Goodrich Middle School

Located at 7480 GALE RD, in GOODRICH, Michigan, Goodrich Middle School is a mid-tier middle-grades school that works with 448 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Goodrich Area Schools.

Within Goodrich Area Schools, which oversees 4 schools and 1,916 students, Goodrich Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Goodrich Middle School logs that nearly all students (92%) are White; the rest comes out to 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 18% of students at Goodrich Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Genesee County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Goodrich Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 58.3%; this one comes in at 43.7%, -14.6 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, Genesee County reports that median household earnings sit near $62,281, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Genesee County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students), Goodrich Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Oaktree Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Goodrich Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 55.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Goodrich Middle School has declined 5%, going from 471 students in 2018 to 448 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 today.

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