Summary:
Zip code 48819 is home to just one middle school, Dansville Middle School, which serves grades 6-8 with 169 students in the Dansville, Michigan area.
Dansville Middle School presents a mixed academic profile. The school’s standout strength is 8th-grade Social Studies, where proficiency reached 55.3% in 2025-2026, outperforming the state average by 5 points, and it was even stronger the prior year at 57.9% versus 47% statewide. Eighth-grade PSAT English Language Arts also showed remarkable improvement, jumping from 58.3% to 78.9% proficiency, well above the state’s 65.3%. However, math performance is a significant concern. Only 14.6% of 8th graders were proficient in PSAT Math compared to 33.2% statewide, and 6th-grade ELA scores dropped sharply from 37.7% to 21.6% in one year. These dramatic swings are likely due to the small cohort size of roughly 56 students per grade, where a few students can heavily influence percentages. The school’s state ranking has declined notably, falling from the 55th percentile (3 stars) in 2024-2025 to the 41st percentile (2 stars) in 2025-2026.
On a positive note, chronic absenteeism at 16.9% is 11 points better than the Michigan average of 27.9%, though it is higher than the Dansville Schools district average of 13.7%. The school serves a relatively advantaged population, with only 28.99% of students eligible for free/reduced lunch, and spends $11,965 per student. The student-teacher ratio is high at 22.6:1, which may contribute to challenges in providing individualized math support. For parents, this school offers strong humanities instruction and good attendance, but the persistent math gap and declining overall ranking suggest that mathematics intervention should be a priority area to watch.
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