Roscommon Middle School

Roscommon Middle School is one of the rural-scale junior highs in ROSCOMMON, Michigan, run under Roscommon Area Public Schools, with 178 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 7. That puts it 65% below the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Roscommon Area Public Schools comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 791 students; Roscommon Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Roscommon Middle School records that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Roscommon County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Roscommon County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Roscommon Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.6%; this one delivers 37.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Roscommon County indicate median household earnings sit near $55,246, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Roscommon County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,617 students), of which Roscommon Middle School is one.

Roscommon Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Roscommon Middle School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 38.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Roscommon Middle School's enrollment has edged down 39% since 2018, when it stood at 290 (now 178).

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.