📍 120 E Napier Ave, Benton Harbor, Berrien County, 49022
Fair Plain Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Benton Harbor, Berrien County. The school has 288 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Benton Harbor Area Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 12.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.0:1. 4% of students are proficient in reading. 1% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Fair Plain Middle School enrolls 288 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 60% male and 40% female. A teaching staff of 12.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% Black or African American, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino and 2.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 266 | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 3.1% |
| White | 6 | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
280 of the school's 288 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 279 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Fair Plain Middle School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MI-40, state senate district 21, state house district 79.
Fair Plain Middle School is one of 6 schools in Benton Harbor Area Schools, based in BENTON HARBOR, Michigan. The district serves 1,240 students district-wide and employs 70 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 288 students, Fair Plain Middle School is larger than the district average of about 207 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small
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