Grass Lake Middle School

Set in GRASS LAKE, Michigan, Grass Lake Middle School is a tight-knit 6-8 campus, part of Grass Lake Community Schools. It instructs 290 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 42% smaller than the state mean of about 502.

Grass Lake Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by Grass Lake Community Schools, a district that caters to 1,334 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Grass Lake Middle School logs that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Grass Lake Middle School reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Jackson County (around 53%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Grass Lake Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Jackson County) records that median household earnings sit near $66,073, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Grass Lake Middle School is one of 68 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 21,681 students).

Nearest neighbor: George Long Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Grass Lake Middle School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grass Lake Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.7%.

Grass Lake Middle School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Grass Lake Middle School's enrollment has edged up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 278 (now 290). Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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