Pellston offers the beauty and benefits of four distinct seasons for those who enjoy the outdoors.  Located in a water wonderland for summertime fun and within 15 minutes of two of Michigan’s best ski slopes for winter sports enthusiasts, the area offers an excellent community setting to raise a family in a rural area with the benefit and ease of travel to major shopping facilities.  Commercial flight service is available at the regional airport located in Pellston.  The area continues to attract people from across the country with availability of development property and the cost of living, which affords individuals a high standard of living.

The Pellston Public Schools, a hub of the Pellston community and surrounding communities including Carp Lake, Levering and Brutus offer educational programs and services for 700 area students with high core academic standards and supporting curriculum, including physical education, music art and vocational programs for a well-rounded educational experience.  Our professional staff is highly qualified to teach in their content areas and regularly participate in professional development programs to keep current with educational best practices.  Support staff, including secretaries, para-professionals, custodians, cooks and bus drivers supports the professional staff and students throughout the year.  Our elementary and middle/high schools are friendly and safe places to educate children.  Both facilities are fully climate controlled for winter heating and summer cooling.  Within the elementary school’s 50,000 square feet are spacious classrooms, library, computer lab and gymnasium.  A playground surrounded by fencing provides children with many recreational options and child safety.  A two-story middle/high school building with over 90,000 square feet houses students in grades 6-12 with spacious classrooms, a 400 seat auditorium, science and computer labs, library, locker rooms and full gymnasium.  Students at all grade levels have access to computers in classrooms and labs with wireless broadband access, capable of handling all web-based instruction and data management programs.  Federal grant programs such as Title I, 21st Century Community Learning Centers and Camp Cool summer program provide struggling students with supplemental programs and services to help children be their best.  In the Spring of 2010, the Pellston Schools will open a Child and Adolescent Health Care Center, which will provide all students,  up to age 21 with physical and mental health care services.
Pellston Public Schools participate in the Char-Em ISD "Schools of Choice" program, which allow students from surrounding communities the opportunity to enroll in our schools.  Enrollment for out of district students is open two times each year (spring and fall), for students wishing to enroll for the fall or winter semesters.