Standish-Sterling Community Schools

Standish-Sterling Community Schools
Address
3789 Wyatt Road[1]
Standish
, Arenac County, Michigan, 48658
United States
District information
GradesPre-Kindergarten-12
SuperintendentDarren Kroczaleski[2]
Schools3[1]
Budget$20,750,000 2021-2022 expenditures[3]
NCES District ID2632940[3]
Students and staff
Students1,482 (2023-2024)[3]
Teachers81.84 (on an FTE basis) (2023-2024)[3]
Staff209.27 FTE (2023-2024)[3]
Student–teacher ratio18.11 (2023-2024)[3]
Other information
Websitewww.standish-sterling.org

Standish-Sterling Community Schools is a public school district in Central Michigan. In Arenac County, it serves Standish, Sterling, the townships of Adams, Deep River, Lincoln, Moffatt, and Standish, and parts of the townships of Arenac and Clayton.[4] It also serves a small parts of Bourret Township in Gladwin County[5] and Pinconning Township in Bay Couty.[6]

The district's mascot is the panther. The school colors are navy blue and white with a tertiary color being gold.[1]

History

The first school in Standish was established in 1871. It burned down in 1914 and was rebuilt.[7] For a period of time beginning in 1903, the Standish High School housed a normal school, or school for training teachers.[8][9]

Standish and Sterling school districts, along with thirteen other districts in the area, consolidated in April 1957.[10] Voters approved a bond issue to build a new Standish-Sterling Junior/Senior High School in January 1958.[11] The new building opened in December 1959[12] and was briefly called Arenac Central High School until December 8, 1959, when the board of education formally recognized the name chosen by district voters.[13] The new school was dedicated in May 1960.[14]

The current Standish-Sterling Central Junior/Senior High School opened in fall 2001.[15] Fanning Howey was the architect.[16]

Standish-Sterling Central Elementary School was the previous Standish-Sterling Central High School from 1959 to 2001 and Standish-Sterling Middle School from 2001[15] to 2016. Sterling Elementary School in Sterling previously taught K-6 until 2017 when it converted to Preschool-K only.

In 2017, Standish Elementary School in Standish closed due to restructuring.[17][18]

In 2017, Arenac-Eastern School began sending students to Standish-Sterling due to declining enrollment. On March 10, 2020, the vote passed by the three districts for Arenac-Eastern to be dissolved effective in June 2020 and split between Standish-Sterling Community Schools and Au Gres-Sims School District along M-65.[19]

Schools

Schools in Standish-Sterling Community Schools[1][3]
School Address Notes
Standish-Sterling Central Junior/Senior High School 2401 Grove Road, Standish Grades 7-12. Built 2001.[15]
Standish-Sterling Central Elementary 3789 Wyatt Road, Standish Grades 1-6. Built 1959.[12]
Sterling Elementary 338 W. State Street, Sterling Grades PreK-K

References

  1. ^ a b c d Standish-Sterling Community Schools. "Standish-Sterling Community Schools". Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  2. ^ Standish-Sterling Community Schools. "Staff". Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Standish-Sterling Community Schools". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences.
  4. ^ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Arenac County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  5. ^ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Gladwin County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  6. ^ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Arenac County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  7. ^ City of Standish Michigan. "Timeline Historical Overview". Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  8. ^ "Northern Michigan". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). September 21, 1903. p. 6.
  9. ^ "Standish school burns; loss $20,000". Lansing State Journal. February 18, 1914. p. 6.
  10. ^ "Standish-Sterling school consolidation approved". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). April 17, 1957. p. 32.
  11. ^ "$995,000 bond issue OKehed". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). January 30, 1958. p. 28.
  12. ^ a b "December opening for new school". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). September 24, 1959. p. 38.
  13. ^ "Standish school name changed". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). December 11, 1959. p. 38.
  14. ^ "New Standish school". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). May 15, 1960. p. 38.
  15. ^ a b c "New Standish-Sterling high school welcomes students and teachers". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). August 29, 2001. p. Northeast section 4B.
  16. ^ Michigan Department of Treasury. "STATE QUALIFIED SCHOOL BOND ELECTION RESULTS ARENAC COUNTY Standish-Sterling Community Schools". Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  17. ^ Barnum, Tim. "District restructuring being placed back on Standish-Sterling board's February agenda". Arenac County Independent. Sunrise Publishing. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  18. ^ Barnum, Tim. "Community Unity Day aims to bring elementary students, families together". Arenac County Independent. Sunrise Publishing. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  19. ^ "Arenac County voters approve plan to split school district". abc12.com. March 11, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
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