Middle · Michigan

Ishpeming Middle School

Free meals for all

Ishpeming Middle School, a public middle school in Ishpeming, Michigan: grades 5–8, 185 students, 18.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Ishpeming Public School District No. 1.

Size and class size

Compared with middle 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: 185
Teachers (FTE): 9.9
Students per teacher: 18.7
Grades: 5–8; Middle

More students per teacher than 72% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 17.5 · 490 schools compared

More students per teacher than 81% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 90% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 503 · 491 schools compared

Smaller than 87% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Michigan's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Michigan: 45%

44%proficient

+1.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 58% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 47% · 491 middle schools compared

180 students tested, grades 5, 6, 7, 8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Michigan: 35%

13%proficient

−7.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 83% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 30% · 491 middle schools compared

180 students tested, grades 5, 6, 7, 8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 5–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Remote town
Run by: Ishpeming Public School District No. 1

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Ishpeming Public School District No. 1.

Location

Address: 324 E Pearl St, Ishpeming, MI 49849
Phone: (906)485-1066
City or town: Ishpeming
County: Marquette County

Website Quality of life in Ishpeming Schools in Ishpeming

Nearby middle schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Negaunee Middle SchoolFree meals for all	5–8	464	16.6	65%	40%	2.8 mi
Bothwell Middle School	5–8	696	18.8	56%	45%	12.4 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

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).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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