Michigan Center JrSr High School

Located at 400 S STATE ST, in MICHIGAN CENTER, Michigan, Michigan Center JrSr High School is a large four-year high school that instructs 700 students (grades 7 through 12), one of the schools within Michigan Center School District. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Michigan Center JrSr High School sits 52% larger than that benchmark.

Michigan Center JrSr High School is one of 3 schools operated by Michigan Center School District, a district that enrolls 1,423 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Michigan Center JrSr High School shows that nearly all students (87%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Michigan Center JrSr High School shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.0:1. The state averages about 21.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 44% of students at Michigan Center JrSr High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jackson County (around 53%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Michigan Center JrSr High School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 46.7%; Michigan Center JrSr High School posts 25.9%, -20.8 points below that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jackson County) reports that median household income runs about $66,073, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Jackson County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,681 students), of which Michigan Center JrSr High School is one.

Keicher Elementary 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 Michigan Center JrSr High School.

Michigan Center JrSr High School operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Michigan Center JrSr High School's enrollment has increased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 657 (now 700). White enrollment moved from 92% to 87% across the same window.

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