Summerfield JuniorSenior High School

Summerfield JuniorSenior High School is a high school of low-enrollment scale in PETERSBURG, Michigan, run under Summerfield Schools, serveing 251 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Summerfield JuniorSenior High School sits 45% below that benchmark.

Summerfield Schools comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 563 students; Summerfield JuniorSenior High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Summerfield JuniorSenior High School shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Monroe County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Summerfield JuniorSenior High School records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Summerfield JuniorSenior High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 15% of students at Summerfield JuniorSenior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Monroe County's rate of about 41%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Summerfield JuniorSenior High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 59.6%; this one comes in at 46.1%, -13.5 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, Monroe County reports that median household income runs about $77,335, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Monroe County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,286 students), of which Summerfield JuniorSenior High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Summerfield Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Summerfield JuniorSenior High School. On composite proficiency, Summerfield JuniorSenior High School comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 51.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 21%: 317 students in 2018 compared to 251 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.