Springport Middle School

Springport Middle School operates as a compact middle-grades school in SPRINGPORT, Michigan, overseen by Springport Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 222 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 56% leaner than the state mean of about 502.

Across the 3 schools in Springport Public Schools (932 students total), Springport Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Springport Middle School lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Springport Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Springport Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 45.3%; this one comes in at 31.5%, -13.8 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Jackson County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $66,073 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Springport Middle School is one of 68 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 21,681 students).

Springport Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 9%: 243 students in 2018 compared to 222 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

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