Middle · Michigan

Sparta Middle School

Free meals for all

Sparta Middle School, a public middle school in Sparta, Michigan: grades 6–8, 503 students, 18.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Sparta Area 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: 503
Teachers (FTE): 27.0
Students per teacher: 18.7
Grades: 6–8; Middle

More students per teacher than 72% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 17.5 · 490 schools compared

More students per teacher than 81% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 50% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 503 · 491 schools compared

Smaller than 52% 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%

56%proficient

+9.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 71% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 47% · 491 middle schools compared

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

Math

Michigan: 35%

30%proficient

−0.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 51% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 30% · 491 middle schools compared

482 students tested, grades 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 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Town near a city
Run by: Sparta Area Schools

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

Location

Address: 235 E Spartan Dr, Sparta, MI 49345
Phone: (616)887-8211
City or town: Sparta
County: Kent County

Website Quality of life in Sparta Schools in Sparta

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
Kent City Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	290	22.0	35%	22%	5.7 mi
North Rockford Middle School	6–8	908	16.8	73%	71%	8.1 mi
Mill Creek Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	385	15.7	42%	32%	8.1 mi
Kenowa Hills Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	634	17.2	43%	31%	8.2 mi
Crossroads Middle School	7–8	472	17.6	65%	35%	8.3 mi
Cedar Springs Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	657	18.5	48%	35%	8.7 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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