Fulton Middle School

As a micro-enrollment intermediate school in MIDDLETON, Michigan, Fulton Middle School educates 119 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Fulton Schools. That puts it 76% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Fulton Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 553 students. Fulton Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Fulton Middle School lists that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 12% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Gratiot County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Fulton Middle School logs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Fulton Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Gratiot County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Fulton Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.6%; this one delivers 34.9%.

In the area at large, Gratiot County reports that median household income runs about $63,556, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Gratiot County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,245 students), Fulton Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Fulton High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Fulton Middle School. On composite proficiency, Fulton Middle School comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 42.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 29%: 92 students in 2018 compared to 119 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 1% to 12% over that span.

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