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Enrollment
602
Combined
STATE 281
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RUDYARD AREA SCHOOLS·NCES 263036006654
Rudyard Area Schools
11185 W 2ND ST, RUDYARD, MI 49780 · (906) 478-3771 · Chippewa County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL602 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Michigan public K-12 schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.9:1
43 FTE teachers
STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
412 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 | 46 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 46 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 45 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 54 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 10 | 38 | 6% |
| Grade 11 | 41 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 40 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 15% smaller than its 8th grade class (54).
Student demographics
52%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 + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
42.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
44.4%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
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
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Rudyard Area Schools
Rudyard Area Schools's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rudyard Area Schools this school | 602 | 68.4% | 42.8% |
| Cheboygan Intermediate School CHEBOYGAN | 537 | 70.0% | 47.3% |
| Baraga School BARAGA | 324 | 67.0% | N/A |
| Newberry Area School NEWBERRY | 496 | 64.1% | 34.0% |
| LAnse Area School LANSE | 490 | 56.5% | N/A |
| Forest Park School CRYSTAL FALLS | 481 | 58.8% | 42.0% |
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 Rudyard Area Schools ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Chippewa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #21 of 30 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #12 of 23 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #25 of 32 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 602 | #6 of 200 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #30 of 61 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #15 of 61 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.4% | #43 of 102 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #40 of 41 | 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
602
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 451
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 602 | 43.4 | 13.9:1 | 68% (412) |
| 2023-24 | 602 | 46 | 13.1:1 | 72% (433) |
| 2022-23 | 603 | 44 | 13.7:1 | 71% (430) |
| 2020-21 | 618 | 49 | 12.6:1 | 67% (417) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 39.1 | 15.5:1 | 67% (409) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 37 | 18.7:1 | 67% (466) |
| 2010-11 | 249 | 17 | 14.7:1 | 51% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 319 | 23 | 13.9:1 | 29% (91) |
| 1990-91 | 451 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rudyard Area Schools.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (608 to 602); teachers up 11% (39.1 to 43.4).
About Rudyard Area Schools
Rudyard Area Schools sits in RUDYARD, Michigan, and is classified as a school serving multiple grade levels. Its enrollment is 602 students, spread over pre-K through 12. On average, combined schools in Michigan enroll around 281, and this school is 114% bigger than that mark.
Rudyard Area Schools is its own local education agency in federal data.
More than half of the students at Rudyard Area Schools are White (60%). The remaining shares are 35% Native American. The diversity index for Rudyard Area Schools is 52%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 43.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.9:1. The gap from the 17.3:1 average for combined schools in Michigan is 3.4 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 68%. The 54% average for public schools in Chippewa County is 14 points lower.
Rudyard Area Schools earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 51% of Michigan public K-12 schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.0% for Rudyard Area Schools. The school posts 42.8%, 6.8 points above the prediction.
Looking at the county, Chippewa County, the median household earns about $62,217 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Rudyard Area Schools, Chippewa County has 22 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Consolidated Community School Services is about 6.6 miles from Rudyard Area Schools. Other public schools within ten miles: 2. Nearby schools with test data average 46.9% proficiency; Rudyard Area Schools posts 42.8%.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's student count fell 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 12.6:1 to 13.9:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Rudyard Area Schools. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Services6.6 mi · 59
- EUPISD Learning Center7.9 mi · 56
- Brimley Area School12.0 mi · 463
- Pickford Public Schools12.4 mi · 430
- Lake Superior Academy13.6 mi · 93
- Ojibwe Charter School15.3 mi · 125
Frequently asked questions
About Rudyard Area SchoolsHow many students attend Rudyard Area Schools?
Rudyard Area Schools enrolls approximately 602 students in grades PK-12.
Is Rudyard Area Schools an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rudyard Area Schools is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many teachers does Rudyard Area Schools have?
Rudyard Area Schools employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
How diverse is Rudyard Area Schools?
Rudyard Area Schools reports a student body of 60% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Rudyard Area Schools?
Rudyard Area Schools is overseen by Rudyard Area Schools in Chippewa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.