Pied Piper School

Pied Piper School is a combined-grade school of minimally staffed scale in ALPENA, Michigan, part of Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona ESD, educateing 45 students in grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 84% below the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 281 students.

Pied Piper School sits inside Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona ESD, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Pied Piper School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Alpena County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.4:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 60% of students at Pied Piper School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Alpena County put median household income runs about $53,950, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Alpena County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,598 students), Pied Piper School is one campus in the mix.

Besser Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Pied Piper School.

Pied Piper School operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Pied Piper School's enrollment has ticked up 80% since 2018, when it stood at 25 (now 45). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 0% to 4%.

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