Summary:
The 49057 zip code is home to a single middle school, Hartford Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. Based on the available data, Hartford Middle School appears to be a struggling institution, ranking 734 out of 890 Michigan middle schools and earning a 1-out-of-5-star rating from SchoolDigger.
The school faces significant challenges, including a high chronic absenteeism rate of 29.5% and consistently low academic performance across all subject areas and grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 20.8% of 6th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 38.6%. Additionally, the school has a very high percentage of students (85.99%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.
Despite the school's challenges, it is spending more per student than the state average, at $13,249 per student. The student-teacher ratio is also slightly higher than the typical recommended ratio, at 20.3 students per teacher. These factors suggest that the school may need to re-evaluate its resource allocation and consider targeted interventions to improve student outcomes and address the underlying issues contributing to the school's low performance.
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