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Alumni: what's one memory from Wagar 56 Middle School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
221
Middle
DISTRICT 431 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AIRPORT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 260198008660
Wagar Middle School
11200 GRAFTON RD, CARLETON, MI 48117 · (734) 654-4083 · Monroe County
GRADES 05–05MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL221 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Michigan public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
120 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 55%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 221 | 100% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Wagar Middle School→Wagar Junior High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Airport Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
35.8%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
28.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Wagar Middle School
Wagar Middle School's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagar Middle School this school | 221 | 54.3% | 33.7% |
| Hudson Middle School HUDSON | 199 | 50.8% | 15.8% |
| Benzie Central Middle School BENZONIA | 239 | 56.1% | 36.2% |
| Homer Middle School HOMER | 268 | 57.5% | 41.1% |
| David C Outwin Middle School HESPERIA | 198 | 60.1% | N/A |
| Menominee Jr High School MENOMINEE | 271 | 53.1% | 36.7% |
Matched among Michigan middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Wagar Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #310 of 397 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #268 of 380 | #8 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #269 of 377 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 221 | #431 of 491 | #8 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #325 of 436 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.7% | #295 of 437 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.3% | #179 of 477 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.1% | #9 of 339 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
221
-159 (-42%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 21.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 221 | 11.8 | 18.7:1 | 54% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 234 | 13.6 | 17.2:1 | 51% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 22 | 18.6:1 | 51% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 18 | 21.1:1 | 57% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 375 | 16.5 | 22.7:1 | 55% (207) |
| 2015-16 | 353 | 15 | 23.5:1 | 50% (177) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wagar Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (375 to 221); teachers down 28% (16.5 to 11.8).
About Wagar Middle School
The public middle-grades school Wagar Middle School is located in CARLETON, Michigan. The school teaches grade 5 and enrolls 221 students. That is 56% below the average of about 502 students for middle schools in Michigan.
Wagar Middle School is one of 9 schools in Airport Community Schools, which enrolls 2,849 students in total.
The share of students at Wagar Middle School who are White is 87%. Other students are 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Monroe County residents are about 90% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 24% means there is a 24% chance two randomly chosen students at Wagar Middle School are from different groups.
The school's 11.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.7:1. The average for middle schools in Michigan is 17.5:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At Wagar Middle School, 54% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Monroe County average 41%.
Wagar Middle School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 20% of Michigan public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Wagar Middle School, the prediction is 42.2% and the result is 33.7%.
Census data for Monroe County show median household income comes to about $77,335, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 52 public schools in the county, enrolling about 20,286, Wagar Middle School among them.
Wagar Junior High School is the nearest public school to Wagar Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 33.7% is below the 47.8% average for nearby schools.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
Wagar Middle School reported 380 students in 2020-21 and 221 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 18.7:1, from 21.1:1.
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Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
155,505
Census ACS
Median income
$77,335
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
20,286 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Airport Community Schools
- Airport Senior High SchoolHigh · 760 students
- Wagar Junior High SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Joseph C Sterling Elementary SchoolElementary · 370 students
- Loren Eyler Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Fred W Ritter Elementary SchoolElementary · 265 students
- Henry Niedermeier Elementary SchoolElementary · 242 students
Other schools in CARLETON
- Airport Senior High SchoolHigh · 760 students
- Wagar Junior High SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Joseph C Sterling Elementary SchoolElementary · 370 students
- Loren Eyler Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Airport Center for EducationCombined · 49 students
- Airport Middle CollegeHigh · 9 students
Nearby schools
- Wagar Junior High School0.0 mi · 641
- Airport Senior High School0.2 mi · 760
- Airport Middle College0.2 mi · 9
- Airport Center for Education0.2 mi · 49
- Joseph C Sterling Elementary School0.2 mi · 370
- Loren Eyler Elementary School2.3 mi · 292
Frequently asked questions
About Wagar Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wagar Middle School?
Wagar Middle School enrolls approximately 221 students in grades 05-05.
What grades does Wagar Middle School serve?
Wagar Middle School serves grades 05-05.
How many students per teacher at Wagar Middle School?
Approximately 18.7:1 students per teacher at Wagar Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wagar Middle School?
At Wagar Middle School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Wagar Middle School?
Wagar Middle School is overseen by Airport Community Schools in Monroe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.