5301 Elm Creek Rd
North Branch, MI 48461

North Branch Area Schools (NBAS) is a great small community school district. Its athletic department is one of the best in the state, considering NBAS is only a class B (Class A being the largest) school district. NBAS also has a supportive and detailed special education program for those students who need special assistance. One downside of NBAS is the bullying, no action is currently seen to fix this issue as of 2023. Many teachers here have a great care for the success of their students and their education (with a few bad apples). The administration department (curriculum directors, principles, school board, student director, staff director, superintendent) is making steps in the right direction for the students by implementing the SACP (Student Adaptive Curriculum Program) program. This program is designed to specialize students education to the way they want to learn, it gives students choice in how they learn. NBAS is one of 13 schools in the state that's implementing this program. This school also implements 21st century learning skills into the curriculum by including a STEAM Lab into 2-4 of their schools. The safety of this school has to be easily top 10 in the state, with a new lockdown system being included, new training programs for students and staff, and new lockdown technology (Centigix Crisis Alert) in case of an active shooter.

I love North Branch schools! They care about the students and pay attention to them. They address concerns that not only the parents have, but also what the children have to say.

Ruth Fox Middle School is not a well balanced school and the students are somewhat interesting. The food tastes mid, the teachers are rude and dont help students. But i want to point out the pros, Ruth Fox will welcome everyone in a nice way, and the social emotional support is awesome, you can talk to anyone about your problems and they will help! So overall, this school is very mid, i still dont reccomend going.