Middle Schools in Fruitport Community Schools

Fruitport Community Schools has one middle school, Fruitport Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school faces some significant challenges, including lower-than-average academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and a student population with high economic disadvantage.

Fruitport Middle School's academic performance, as measured by M-Step and PSAT test scores, is generally below the state averages in most subject areas and grade levels. For example, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts ranged from 32.5% to 38.3%, compared to the state averages of 37.5% to 37.9%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 24.5% to 29.1%, compared to the state averages of 31% to 32.1%. The school's performance in Science and Social Studies was more mixed, with some scores above and some below the state averages.

Additionally, Fruitport Community Schools faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism, with Fruitport Middle School reporting a rate of 31.0% in the 2022-2023 school year, significantly higher than the state average. The school also serves a student population with a high percentage (60.1%) of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage among the student body. While the school's performance is generally below state averages, there are some areas where it is performing better, such as in 8th-grade PSAT English Language Arts proficiency, which could be leveraged to identify and replicate successful strategies across other subject areas and grade levels.