Vulcan Middle School

Set in NORWAY, Michigan, Vulcan Middle School is an one-room-style intermediate school, run under Norway-Vulcan Area Schools. It caters to 141 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 72% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Norway-Vulcan Area Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 566 students. Vulcan Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Vulcan Middle School reports that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 5% Hispanic. Compared to Dickinson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Vulcan Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dickinson County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Vulcan Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.3%; this one delivers 62.1%.

Around the school, Dickinson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,156 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Dickinson County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,632 students), Vulcan Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Norway High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Vulcan Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 54.4%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 33%: 209 students in 2018 compared to 141 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

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