Summary:
Zip code 48059 in Fort Gratiot, Michigan, is home to just one middle school, Fort Gratiot Middle School, which serves grades 6-8 with an enrollment of 533 students as part of the Port Huron Area School District.
Fort Gratiot Middle School is a clear standout within its district, consistently outperforming the Port Huron Area School District by significant margins across every subject and grade level. For example, in 7th grade math, the school’s proficiency rate of 42.9% is nearly 17 percentage points higher than the district’s 26.2%. The school also shows a strong upward trajectory in its state ranking, improving from a 3-star rating to a 4-star rating over two years, moving from 320th to 241st out of roughly 900 schools. While it slightly lags the state average in 6th and 7th grade ELA, it excels in other areas, particularly 8th grade PSAT ELA (73.5% proficient, 8.7 points above the state) and 8th grade math (43.2%, a full 10 points above the state). The school also demonstrated remarkable year-over-year growth in 8th grade science, jumping 7.7 percentage points to 45.9% proficiency, even as the state average declined.
Despite these academic strengths, chronic absenteeism remains a concern, with 31.6% of students chronically absent—3.7 points above the state average. This is notable because the school achieves above-average results even with nearly a third of its students missing significant school time. With 34.9% of students receiving free or reduced lunch, the school serves a moderate-poverty population yet still posts strong results. Per-student spending is $14,367 with a student-teacher ratio of 19.7:1, which suggests resources may be directed toward programs or support staff rather than reducing class sizes. Overall, Fort Gratiot Middle School is a high-performing school on the rise, delivering results well above its district and often above the state, with particular strengths in math, science, and college-readiness indicators.
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