About Montcalm Area ISD
Montcalm Area ISD is a public school system serving Montcalm County, Michigan, based in Stanton. It serves 547 students across 5 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a town: distant district. By enrollment it is the #553 largest of Michigan’s 880 school systems.
Size and structure
Montcalm Area ISD enrolls 547 students in 5 schools — an average of about 109 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #553 of 880 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Montcalm Area ISD, from the NCES Common Core of Data (547 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
Montcalm Area ISD employs about 53 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 10.3:1 — below the Michigan average of about 16.5:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 228.
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 Montcalm Area 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 Montcalm Area 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 Montcalm Area ISD in the free Cognia registry.
Montcalm Area ISD vs. Michigan
See every Michigan district side by side in the Michigan directory.
Look up Montcalm Area 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):