Middle · Michigan

Clare Middle School

Free meals for all

Clare Middle School, a public middle school in Clare, Michigan: grades 5–8, 474 students, 16.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Clare Public 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: 474
Teachers (FTE): 29.2
Students per teacher: 16.3
Grades: 5–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 70% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 17.5 · 490 schools compared

More students per teacher than 65% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 53% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 503 · 491 schools compared

Smaller than 55% 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%

38%proficient

Unchanged from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 72% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 47% · 491 middle schools compared

457 students tested, grades 5, 6, 7, 8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Michigan: 35%

23%proficient

−0.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 67% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 30% · 491 middle schools compared

458 students tested, grades 5, 6, 7, 8 · 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 5–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Distant rural area
Run by: Clare Public Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Clare Public Schools.

Location

Address: 209 E State St, Clare, MI 48617
Phone: (989)386-9979
City or town: Clare
County: Clare County

Website Quality of life in Clare Schools in Clare

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Farwell Middle SchoolFree meals for all	4–7	281	16.2	25%	18%	4.8 mi
Harrison Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	279	18.2	30%	8.2%	13.2 mi
Mt Pleasant Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	666	13.9	48%	27%	15.5 mi
Gladwin Junior High SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	359	20.6	44%	25%	17.6 mi
Meridian Junior High SchoolFree meals for all	5–8	441	19.2	46%	30%	21.2 mi
Shepherd Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	390	17.3	47%	40%	21.2 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

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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