Dansville Middle School

Dansville Middle School is a micro-enrollment middle school in DANSVILLE, Michigan, run under Dansville Schools. The school serves 169 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 66% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Within Dansville Schools, which oversees 3 schools and 725 students, Dansville Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Dansville Middle School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Dansville Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Ingham County's rate of about 49%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dansville Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.8%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Ingham County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,526 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Ingham County runs 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students), of which Dansville Middle School is one.

Dansville High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Dansville Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dansville Middle School at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 42.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dansville Middle School has ticked down 15%, going from 198 students in 2018 to 169 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 96% to 92%. Class-load math has widened: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 22.7:1 in 2025.

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