📍 299 N Hooper St, Caro, Tuscola County, 48723
Caro Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Caro, Tuscola County. The school has 346 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Caro Community Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 20% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Caro Middle School enrolls 346 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% White, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino and 2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 307 | 89% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 22 | 6.4% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 2% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1.7% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
233 of the school's 346 students (67%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 208 qualify for free lunch and 25 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Caro Middle School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 31, state house district 84.
Caro Middle School is one of 5 schools in Caro Community Schools, based in CARO, Michigan. The district serves 1,383 students district-wide and employs 85 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 346 students, Caro Middle School is larger than the district average of about 277 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant