St Ignace Juvenile Detention Facility

St Ignace Juvenile Detention Facility operates as an one-room-style multi-level school in SAINT IGNACE, Michigan, operated by St. Ignace Area Schools. Current enrollment sits at 3 students spanning grades 4 through 12. That puts it 99% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 281 students.

St Ignace Juvenile Detention Facility is one of 3 schools operated by St. Ignace Area Schools, a district that serves 360 students overall.

Looking at the student body, St Ignace Juvenile Detention Facility records that the largest single group is Black, at 67% of enrollment; the rest looks like 33% Native American. By comparison, Mackinac County as a whole is about 5% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 3.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting St Ignace Juvenile Detention Facility tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Mackinac County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $63,909 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mackinac County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,091 students), St Ignace Juvenile Detention Facility is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LaSalle High School, around 1.9 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 70%: 10 students in 2018 compared to 3 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 0% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 8.6:1 in 2018 to 3.0:1 in 2025.

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