White Pine Middle School

White Pine Middle School, a sprawling middle school in SAGINAW, Michigan, overseen by Saginaw Township Community Schools, hosts 1,019 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 103% above the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Within Saginaw Township Community Schools, which oversees 8 schools and 4,447 students, White Pine Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, White Pine Middle School logs that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 21% Black, 20% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, White Pine Middle School shows 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 48% of students at White Pine Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Saginaw County (around 59%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, White Pine Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.9%; this one delivers 33.8%.

Across the wider county, Saginaw County reports that median household income runs about $60,622, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. White Pine Middle School is one of 75 public schools in Saginaw County (combined enrollment of about 25,621 students).

The closest other public school is Arrowwood Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, White Pine Middle School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.7%.

White Pine Middle School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. White Pine Middle School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 1,041 (now 1,019). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 62% to 49%.

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