StandishSterling Central JrSr High School

As a moderately sized four-year high school in STANDISH, Michigan, StandishSterling Central JrSr High School caters to 660 students from grades 7 through 12, run under Standish-Sterling Community Schools. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so StandishSterling Central JrSr High School sits 43% above that benchmark.

Standish-Sterling Community Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,482 students. StandishSterling Central JrSr High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, StandishSterling Central JrSr High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%); the rest consists of 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, StandishSterling Central JrSr High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.2%; this one delivers 41.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Arenac County indicate median household earnings sit near $58,811, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Arenac County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,896 students), of which StandishSterling Central JrSr High School is one.

StandishSterling Central Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around StandishSterling Central JrSr High School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), StandishSterling Central JrSr High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 48.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. StandishSterling Central JrSr High School's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 760 (now 660). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.