Laingsburg Middle School

As a close-knit junior high in LAINGSBURG, Michigan, Laingsburg Middle School educates 251 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Laingsburg Community Schools. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 502 students each, so Laingsburg Middle School sits 50% below that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Laingsburg Community Schools (1,112 students total), Laingsburg Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Laingsburg Middle School records that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest reads as 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 25% of students at Laingsburg Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Shiawassee County (around 45%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Laingsburg Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.9%.

Zooming out to the county, Shiawassee County reports that median household earnings sit near $67,404, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Shiawassee County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,105 students), of which Laingsburg Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Laingsburg Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Laingsburg Middle School comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 7%: 271 students in 2018 compared to 251 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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