Pine River Area High School

Located at 17445 PINE RIVER RD, in LEROY, Michigan, Pine River Area High School is a small secondary school that hosts 363 students (grades 8 through 12), part of Pine River Area Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 21% below the state mean of about 460.

Pine River Area Schools comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 894 students; Pine River Area High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pine River Area High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%); the rest is composed of 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Pine River Area High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Pine River Area High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.7%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Osceola County put the typical household earns roughly $58,267 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Osceola County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,573 students), Pine River Area High School is one campus in the mix.

Pine River Area Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Pine River Area High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pine River Area High School at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 43.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pine River Area High School has declined 41%, going from 614 students in 2018 to 363 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.

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