Davis Middle School

Davis Middle School, a cozy middle-grades school in HILLSDALE, Michigan, run under Hillsdale Community Schools, hosts 366 students, covering grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 27% smaller than the state mean of about 502.

Hillsdale Community Schools runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,259 students. Davis Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Davis Middle School lists that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest looks like 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Hillsdale County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Davis Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Davis Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.0%; this one delivers 34.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hillsdale County indicate median household income runs about $64,242, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Hillsdale County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,067 students), Davis Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Hillsdale High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Davis Middle School.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Davis Middle School's enrollment has shrank 12% since 2018, when it stood at 414 (now 366). Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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