North Central Middle School

Located at 3795 Highway US 2 41, in Powers, Michigan, North Central Middle School is a rural-scale junior high that hosts 61 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by North Central Area Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 88% smaller than the state mean of about 502.

Across the 3 schools in North Central Area Schools (284 students total), North Central Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, North Central Middle School lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 3% Hispanic, 3% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, North Central Middle School has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, Menominee County reports that median household earnings sit near $56,435, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Menominee County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,979 students), of which North Central Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is North Central Area Senior High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.