Petoskey Middle School

As an average-sized 6-8 campus in PETOSKEY, Michigan, Petoskey Middle School hosts 561 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Public Schools of Petoskey.

Within Public Schools of Petoskey, which oversees 7 schools and 2,416 students, Petoskey Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Petoskey Middle School shows that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 8% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 2% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Petoskey Middle School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Petoskey Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Emmet County indicate the typical household earns roughly $78,112 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Emmet County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,138 students), Petoskey Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Petoskey High School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Petoskey Middle School at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 52.9%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Petoskey Middle School's enrollment has fell 17% since 2018, when it stood at 678 (now 561). Class-load math has fell: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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