Marshall Greene Middle School

Marshall Greene Middle School is a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in BIRCH RUN, Michigan, overseen by Birch Run Area Schools. The school enrolls 548 students in grades 5 through 8.

Within Birch Run Area Schools, which oversees 4 schools and 1,806 students, Marshall Greene Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Marshall Greene Middle School logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 5% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the income-and-resources front, Marshall Greene Middle School reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.2:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Marshall Greene Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.0%; this one delivers 37.4%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Saginaw County put the typical household earns roughly $60,622 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Saginaw County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,621 students), Marshall Greene Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is North Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Marshall Greene Middle School. On composite proficiency, Marshall Greene Middle School comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 34.7%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 620 students in 2018 compared to 548 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Marshall Greene Middle School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.