Legg Middle School

Set in COLDWATER, Michigan, Legg Middle School is an average-sized middle school, operated by Coldwater Community Schools. It instructs 616 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 23% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Within Coldwater Community Schools, which oversees 5 schools and 2,813 students, Legg Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Legg Middle School lists that White students make up the majority at 79%. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Branch County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Legg Middle School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Legg Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Legg Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.3%, the actual is 40.6%, a residual of +1.3 points.

In the broader community, census data for Branch County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,724 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Legg Middle School is one of 18 public schools in Branch County (combined enrollment of about 6,546 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lakeland Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Legg Middle School. On composite proficiency, Legg Middle School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.3%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Legg Middle School has ticked down 8%, going from 670 students in 2018 to 616 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 79% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 in 2025.

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