Byron Area Middle School

Byron Area Middle School operates as a micro-enrollment intermediate school in BYRON, Michigan, overseen by Byron Area Schools. Current enrollment sits at 142 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 502 students each, so Byron Area Middle School sits 72% below that benchmark.

Byron Area Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 652 students. Byron Area Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Byron Area Middle School shows that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Byron Area Middle School has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.0:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Shiawassee County indicate median household income runs about $67,404, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Shiawassee County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,105 students), of which Byron Area Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Byron Area High School, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 140 students in 2018 compared to 142 in 2025.

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