West Iron County Middle High School

As a medium-sized secondary school in IRON RIVER, Michigan, West Iron County Middle High School enrolls 407 students from grades 6 through 12, part of West Iron County Public Schools.

West Iron County Public Schools comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 760 students; West Iron County Middle High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, West Iron County Middle High School shows that nearly all students (86%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 56% of students at West Iron County Middle High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), West Iron County Middle High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.6%; this one delivers 39.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Iron County shows median household income runs about $55,940, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. West Iron County Middle High School is one of 3 public schools in Iron County (combined enrollment of about 1,241 students).

Stambaugh Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, West Iron County Middle High School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 50.7%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 56%: 261 students in 2018 compared to 407 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 96% to 86% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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