Clare Middle School

Clare Middle School is one of the reasonably sized intermediate schools in CLARE, Michigan, one of the schools within Clare Public Schools, with 474 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8.

Clare Public Schools runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,554 students. Clare Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Clare Middle School logs that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Clare County (around 65%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Clare Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 47.9%; actual is 30.5%, a gap of -17.4 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Clare County put median household income runs about $49,384, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clare County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,785 students), Clare Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Clare Primary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Clare Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 31.0%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Clare Middle School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 484 (now 474). The White share of enrollment shrank from 93% to 88% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.