Gladstone Area Middle School

As a cozy middle school in GLADSTONE, Michigan, Gladstone Area Middle School works with 346 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Gladstone Area Schools. That puts it 31% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Gladstone Area Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,494 students; Gladstone Area Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Gladstone Area Middle School records that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 7% multiracial, 5% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Delta County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Delta County (around 47%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Gladstone Area Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.1%, the actual is 41.2%, a residual of -10.9 points.

In the area at large, census data for Delta County shows the typical household earns roughly $57,809 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Gladstone Area Middle School is one of 15 public schools in Delta County (combined enrollment of about 4,382 students).

James T Jones Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Gladstone Area Middle School.

Gladstone Area Middle School operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 5%: 329 students in 2018 compared to 346 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 93% to 87% across the same window.

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