Summary:
The Saginaw School District of the City of Saginaw, Michigan, has only one middle school, Thompson Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school's performance has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of Michigan middle schools over the past three school years, with a ranking of 866 out of 890 in 2024-2025.
Thompson Middle School's academic performance is significantly below the Saginaw School District and the state of Michigan averages. In 2024-2025, only 10.7% of 6th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 19.8% for the district and 38.6% for the state. The school's performance in math is even more concerning, with only 2.86% of 6th-grade students and 5.5% of 7th-grade students proficient or better, compared to 14.3% and 19.2% for the district, and 31.5% and 33.3% for the state.
The school's high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (93.3% in 2023-2024) and its chronic absenteeism rate of 29.5% in 2023-2024 suggest that Thompson Middle School serves a predominantly low-income population and faces significant challenges in addressing the educational needs of its students. Despite the higher per-student spending at the school ($22,091 for the 2023-2024 school year), the academic performance remains significantly below the district and state averages, raising questions about the effective allocation and utilization of resources within the school and the district.
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