Enrollment
220
Michigan · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Rock, MI
Mid Peninsula School
Federal NCES profile for Mid Peninsula School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 30/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 262383001054
👥 S:T ratio 37
🌟 Gifted program 30
📋 Attendance 23
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Mid Peninsula School earns 30/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Michigan median.
- 30
- Resource Index · Lower
- 15.7:1
- students per teacher
- 67.0%
- free-lunch eligible
- 220
- students enrolled
Mid Peninsula School has class sizes near the Michigan median. Computed live against every Michigan school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Mid Peninsula School District · Michigan
NCES ID 262383001054 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
14.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
15.7:1
vs 17.5:1 Michigan avg
-10% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
67.0%
vs 54.3% Michigan avg
+23% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Mid Peninsula School compares with Michigan and U.S. medians
What stands out at Mid Peninsula School
Scale and staffing sit near the state mainstream
Mid Peninsula School is neither an extreme outlier in enrollment nor in student-teacher ratio among Michigan schools. Its profile therefore turns on the other dimensions rather than on scale alone: economic need, counselor coverage, program access, attendance, and district finance. This middle placement is useful because it prevents the campus from being mislabeled as unusually large, small, crowded, or teacher-dense when the federal comparison does not support that claim.
Need and resources require a component-level read
Mid Peninsula School falls within the wide middle of the Michigan distribution on both free-meal eligibility and the Resource Investment Index. Neither measure supplies an honest headline by itself. The useful distinctions are in the components: classroom staffing, counselor availability, attendance, gifted-program access, and district spending. Those fields can pull in opposite directions even when the overall percentile looks ordinary.
Attendance is the dominant support signal
Mid Peninsula School's 30.9% chronic-absence rate is more consequential than a generic staffing label: at least one quarter of students missed 10% or more of school days in the 2021-22 collection. That level can affect instruction, counseling demand, and continuity even when other reported resources look ordinary. The dataset records the scale of absence but not its causes, so it should prompt a current-year question rather than a conclusion about school management.
Mid Peninsula School is a higher-need, mid-sized combined-grade school in Rock, Michigan, enrolling 220 students.
Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 15.7:1 puts it in the smaller third of Michigan schools by student-teacher ratio.
Economic need runs somewhat above the state's typical profile, with 67.0% of students eligible for free meals.
Enrollment of 220 puts it in the smaller third of Michigan schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 3,375 scored Michigan schools.
Against 349 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #141.
Its student body is predominantly White (94% of enrollment) (diversity index 12/100).
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 30.9% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
Its district draws 19.1% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
Mid Peninsula School District operates only this one school, so Mid Peninsula School has no district-mates to compare against locally.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Mid Peninsula School compares
Mid Peninsula School on the metrics families compare, against Michigan and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Michigan | Michigan avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 15.7:1 | ▼ 10% | 17.5:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 67.0% | ▲ 23% | 54.3% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 220 | top 73% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
15.7:1
Leaner classes than 41% of US schools, a middle-of-the-pack class size.
220
Bigger than 22% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
67.0%
free-lunch eligible
- 23% above the Michigan average of 54.3%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
15.7:1
students per teacher
- 10% below state mean
Top 39% in Michigan - lower ratio than 61% of state schools
Close to the 15:1 benchmark most often cited for individualized attention.
Engagement
30.9%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$13,487
per pupil, district-wide
- below Michigan avg of $13,507
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
8
in-school suspensions + 6 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 3.6 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 6.4 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 93.6%
African American 2.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1.8%
Two or More 1.4%
Hispanic or Latino 0.9%
Largest group: White at 93.6% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 12.3/100
Simpson diversity index - at 12.3, Mid Peninsula School is less mixed than the Michigan school average of 36.2.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Mid Peninsula School District, which includes Mid Peninsula School.
$13,487
Per student
0%
vs Michigan
Avg $13,507
-19%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 31.3%
State 49.6%
Federal 19.1%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar other schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Michigan, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~220 students)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Mid Peninsula School
How many students attend Mid Peninsula School?
Mid Peninsula School has 220 students enrolled. It is a public school in Rock, MI.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mid Peninsula School?
The student-teacher ratio at Mid Peninsula School is 15.7:1, which is 10% lower than the Michigan average of 17.5:1 and 0% higher than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Mid Peninsula School?
67.0% of students at Mid Peninsula School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Michigan average of 54.3%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Mid Peninsula School?
The largest demographic group at Mid Peninsula School is White at 93.6% of enrollment, in Rock, MI.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Mid Peninsula School?
Mid Peninsula School has a Resource Investment Index of 30/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
What other schools are in Mid Peninsula School District?
None reported; Mid Peninsula School District operates only Mid Peninsula School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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