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Enrollment
533
Middle
DISTRICT 512 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORT HURON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 262883006463
Fort Gratiot Middle School
3985 KEEWAHDIN RD, FORT GRATIOT, MI 48059 · (810) 984-6544 · St. Clair County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Michigan public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
19.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
186 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 6 | 182 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 162 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 189 | 35% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
43.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
38.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Fort Gratiot Middle School
Fort Gratiot Middle School's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Gratiot Middle School this school | 533 | 34.9% | 44.0% |
| Dundee Middle School DUNDEE | 533 | 34.0% | 42.9% |
| Fowlerville Junior High School FOWLERVILLE | 550 | 33.5% | 40.1% |
| Otsego Middle School OTSEGO | 542 | 37.5% | 41.7% |
| Plainwell Middle School PLAINWELL | 569 | 32.3% | 38.1% |
| Edwardsburg Middle School EDWARDSBURG | 612 | 36.9% | 57.1% |
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 Fort Gratiot Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #166 of 397 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #159 of 380 | #3 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #172 of 377 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #222 of 491 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #387 of 436 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.2% | #344 of 437 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.9% | #317 of 477 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #89 of 339 | #4 of 6 |
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
533
-57 (-10%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 670
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 533 | 27 | 19.7:1 | 35% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 550 | 30.5 | 18.0:1 | 43% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 584 | 27.7 | 21.1:1 | 39% (228) |
| 2020-21 | 590 | 27 | 21.9:1 | 40% (237) |
| 2017-18 | 664 | 32.4 | 20.5:1 | 34% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 647 | 33 | 19.6:1 | 26% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 657 | 34 | 19.3:1 | 30% (194) |
| 2000-01 | 714 | 37 | 19.3:1 | 11% (76) |
| 1990-91 | 670 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fort Gratiot Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (664 to 533); teachers down 17% (32.4 to 27).
About Fort Gratiot Middle School
Fort Gratiot Middle School is a medium-sized middle school with an address in FORT GRATIOT, Michigan. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 533 students.
The 16 schools in Port Huron Area School District enroll 6,916 students altogether, Fort Gratiot Middle School among them.
Fort Gratiot Middle School's enrollment is 90% White. After that, the student body is 5% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. For comparison, St. Clair County is about 91% White. The school's diversity index is 19%, meaning two students picked at random have a 19% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Fort Gratiot Middle School's 27 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 19.7:1. On average, middle schools in Michigan have 17.5:1, compared with 19.7:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 35%. The gap from the 46% average for public schools in St. Clair County is 11 points.
Measured against Michigan public middle schools, Fort Gratiot Middle School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 50.8% for a school in Michigan with Fort Gratiot Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Fort Gratiot Middle School posts 44.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for St. Clair County show that the median household income is $71,270, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Besides Fort Gratiot Middle School, St. Clair County has 56 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Edison Elementary School is the closest, at about 1.7 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Fort Gratiot Middle School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Fort Gratiot Middle School is 2nd of 7 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Fort Gratiot Middle School the locale Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Fort Gratiot Middle School's enrollment declined from 590 in 2020-21 to 533 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 19.7:1, from 21.9:1.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,221
Census ACS
Median income
$71,270
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
20,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Port Huron Area School District
- Port Huron Northern High SchoolHigh · 1,089 students
- Port Huron High SchoolHigh · 988 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 599 students
- Keewahdin Elementary SchoolElementary · 510 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
- Holland Woods Middle SchoolMiddle · 404 students
Other schools in FORT GRATIOT
- Keewahdin Elementary SchoolElementary · 510 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
Nearby schools
- Edison Elementary School1.7 mi · 404
- Keewahdin Elementary School2.3 mi · 510
- Port Huron Northern High School2.7 mi · 1,089
- Holland Woods Middle School3.0 mi · 404
- Michigamme Elementary School3.3 mi · 341
- H D Crull Elementary School3.4 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About Fort Gratiot Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fort Gratiot Middle School?
Fort Gratiot Middle School enrolls approximately 533 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Fort Gratiot Middle School serve?
Fort Gratiot Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fort Gratiot Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fort Gratiot Middle School is approximately 19.7:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Fort Gratiot Middle School?
Student demographics at Fort Gratiot Middle School are roughly 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Fort Gratiot Middle School in?
Fort Gratiot Middle School is part of Port Huron Area School District.
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