Bothwell Middle School

Bothwell Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in MARQUETTE, Michigan, run under Marquette Area Public Schools. The school caters to 696 students in grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 502 students per school, that is 39% above typical.

Marquette Area Public Schools comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,209 students; Bothwell Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bothwell Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%); the rest is composed of 8% multiracial, 3% Native American.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Bothwell Middle School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 24% of students at Bothwell Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Marquette County (around 34%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Bothwell Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.8%, the actual is 50.5%, a residual of -5.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Marquette County indicate median household income runs about $65,429, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bothwell Middle School is one of 25 public schools in Marquette County (combined enrollment of about 7,657 students).

Nearest neighbor: Superior Hills Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bothwell Middle School at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 55.1%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Bothwell Middle School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 700 (now 696). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

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