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If you had an hour of school board time for Flushing Middle School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
636
Middle
DISTRICT 510 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FLUSHING COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 261455005146
Flushing Middle School
8100 CARPENTER RD, FLUSHING, MI 48433 · (810) 591-2800 · Genesee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL636 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Michigan public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
304 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 7 | 310 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 326 | 51% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Flushing Middle School→Raider Virtual Academy
Based on grade levels within Flushing Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
41.8%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
36.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Flushing Middle School
Flushing Middle School's state test result (42.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flushing Middle School this school | 636 | 47.8% | 42.5% |
| Marshall Middle School MARSHALL | 541 | 45.7% | 38.6% |
| Swartz Creek Middle School SWARTZ CREEK | 758 | 43.9% | 38.6% |
| Northwest Kidder Middle School JACKSON | 786 | 44.8% | 29.4% |
| ReethsPuffer Middle School MUSKEGON | 537 | 46.4% | 36.1% |
| Mt Pleasant Middle School MOUNT PLEASANT | 666 | 44.4% | 39.0% |
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 Flushing Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Genesee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #191 of 397 | #7 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #178 of 380 | #7 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #190 of 377 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 636 | #144 of 491 | #9 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #254 of 436 | #10 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.3% | #188 of 437 | #11 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.8% | #228 of 477 | #16 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #287 of 339 | #15 of 16 |
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
636
-36 (-5%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 600
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 636 | 35.6 | 17.9:1 | 48% (304) |
| 2023-24 | 638 | 36 | 17.7:1 | 56% (355) |
| 2022-23 | 642 | 33.6 | 19.1:1 | 51% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 672 | 35 | 19.2:1 | 51% (342) |
| 2017-18 | 668 | 35.6 | 18.8:1 | 42% (283) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 36 | 19.3:1 | 38% (263) |
| 2010-11 | 674 | 32 | 21.1:1 | 33% (220) |
| 2000-01 | 684 | 33 | 20.7:1 | 5% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 600 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Flushing Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (668 to 636); teachers unchanged (35.6 to 35.6).
About Flushing Middle School
Flushing Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school in FLUSHING, Michigan. It teaches 636 students in grades 6 through 8. That is 27% bigger than the average of about 502 students for middle schools in Michigan.
Flushing Middle School is run by Flushing Community Schools, whose 8 schools enroll 4,077 students.
More than half of enrollment at Flushing Middle School is White: 76%. Next come 11% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. In Genesee County overall, the White share is about 72%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Flushing Middle School scores 40%.
There are about 17.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Flushing Middle School, which has 35.6. It is about the same as the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 48%. Public schools in Genesee County average 61%.
Among Michigan public middle schools, Flushing Middle School outscored 57%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Flushing Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Michigan schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 42.5% and a predicted 45.1%.
The school's county is Genesee County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $62,281, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Genesee County's 158 public schools enroll about 58,534 students and include Flushing Middle School.
Measured in a straight line, Flushing High School is about 0.5 miles from Flushing Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Flushing Middle School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 672 to 636, a 5% decline. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.9:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Flushing Middle School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Genesee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
403,305
Census ACS
Median income
$62,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
158
58,534 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Flushing Community Schools
- Flushing High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Seymour Elementary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Springview Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
- Elms Elementary SchoolElementary · 356 students
- Flushing Early Childhood CenterElementary · 305 students
Other schools in FLUSHING
- Flushing High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Seymour Elementary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Springview Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
- Elms Elementary SchoolElementary · 356 students
- Flushing Early Childhood CenterElementary · 305 students
Nearby schools
- Flushing High School0.5 mi · 1,229
- Springview Elementary School0.7 mi · 468
- Central Elementary School1.0 mi · 487
- Flushing Early Childhood Center1.2 mi · 305
- Elms Elementary School1.4 mi · 356
- Raider Virtual Academy1.8 mi · 98
Frequently asked questions
About Flushing Middle SchoolHow many students attend Flushing Middle School?
Flushing Middle School enrolls approximately 636 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Flushing Middle School serve?
Flushing Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Flushing Middle School?
Approximately 17.9:1 students per teacher at Flushing Middle School.
How diverse is Flushing Middle School?
Flushing Middle School reports a student body of 76% White, 6% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Flushing Middle School?
Flushing Middle School is overseen by Flushing Community Schools in Genesee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.