High · Michigan

Forest Area High School

Free meals for all

Forest Area High School, a public high school in Fife Lake, Michigan: grades 9–12, 156 students, 15.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Forest Area Community Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 156
Teachers (FTE): 10.3
Students per teacher: 15.2
Grades: 9–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 76% of high schools in Michigan

Median 18.4 · 866 schools compared

More students per teacher than 55% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 68% of high schools in Michigan

Median 322 · 916 schools compared

Smaller than 74% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 9–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Distant rural area
Run by: Forest Area Community Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Forest Area Community Schools.

Location

Address: 7661 Shippy Rd SW, Fife Lake, MI 49633
Phone: (231)369-2884
County: Kalkaska County

Website Quality of life in Kalkaska County Schools in Kalkaska County

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Kalkaska High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	439	18.9	11.1 mi
Kingsley Area High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	401	15.7	11.1 mi
Manton Consolidated High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	289	16.0	14.2 mi
Traverse City High SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	171	16.4	15.5 mi
North EdCareer TechCareer and technical	11–12	0	—	15.9 mi
Central High SchoolFree meals for all	8–12	1,326	23.7	17.8 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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NCES 261457005151