Nellie B Chisholm Middle School

Nellie B Chisholm Middle School is one of the small junior highs in MONTAGUE, Michigan, one of the schools within Montague Area Public Schools, with 307 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 39% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Montague Area Public Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,247 students; Nellie B Chisholm Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Nellie B Chisholm Middle School reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Nellie B Chisholm Middle School records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Muskegon County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Nellie B Chisholm Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.0%; this one delivers 44.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Muskegon County put median household earnings sit near $65,024, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Muskegon County's 71 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,245 students), Nellie B Chisholm Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Montague Area Childhood Center, roughly 0.1 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Nellie B Chisholm Middle School at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 41.9%.

Nellie B Chisholm Middle School operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Nellie B Chisholm Middle School's enrollment has decreased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 369 (now 307). The White share of enrollment increased from 84% to 90% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Nellie B Chisholm Middle School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.