Summary:
Zip code 48808 is home to just one middle school, Bath Middle School, which serves grades 6 through 8 with an enrollment of 241 students in the Bath Community Schools district.
Bath Middle School is a solidly above-average school that has been improving steadily. Over the past three years, it has climbed from a 3-star to a 4-star rating, moving up from 298th to 232nd in the state rankings out of roughly 900 Michigan middle schools. The school outperforms state averages in most subjects, with particularly strong results in 8th-grade social studies (63.6% proficiency, 13.3 points above the state average) and 6th-grade math (43.8%, nearly 12 points above the state average). English Language Arts scores are consistently above state averages across grades 6 and 7, and 8th-grade PSAT math scores nearly doubled from the prior year, jumping from 20.9% to 40.3% proficiency. The one area of concern is 7th-grade math, where proficiency (31.2%) falls slightly below the state average (33.3%).
Despite having 41.49% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, the school maintains a notably low chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5%—8.4 percentage points better than the state average and nearly 4 points better than the district average. Per-student spending is $14,144 with a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1, both typical for Michigan. The school's improving trajectory, strong social studies and 6th-grade math programs, and low absenteeism suggest effective teaching and a positive school culture. For parents, Bath Middle School offers a dependable, above-average education with clear strengths in social studies and early middle-school math, though 7th-grade math may warrant extra attention at home.
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