📍 350 S Chippewa St, Shepherd, Isabella County, 48883
Shepherd Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Shepherd, Isabella County. The school has 417 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Shepherd Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1. 39% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Shepherd Middle School enrolls 417 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% White, 6% Hispanic or Latino and 5.3% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 351 | 84% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 25 | 6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 22 | 5.3% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 1.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
219 of the school's 417 students (53%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 191 qualify for free lunch and 28 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.
Shepherd Middle School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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-20, state senate district 33, state house district 99.
Shepherd Middle School is one of 5 schools in Shepherd Public Schools, based in SHEPHERD, Michigan. The district serves 1,746 students district-wide and employs 96 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 417 students, Shepherd Middle School is larger than the district average of about 349 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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