📍 3500 S Third Ave, Alpena, Alpena County, 49707
Thunder Bay Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Alpena, Alpena County. The school has 844 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Alpena Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 45.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1. 34% of students are proficient in reading. 21% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Thunder Bay Junior High School enrolls 844 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 45.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% White, 3.8% Two or more races and 3.3% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 772 | 91% |
| Two or more races | 32 | 3.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 28 | 3.3% |
| Black or African American | 7 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
504 of the school's 844 students (60%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 451 qualify for free lunch and 53 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Thunder Bay Junior High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MI-10, state senate district 36, state house district 106.
Thunder Bay Junior High School is one of 9 schools in Alpena Public Schools, based in ALPENA, Michigan. The district serves 3,553 students district-wide and employs 200 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 844 students, Thunder Bay Junior High School is larger than the district average of about 395 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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