Au GresSims Middle School

Located at 310 S COURT ST, in AU GRES, Michigan, Au GresSims Middle School is a micro-enrollment middle school that caters to 104 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Au Gres-Sims School District. That puts it 79% below the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Within Au Gres-Sims School District, which oversees 3 schools and 414 students, Au GresSims Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Au GresSims Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Other groups include 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Au GresSims Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.9%, the actual is 39.4%, a residual of -0.4 points.

In the area at large, Arenac County reports that median household income runs about $58,811, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Arenac County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,896 students), Au GresSims Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Au GresSims Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Au GresSims Middle School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Au GresSims Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 51.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Au GresSims Middle School's enrollment has climbed 22% since 2018, when it stood at 85 (now 104). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 93% to 84% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.