Kenneth T Beagle Middle School

Kenneth T Beagle Middle School is an intermediate school of roomy scale in GRAND LEDGE, Michigan, part of Grand Ledge Public Schools, educateing 835 students in grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 502 students per school, that is 66% above typical.

Grand Ledge Public Schools runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,406 students. Kenneth T Beagle Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Kenneth T Beagle Middle School lists that White students make up the majority at 73%; the rest looks like 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian, 4% Black. By comparison, Eaton County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Eaton County's rate of about 42%.

After controlling for student poverty, Kenneth T Beagle Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.8%, the actual is 56.2%, a residual of +0.4 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Eaton County) shows that median household income runs about $79,597, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Eaton County runs 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,025 students), of which Kenneth T Beagle Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Grand Ledge High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Kenneth T Beagle Middle School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Kenneth T Beagle Middle School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 830 (now 835). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 80% to 73%.

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