Middle · Michigan
Buchanan Middle School
Free meals for allBuchanan Middle School, a public middle school in Buchanan, Michigan: grades 5–7, 358 students, 19.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Buchanan Community Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 358
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.4
- Students per teacher
- 19.5
- Grades
- 5–7
- Middle
More students per teacher than 84% of middle schools in Michigan
Median 17.5 · 490 schools compared
More students per teacher than 85% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 69% of middle schools in Michigan
Median 503 · 491 schools compared
Smaller than 69% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Michigan's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Michigan: 45%47%proficient
−7.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 51% of middle schools in Michigan
Median 47% · 491 middle schools compared
352 students tested, grades 5, 6, 7 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Michigan: 35%38%proficient
−3.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 67% of middle schools in Michigan
Median 30% · 491 middle schools compared
352 students tested, grades 5, 6, 7 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 5–7
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Town near a city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Buchanan Community Schools.
Location
- Address
- 610 W 4TH St, Buchanan, MI 49107
- Phone
- (269)695-8406
- City or town
- Buchanan
- County
- Berrien County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Ring Lardner Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 510 | 17.5 |
Brandywine Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 7–8 | 183 | 16.9 |
Career Academy Middle SchoolCharterFree meals for all | 6–8 | 414 | 8.3 |
Berrien Springs Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 424 | 15.7 |
LaSalle AcademyFree meals for all | 6–8 | 461 | 13.8 |
Eau Claire Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 139 | 14.0 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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