Blissfield Middle School

Located at 1305 BEAMER RD, in BLISSFIELD, Michigan, Blissfield Middle School is a tight-knit intermediate school that educates 263 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Blissfield Community Schools. That puts it 48% below the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Blissfield Community Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,111 students. Blissfield Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Blissfield Middle School logs that nearly all students (88%) are White; the rest looks like 9% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Blissfield Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Lenawee County's rate of about 44%.

With demographic context factored in, Blissfield Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 52.5%; this one comes in at 39.2%, -13.3 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, census data for Lenawee County shows median household income runs about $70,518, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lenawee County's 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,256 students), Blissfield Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Blissfield Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Blissfield Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 9%: 290 students in 2018 compared to 263 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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