High school (grades 9-12) · Boyne City, MI

Morganshaw School

Federal NCES profile for Morganshaw School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 34/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 260650000818
0/100100/10034/100
📚 AP courses
10
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
97
📋 Attendance
0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Morganshaw School earns 34/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also one of the smallest schools in Michigan.

34
Resource Index · Typical
74.4%
free-lunch eligible
32
students enrolled

Enrollment

32

Michigan · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

74.4%

vs 54.3% Michigan avg

+37% vs state

What stands out at Morganshaw School

Morganshaw School is a higher-need, small high school in Boyne City, Michigan, enrolling 32 students.

Economic need runs somewhat above the state's typical profile, with 74.4% of students eligible for free meals.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 95% of Michigan schools, with 32 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 3,375 scored Michigan schools.

Against 65 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #19.

Its student body is led by White (75%) and Two or More (19%) (diversity index 40/100).

No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.

Counselor coverage is strong, about 16 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 78.1% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).

Among Boyne City's high schools, it stands alongside Charem Alternative Schools (22 students): Morganshaw School is larger than that campus by headcount.

Boyne City Public Schools also operates Boyne City Elementary School (425 students) and Boyne City High School (383 students) alongside Morganshaw School.

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 Morganshaw School compares

Morganshaw School on the metrics families compare, against Michigan and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Michigan Michigan avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 74.4% ▲ 37% 54.3% 51.7%
Enrollment 32 top 95% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

32
Bigger than 4% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
74.4%
free-lunch eligible - 37% above the Michigan average of 54.3%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Engagement
78.1%
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
$13,461
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
Counselors2.0 FTE
Per 16 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
2
in-school suspensions + 1 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 6.3 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 9.4 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 75.0%
Two or More 18.8%
Hispanic or Latino 3.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native 3.1%

Largest group: White at 75.0% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 40.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 40.0, Morganshaw School is more mixed than the Michigan school average of 36.2.

Programs

AP program Not offered

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Boyne City Public Schools, which includes Morganshaw School.

$13,461
Per student
0%
vs Michigan
Avg $13,507
-19%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 60.8%
State 31.7%
Federal 7.5%

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.

How Morganshaw School Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Boyne City Elementary School Larger Lower economic need No ratio data
Boyne City High School Larger Lower economic need No ratio data
Boyne City Middle School Larger Lower economic need No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Morganshaw School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Boyne City Public Schools · 3 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar high schools in Boyne City

1 comparable high schools (grades 9-12) serving the same city.

Similar high 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.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Morganshaw School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Morganshaw School

How many students attend Morganshaw School?

Morganshaw School has 32 students enrolled. It is a high school in Boyne City, MI.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Morganshaw School?

74.4% of students at Morganshaw School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Michigan average of 54.3%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Morganshaw School?

The largest demographic group at Morganshaw School is White at 75.0% of enrollment, in Boyne City, MI.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Morganshaw School?

Morganshaw School has a Resource Investment Index of 34/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Morganshaw School a good school?

Morganshaw School earns 34/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also one of the smallest schools in Michigan. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Boyne City Public Schools?

Besides Morganshaw School, Boyne City Public Schools also operates Boyne City Elementary School (425 students), Boyne City High School (383 students), and Boyne City Middle School (378 students). See the Boyne City Public Schools district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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