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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Pickford Public Schools administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
430
Combined
STATE 281
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PICKFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 262802006380
Pickford Public Schools
333 S PLEASANT ST, PICKFORD, MI 49774 · (906) 647-4028 · Chippewa County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Michigan public K-12 schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
33 FTE teachers
STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
203 students
STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 24 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 5% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 35 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 24 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 40 | 9% |
| Grade 10 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 11 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 12 | 38 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 31% smaller than its 8th grade class (35).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientMath
27.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Michigan average is about 45 of 100.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Pickford Public Schools
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pickford Public Schools this school | 430 | 47.2% | 37.5% |
| Buckley Community Schools BUCKLEY | 488 | 45.7% | 41.0% |
| Bobcat Innovation GRAND BLANC | 343 | 49.9% | 56.6% |
| Superior Central School EBEN JUNCTION | 329 | 52.3% | N/A |
| LAnse Area School LANSE | 490 | 56.5% | N/A |
| TriTownship School RAPID RIVER | 243 | 45.7% | N/A |
Matched among Michigan K-12 schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Pickford Public Schools ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Chippewa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #26 of 30 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #22 of 23 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #16 of 200 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #22 of 61 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.8% | #19 of 61 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.2% | #80 of 102 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.8% | #8 of 15 | N/A |
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
430
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
+110% since 1990-91, when it was 205
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 17.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 430 | 32.8 | 13.1:1 | 47% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 433 | 30.7 | 14.1:1 | 52% (225) |
| 2022-23 | 463 | 29.8 | 15.5:1 | 45% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 25 | 17.6:1 | 36% (159) |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 22.2 | 17.5:1 | 48% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 383 | 21 | 18.2:1 | 46% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 190 | 9 | 21.1:1 | 37% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 125 | 14 | 8.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 205 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pickford Public Schools.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (388 to 430); teachers up 48% (22.2 to 32.8).
About Pickford Public Schools
Pickford Public Schools is a combined-grade school located in PICKFORD, Michigan, in Chippewa County. A federal count lists 430 students at the school, in pre-K through 12. An average school in this group (combined schools in Michigan) has about 281 students.
In federal data, the district for Pickford Public Schools is the school itself.
At 70%, White students outnumber all other groups at Pickford Public Schools combined. After that, the student body is 22% Native American and 4% multiracial. That is close to the 68% White share among all Chippewa County residents. By the diversity index, Pickford Public Schools comes in at 46%.
Pickford Public Schools's 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.1:1. That ratio is under the 17.3:1 average for combined schools in Michigan. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 47%.
allk12 grades Pickford Public Schools a C-. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public K-12 schools, because each state gives its own test.
Pickford Public Schools is 7.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (37.5% versus 45.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Michigan.
Federal survey data for Chippewa County show that median household income is about $62,217, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Pickford Public Schools is among the 22 public schools in Chippewa County.
The closest public school to Pickford Public Schools is Consolidated Community School Services, about 8.9 miles away. Within ten miles of Pickford Public Schools, there are 2 other public schools. In a group of 4 nearby schools with scores, Pickford Public Schools ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Pickford Public Schools is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 440 in 2020-21, 430 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.6:1 in 2020-21 to 13.1:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Pickford Public Schools. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Chippewa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,295
Census ACS
Median income
$62,217
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
4,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Consolidated Community School Services8.9 mi · 59
- EUPISD Learning Center9.3 mi · 56
- Cedarville School10.8 mi · 219
- Rudyard Area Schools12.4 mi · 602
- Lake Superior Academy15.4 mi · 93
- Malcolm High School18.5 mi · 71
Frequently asked questions
About Pickford Public SchoolsHow many students attend Pickford Public Schools?
Pickford Public Schools enrolls approximately 430 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does Pickford Public Schools serve?
Pickford Public Schools serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Pickford Public Schools?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Pickford Public Schools.
How diverse is Pickford Public Schools?
Pickford Public Schools reports a student body of 70% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Pickford Public Schools?
Pickford Public Schools is overseen by Pickford Public Schools in Chippewa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.