Enrollment
119
Middle
DISTRICT 184 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON SCHOOLS·NCES 261542000532
Fulton Middle School
8060 ELY HWY, MIDDLETON, MI 48856 · (989) 236-7232 · Gratiot County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL119 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
61 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 55%
Community
0
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 | 41 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 38 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 34% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Fulton Middle School→Fulton High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Fulton Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
29.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
26.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Fulton Middle School
Fulton Middle School's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton Middle School this school | 119 | 51.3% | 34.9% |
| Reese Middle School REESE | 161 | 52.8% | N/A |
| Addison Middle School ADDISON | 164 | 51.8% | 38.5% |
| Byron Area Middle School BYRON | 142 | 51.4% | N/A |
| Concord Middle School CONCORD | 143 | 52.4% | 46.1% |
| Marcellus Middle School MARCELLUS | 136 | 58.1% | 56.1% |
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 Fulton Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #293 of 397 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #288 of 380 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #336 of 377 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 119 | #470 of 491 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.3% | #203 of 477 |
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
119
-27 (-18%) vs 2020
-2% since 2000-01, when it was 122
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 29.2:1
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 | 119 | 7.2 | 16.6:1 | 51% (61) |
| 2023-24 | 132 | 7.7 | 17.1:1 | 45% (59) |
| 2022-23 | 144 | 7.6 | 18.9:1 | 54% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 146 | 5 | 29.2:1 | 41% (60) |
| 2017-18 | 92 | 5.3 | 17.2:1 | 47% (43) |
| 2015-16 | 101 | 7 | 14.4:1 | 38% (38) |
| 2010-11 | 113 | 8 | 14.1:1 | 42% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 122 | 7 | 17.4:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fulton Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (92 to 119); teachers up 34% (5.3 to 7.2).
About Fulton Middle School
Among the schools in MIDDLETON, Michigan, is Fulton Middle School, a very small middle school. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 119 students in 2024-25. Across middle schools in Michigan, the average enrollment is about 502.
Enrollment across the 3 schools in Fulton Schools totals 553 students.
White students are 86% of those enrolled at Fulton Middle School. Next come 12% Hispanic. That is in line with Gratiot County, where about 86% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 25%.
There are 7.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.6:1. Across middle schools in Michigan, the average ratio is 17.5:1. Of all students at Fulton Middle School, 51% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 64% average for public schools in Gratiot County, the school's rate is lower.
Fulton Middle School is 8.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (34.9% versus 43.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Michigan.
Census data for Gratiot County show median household income comes to about $63,556, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Fulton Middle School, Gratiot County has 24 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Fulton Middle School is closest to Fulton High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Fulton Middle School is 4th of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school shrank from 146 students in 2020-21 to 119 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 29.2:1 to 16.6:1.
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Gratiot County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
41,385
Census ACS
Median income
$63,556
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
5,245 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fulton Schools
- Fulton Elementary SchoolElementary · 261 students
- Fulton High SchoolHigh · 173 students
Other schools in MIDDLETON
- Fulton Elementary SchoolElementary · 261 students
- Fulton High SchoolHigh · 173 students
Other Fulton Middle schools
One other US public school is named Fulton Middle. Fulton Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- FULTON MIDDLEFULTON, MO · 513 students
Nearby schools
- Fulton High School0.0 mi · 173
- Fulton Elementary School0.1 mi · 261
- Carson City Elementary School6.4 mi · 216
- Carson CityCrystal High School6.7 mi · 187
- Carson CityCrystal Upper ElementaryMiddle School6.7 mi · 262
- South Elementary School9.3 mi · 234
Frequently asked questions
About Fulton Middle SchoolHow many students attend Fulton Middle School?
Fulton Middle School enrolls approximately 119 students in grades 06-08.
Is Fulton Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fulton Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Fulton Middle School?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Fulton Middle School.
How diverse is Fulton Middle School?
Fulton Middle School reports a student body of 86% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Fulton Middle School?
Fulton Middle School is overseen by Fulton Schools in Gratiot County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.