Donald L Pavlik Middle School

Located at 1700 PINE AVE, in ALMA, Michigan, Donald L Pavlik Middle School is a mid-tier intermediate school that hosts 457 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Alma Public Schools.

Donald L Pavlik Middle School is one of 5 schools operated by Alma Public Schools, a district that serves 1,815 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Donald L Pavlik Middle School logs that nearly all students (83%) are White. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Gratiot County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Donald L Pavlik Middle School shows 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Gratiot County's rate of about 64%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Donald L Pavlik Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.7%, the actual is 33.3%, a residual of -0.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, Gratiot County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,556, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Gratiot County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,245 students), Donald L Pavlik Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: GIRESD Center Programs, around 0.3 miles off. 8 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), Donald L Pavlik Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.9%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Donald L Pavlik Middle School has fell 9%, going from 502 students in 2018 to 457 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 87% to 83%.

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