High school (grades 9-12) · Lapeer, MI

Thumb Correctional Facility

Federal NCES profile for Thumb Correctional Facility, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 260000107838
10 students enrolled

Enrollment

10

Michigan · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

76.9%

vs 54.3% Michigan avg

+42% vs state

What stands out at Thumb Correctional Facility

Thumb Correctional Facility is a high-poverty, small high school in Lapeer, Michigan, enrolling 10 students.

Economic need runs somewhat above the state's typical profile, with 76.9% of students eligible for free meals.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 98% of Michigan schools, with 10 enrolled.

Its student body is led by African American (50%) and White (40%), more mixed than most schools in the state (diversity index 58/100).

Among Lapeer's high schools, it stands alongside Strive Transition Program (7 students): Thumb Correctional Facility is larger than that campus by headcount.

Michigan Department of Corrections also operates St Louis Correctional Facility (13 students) and Cotton Correctional Facility (12 students) alongside Thumb Correctional Facility.

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 Thumb Correctional Facility compares

Thumb Correctional Facility on the metrics families compare, against Michigan and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Michigan Michigan avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 76.9% ▲ 42% 54.3% 51.7%
Enrollment 10 top 98% - -

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

10
Bigger than 1% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
76.9%
free-lunch eligible - 42% above the Michigan average of 54.3%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.

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

African American 50.0%
White 40.0%
Hispanic or Latino 10.0%

Largest group: African American at 50.0% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 58.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 58.0, Thumb Correctional Facility is more mixed than the Michigan school average of 36.2.

How Thumb Correctional Facility Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
St Louis Correctional Facility Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Cotton Correctional Facility Similar size No free-lunch data No ratio data
Saginaw Correctional Facility Similar size No free-lunch data No ratio data
Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility Similar size No free-lunch data No ratio data
Parnall Correctional Facility Smaller No free-lunch data No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Thumb Correctional Facility's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Michigan Department Of Corrections · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar high schools in Lapeer

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

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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 Thumb Correctional Facility

How many students attend Thumb Correctional Facility?

Thumb Correctional Facility has 10 students enrolled. It is a high school in Lapeer, MI.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Thumb Correctional Facility?

76.9% of students at Thumb Correctional Facility are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Michigan average of 54.3%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Thumb Correctional Facility?

The largest demographic group at Thumb Correctional Facility is African American at 50.0% of enrollment, in Lapeer, MI. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 58.0/100.

What other schools are in Michigan Department of Corrections?

Besides Thumb Correctional Facility, Michigan Department of Corrections also operates St Louis Correctional Facility (13 students), Cotton Correctional Facility (12 students), and Saginaw Correctional Facility (11 students). See the Michigan Department of Corrections 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.

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