Gladwin Junior High School

As a modestly sized 6-8 campus in GLADWIN, Michigan, Gladwin Junior High School serves 359 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Gladwin Community Schools. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 502 students each, so Gladwin Junior High School sits 28% below that benchmark.

Gladwin Junior High School is one of 5 schools operated by Gladwin Community Schools, a district that instructs 1,655 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gladwin Junior High School records that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Gladwin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Gladwin Junior High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 47% of students at Gladwin Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Gladwin Junior High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 45.3%; this one comes in at 33.1%, -12.2 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, Gladwin County reports that the typical household earns roughly $55,349 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Gladwin County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,529 students), of which Gladwin Junior High School is one.

The closest other public school is Gladwin Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Gladwin Junior High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gladwin Junior High School at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 34.1%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Gladwin Junior High School's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 378 (now 359).

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