L’Anse Creuse Middle School - North has 676 students enrolled for the 2007-2008 school year.

MS-N is the oldest middle school in continuous service to the L’Anse Creuse community! It first opened its doors in September of 1966 with a teaching staff of 22 and a student body of 424.  Today, it has grown to a staff of 34 and a student body of 670.
In the 1999-2000 school year, MS-N was selected as a Michigan and National Blue Ribbon School. In January of 2000, Mr. John Da Via was appointed principal and Mr. Mark Brown associate principal at MS-N.

Middle School-North has truly been a leader in educational efforts on a district, county, and state level. The school was selected as one of Michigan’s 10 exemplary middle schools in 1989-1990. MS-N served as a demonstration school in the 1977 MAMSE State Conference and its selection as one of 25 Michigan elementary and middle schools to pilot the Michigan Department of Education MAPS program in 1986-1987. Mr. Mel Miller, a MS-N social studies teacher, was selected as the 1981 Michigan Teacher of the Year and was the first runner-up for National Teacher of the Year honors that year. MS-N also completed the North Central Association (NCA) accreditation cycle and was fully accredited in the 1999-2000 school year. That same year, MS-N earned recognition as a Michigan Exemplary School and a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. On March 24, 2000, MS-N hosted the Vice President of the United States, Mr. Albert Gore, as a guest for the day.