Owosso Middle School

Owosso Middle School is a 6-8 campus of moderately sized scale in OWOSSO, Michigan, operated by Owosso Public Schools, serveing 641 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 502 students each, so Owosso Middle School sits 28% larger than that benchmark.

Within Owosso Public Schools, which oversees 6 schools and 2,838 students, Owosso Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Owosso Middle School reports that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.1:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Owosso Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 45.2%; this one comes in at 26.4%, -18.8 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Shiawassee County shows the typical household earns roughly $67,404 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Owosso Middle School is one of 31 public schools in Shiawassee County (combined enrollment of about 10,105 students).

Nearest neighbor: Owosso High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Owosso Middle School. On composite proficiency, Owosso Middle School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 34.3%.

Owosso Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Owosso Middle School's enrollment has ticked down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 670 (now 641). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Owosso Middle School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.