Enrollment
263
Middle
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLISSFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 260600004231
Blissfield Middle School
1305 BEAMER RD, BLISSFIELD, MI 49228 · (517) 486-4420 · Lenawee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL263 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
82 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 55%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 93 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 86 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 84 | 32% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Blissfield Middle School→Blissfield High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Blissfield Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
38.1%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
30.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 52% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Blissfield Middle School
Blissfield Middle School's state test result (39.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blissfield Middle School this school | 263 | 31.2% | 39.2% |
| Mason Middle School ERIE | 223 | 32.7% | 51.4% |
| Clinton Middle School CLINTON | 282 | 30.1% | 49.0% |
| Hopkins Middle School HOPKINS | 321 | 34.3% | 42.2% |
| Grass Lake Middle School GRASS LAKE | 290 | 33.1% | 44.5% |
| Laingsburg Middle School LAINGSBURG | 251 | 25.5% | 50.9% |
Matched among Michigan middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Blissfield Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Lenawee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #236 of 397 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #250 of 380 | #3 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #240 of 377 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 263 | #403 of 491 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #108 of 436 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.3% | #316 of 437 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.2% | #343 of 477 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #223 of 339 | #5 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
263
+7 (+3%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 321
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 16.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 263 | 16.3 | 16.2:1 | 31% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 252 | 17.3 | 14.6:1 | 42% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 242 | 16.7 | 14.5:1 | 38% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 256 | 16 | 16.0:1 | 34% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 290 | 14.1 | 20.6:1 | 38% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 14 | 21.3:1 | 30% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 303 | 17 | 17.8:1 | 43% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 353 | 18 | 19.6:1 | 14% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 321 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blissfield Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (290 to 263); teachers up 15% (14.1 to 16.3).
About Blissfield Middle School
As a small middle school, Blissfield Middle School serves students in BLISSFIELD, Michigan. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 263 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Michigan is about 502 students.
Enrollment across the 3 schools in Blissfield Community Schools totals 1,111 students.
The large majority of students at Blissfield Middle School, 88%, are White. The remaining shares are 9% Hispanic. County-wide, about 87% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Blissfield Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 21%.
A ratio of 16.2:1 comes from the school's 16.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 31% of students at Blissfield Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Lenawee County, the average eligibility rate is 44%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Blissfield Middle School is 52.5%. It actually posts 39.2%, which is 13.3 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Michigan schools.
Lenawee County census figures show that median household income is about $70,518, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. A total of 47 public schools operate in Lenawee County, serving about 14,256 students.
The shortest distance from Blissfield Middle School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Blissfield Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Blissfield Middle School ranks 3rd in a group of 5 nearby schools.
Blissfield Middle School is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 263 was 3% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 256.
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Lenawee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,415
Census ACS
Median income
$70,518
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
14,256 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Blissfield Community Schools
- Blissfield ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- Blissfield High SchoolHigh · 320 students
Other schools in BLISSFIELD
- Blissfield ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- Blissfield High SchoolHigh · 320 students
Nearby schools
- Blissfield Elementary0.2 mi · 528
- Blissfield High School0.2 mi · 320
- Britton Deerfield SchoolDeerfield Building6.5 mi · 130
- Madison Elementary School8.3 mi · 753
- Madison Middle School8.3 mi · 388
- Madison High School8.3 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Blissfield Middle SchoolHow many students attend Blissfield Middle School?
Blissfield Middle School enrolls approximately 263 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Blissfield Middle School serve?
Blissfield Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Blissfield Middle School have?
Blissfield Middle School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Blissfield Middle School?
Student demographics at Blissfield Middle School are roughly 88% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
What district is Blissfield Middle School in?
Blissfield Middle School is part of Blissfield Community Schools.
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