The district draws approximately 1,800 students from Arenac County and the cities of Standish and Omer, and the areas of Alger, Pinconning, Bentley, and Sterling.
Standish-Sterling High School, about 1/4 mile to the northeast of SSC Elementary, opened in 2001.
[3][4] 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.
The Standish-Sterling school district has a variety of sports to offer.