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Enrollment
455
Middle
DISTRICT 439 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 261554008168
Farmington 56 Campus
33411 MARQUETTE ST, GARDEN CITY, MI 48135 · (734) 762-8460 · Wayne County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Michigan public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
225 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 230 | 51% |
| Grade 6 | 225 | 49% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Farmington 56 Campus→Garden City Middle School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Garden City Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
33.0%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
24.0%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Farmington 56 Campus
Farmington 56 Campus's state test result (26.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmington 56 Campus this school | 455 | 49.5% | 26.1% |
| Garden City Middle School GARDEN CITY | 423 | 47.3% | 24.4% |
| ReethsPuffer Intermediate Sch MUSKEGON | 479 | 50.5% | 26.4% |
| ReethsPuffer Middle School MUSKEGON | 537 | 46.4% | 36.1% |
| Thomas Simpson Middle School FLAT ROCK | 417 | 44.8% | 26.6% |
| Shepherd Middle School SHEPHERD | 390 | 49.0% | 43.2% |
Matched among Michigan middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Farmington 56 Campus ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #376 of 397 | #41 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #322 of 380 | #33 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #301 of 377 | #28 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #274 of 491 | #45 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #256 of 436 | #36 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.5% | #193 of 437 | #33 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.5% | #214 of 477 | #38 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #80 of 101 | #8 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
455
+15 (+3%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 618
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 20.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 455 | 25.4 | 17.9:1 | 49% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 24.4 | 17.0:1 | 63% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 24.5 | 16.8:1 | 59% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 21 | 20.9:1 | 59% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 14.4 | 31.0:1 | 65% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | 17 | 25.6:1 | 54% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | 28 | 22.1:1 | 49% (302) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Farmington 56 Campus.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (446 to 455); teachers up 76% (14.4 to 25.4).
About Farmington 56 Campus
The public middle school Farmington 56 Campus is located in GARDEN CITY, Michigan. It covers grades 5 through 6, with a total enrollment of 455 students.
Garden City Public Schools has 8 schools and 3,193 students, and Farmington 56 Campus is one of those schools.
Roughly 77% of students at Farmington 56 Campus are White. Other groups make up 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 49% of Wayne County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 38%, meaning two students picked at random have a 38% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 17.9 students per teacher. For comparison, middle schools in Michigan average 17.5:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 49%. Across public schools in Wayne County, the average is 66%.
The allk12 Grade for Farmington 56 Campus is F. Compared with Michigan public middle schools, the school scored higher than 2% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Farmington 56 Campus is a bottom-10% school in Michigan on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 26.1% against a predicted 44.4%.
In the county around the school, Wayne County, the median household income is $60,539, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Wayne County is home to 573 public schools and about 259,786 public school students.
Wildwood Elementary School is the public school closest to Farmington 56 Campus, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Farmington 56 Campus at 1st of 5.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 15 more students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 20.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.9:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Farmington 56 Campus. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garden City Public Schools
- Garden City High SchoolHigh · 896 students
- Garden City Middle SchoolMiddle · 423 students
- Memorial Elementary 12 CampusElementary · 419 students
- Douglas Elementary 34 CampusElementary · 412 students
- Cambridge Alternative High SchoolHigh · 258 students
- Lathers Early Childhood and Kindergarten CenterElementary · 222 students
Other schools in GARDEN CITY
- Garden City High SchoolHigh · 896 students
- Garden City Middle SchoolMiddle · 423 students
- Memorial Elementary 12 CampusElementary · 419 students
- Douglas Elementary 34 CampusElementary · 412 students
- Tipton Academy PK3Elementary · 301 students
- Cambridge Alternative High SchoolHigh · 258 students
Nearby schools
- Wildwood Elementary School0.5 mi · 527
- Garden City Middle School0.5 mi · 423
- Alexander Hamilton Elementary School1.0 mi · 469
- Thomas A Edison Elem School1.1 mi · 450
- John Glenn High School1.3 mi · 1,368
- Adams Middle School1.6 mi · 591
Frequently asked questions
About Farmington 56 CampusHow large is Farmington 56 Campus?
Farmington 56 Campus enrolls approximately 455 students in grades 05-06.
Is Farmington 56 Campus an elementary, middle, or high school?
Farmington 56 Campus is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Farmington 56 Campus?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Farmington 56 Campus is approximately 17.9:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Farmington 56 Campus?
At Farmington 56 Campus, the student body is approximately 77% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Farmington 56 Campus public or private?
Farmington 56 Campus is a public K-12 school, overseen by Garden City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.