About Manistee Area Public Schools
Manistee Area Public Schools is a public school system serving Manistee County, Michigan, based in Manistee. It serves 1,247 students across 3 schools spanning K–12, and is classified as a town: remote district. By enrollment it is the #309 largest of Michigan’s 880 school systems.
Size and structure
Manistee Area Public Schools enrolls 1,247 students in 3 schools — an average of about 416 students per school. It serves grades K–12 and ranks #309 of 880 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Manistee Area Public Schools, from the NCES Common Core of Data (1,247 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Manistee Area Public Schools employs about 67 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 18.6:1 — above the Michigan average of about 16.5:1. Total district staff is roughly 159.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Michigan funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Manistee Area Public Schools are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Michigan reports accountability through MI School Data, hosting the federally required MI School Index (0–100 across ESSA components such as proficiency, growth, graduation, English-learner progress and chronic absenteeism) and a Parent Dashboard. Look up Manistee Area Public Schools on the MI School Data Parent Dashboard.
Accreditation status
Michigan has no state accreditation requirement; the Michigan Department of Education directs districts to Cognia, the de facto K-12 accreditor used across the state. Look up Manistee Area Public Schools in the free Cognia registry.
Manistee Area Public Schools vs. Michigan
See every Michigan district side by side in the Michigan directory.
Look up Manistee Area Public Schools’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):