Portage North Middle School

Portage North Middle School operates as a mid-tier junior high in PORTAGE, Michigan, overseen by Portage Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 609 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 502 students each, so Portage North Middle School sits 21% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 14 schools in Portage Public Schools (8,479 students total), Portage North Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Portage North Middle School records that White students make up the majority at 61%; the rest consists of 12% multiracial, 11% Black, 10% Hispanic, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Portage North Middle School reports 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Portage North Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Kalamazoo County's rate of about 45%.

With demographic context factored in, Portage North Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 51.3%; Portage North Middle School posts 38.4%, -12.9 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, Kalamazoo County reports that median household income runs about $72,532, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kalamazoo County's 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,151 students), Portage North Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Portage Community High School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Portage North Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Portage North Middle School has climbed 6%, going from 576 students in 2018 to 609 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 68% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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