Chesaning Middle School

Chesaning Middle School operates as a mid-sized middle-grades school in CHESANING, Michigan, part of Chesaning Union Schools. Current enrollment sits at 584 students spanning grades 4 through 8.

Across the 4 schools in Chesaning Union Schools (1,377 students total), Chesaning Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Chesaning Middle School lists that nearly all students (91%) are White; the rest comes out to 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Chesaning Middle School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Chesaning Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.2%, the actual is 46.8%, a residual of +5.6 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Saginaw County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,622, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Chesaning Middle School is one of 75 public schools in Saginaw County (combined enrollment of about 25,621 students).

Nearest neighbor: Chesaning Union Schools Alternative Education, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chesaning Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 48.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 36%: 428 students in 2018 compared to 584 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Chesaning Middle School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.