About Mecosta-Osceola ISD
Mecosta-Osceola ISD is a public school system serving Mecosta County, Michigan, based in Big Rapids. It serves 465 students across 4 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a town: remote district. By enrollment it is the #593 largest of Michigan’s 880 school systems.
Size and structure
Mecosta-Osceola ISD enrolls 465 students in 4 schools — an average of about 116 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #593 of 880 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Mecosta-Osceola ISD, from the NCES Common Core of Data (465 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
Mecosta-Osceola ISD employs about 49 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 9.6:1 — below the Michigan average of about 16.5:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 231.
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 Mecosta-Osceola ISD 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 Mecosta-Osceola ISD 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 Mecosta-Osceola ISD in the free Cognia registry.
Mecosta-Osceola ISD vs. Michigan
See every Michigan district side by side in the Michigan directory.
Look up Mecosta-Osceola ISD’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):