Grayling Middle School

Located at 500 SPRUCE ST, in GRAYLING, Michigan, Grayling Middle School is a moderately sized intermediate school that works with 450 students (grades 5 through 8), operated by Crawford AuSable Schools.

Grayling Middle School is one of 4 schools operated by Crawford AuSable Schools, a district that educates 1,640 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Grayling Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Crawford County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Grayling Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Grayling Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.4%; this one delivers 35.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Crawford County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,392, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Crawford County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,659 students), of which Grayling Middle School is one.

Grayling Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grayling Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 40.5%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Grayling Middle School's enrollment has rose 25% since 2018, when it stood at 360 (now 450).

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