Middle School South

Middle School South is an intimate junior high in HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Michigan, one of the schools within L'Anse Creuse Public Schools. The school works with 383 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 24% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Across the 17 schools in L'Anse Creuse Public Schools (9,090 students total), Middle School South accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Middle School South records that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 36% Black, 9% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

Looking at school resources, Middle School South logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Middle School South sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 41.4%; actual is 27.9%, a gap of -13.5 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Macomb County indicate median household income runs about $77,837, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Macomb County runs 236 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students), of which Middle School South is one.

The closest other public school is Donald J Yacks Elem School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Middle School South ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 38.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Middle School South has ticked down 22%, going from 493 students in 2018 to 383 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 66% to 51% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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