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Schools in Wakefield Township

Wakefield Township’s public schools

Wakefield-Marenisco School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Wakefield Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/1schools above Michigan’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Michigan’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
37%
2021–22
Math proficiency
22%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.5K
▼ 6% vs MI $16.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.5
MI 16.5 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
236 students on the public path
In brief

Wakefield Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Wakefield Township’s 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Michigan’s 2,812 public schools. WakefieldMarenisco School places highest (better than 39%); WakefieldMarenisco School lowest (39%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Wakefield Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–12WakefieldMarenisco Schoolin WakefieldC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Wakefield-Marenisco School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Wakefield-Marenisco School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 1 schools · 236 students, down 14% since 2020–21 · 14.5 per teacher (MI 16.5)
$15,537MI $16,528 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading37%
State average 45.4% · 128 students tested
Math22%
State average 33.6% · 129 students tested

Wakefield Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Michigan towns that share Wakefield Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Wakefield Township—Wakefield-Marenisco
Wakefield (city)C+Wakefield-Marenisco
BessemerBBessemer Area
IronwoodB−Ironwood Area Schools
Carp Lake—Ontonagon Area Schools
Marenisco—Wakefield-Marenisco
Bergland—Ewen-Trout Creek Consolidated Schools

2 of the 6 neighbors share Wakefield-Marenisco with Wakefield Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Wakefield Township

1 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Michigan’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Wakefield Townshipin other towns
WakefieldMarenisco School
Grades PK–12 · Wakefield
C+
236 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Wakefield Township’s schools

Are Wakefield Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Wakefield Township. Wakefield-Marenisco School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Wakefield Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Michigan’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Wakefield Township in?

Wakefield-Marenisco School District.

Where do Wakefield Township kids go to high school?

WakefieldMarenisco School.

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What Wakefield Township families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.