Hemlock Middle School

Set in HEMLOCK, Michigan, Hemlock Middle School is an intimate middle-grades school, operated by Hemlock Public School District. It hosts 350 students across grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 502 students per school, that is 30% leaner than typical.

Across the 5 schools in Hemlock Public School District (1,239 students total), Hemlock Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Hemlock Middle School lists that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Saginaw County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Hemlock Middle School records 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 25% of students at Hemlock Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Saginaw County's rate of about 59%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hemlock Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.3%, the actual is 52.3%, a residual of -3.0 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Saginaw County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $60,622 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Saginaw County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,621 students), of which Hemlock Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: KC Ling Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Hemlock Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hemlock Middle School at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 50.4%.

Hemlock Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 344 students in 2018 compared to 350 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.0:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.