Flushing Middle School

Located at 8100 CARPENTER RD, in FLUSHING, Michigan, Flushing Middle School is an average-sized middle school that serves 636 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Flushing Community Schools. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 502 students each, so Flushing Middle School sits 27% bigger than that benchmark.

Flushing Community Schools comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,077 students; Flushing Middle School is among them.

On demographics, Flushing Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 76%; the rest is composed of 11% Black, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to Genesee County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Flushing Middle School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Genesee County's rate of about 61%.

With demographic context factored in, Flushing Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.1%, the actual is 42.5%, a residual of -2.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, Genesee County reports that median household income runs about $62,281, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Genesee County runs 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students), of which Flushing Middle School is one.

Flushing High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Flushing Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Flushing Middle School's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 668 (now 636). The White share of enrollment contracted from 80% to 76% over that span.

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