 6 public schools in Missaukee County (combined enrollment of about 2,223 students).

McBain Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around McBain High School.

McBain High School operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 48%: 562 students in 2018 compared to 294 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 94% to 88%. Class-load math has fell: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.