Andrew G Schmidt Middle School

Located at 3255 DONALDSON DR, in FENTON, Michigan, Andrew G Schmidt Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school that serves 718 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Fenton Area Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 502 students per school, that is 43% larger than typical.

Fenton Area Public Schools runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,875 students. Andrew G Schmidt Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Andrew G Schmidt Middle School lists that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Genesee County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Andrew G Schmidt Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 49.4%.

In the broader community, Genesee County reports that median household income runs about $62,281, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Andrew G Schmidt Middle School is one of 158 public schools in Genesee County (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students).

The closest other public school is FENTON HORIZON ACADEMY, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Andrew G Schmidt Middle School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.0%.

Andrew G Schmidt Middle School operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 808 students in 2018 compared to 718 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 86% across the same window.

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