Garden City Middle School
3.5 out of 5 | 13 Reviews
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School Description
School Summary and Highlights
- Enrolls 665 middle school students from grades 7-8
- Ranks 601st out of 809 middle schools in MI.
Additional Contact Information
- Mailing Address: 1851 Radcliff Street, Garden City, MI 48135
- Principal or Admin: Mr. Brian Sumner
- Fax: (734) 763-8532
School Operational Details
- Title I Eligible
School District Details
- Garden City School District
- Per-Pupil Spending: $11,425
- Graduation Rate: 96.0%
- Dropout Rate: 10.4%
- Students Per Teacher: 15.2
- Enrolled Students: 5,179
Faculty Details and Student Enrollment
Students and Faculty
- Total Students Enrolled: 665
- Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 34.4
- Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 19.4
Students Gender Breakdown
- Males: 351 (52.8%)
- Females: 314 (47.2%)
Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown
- Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 61 (9.2%)
- Eligible for Free Lunch: 248 (37.3%)
- Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 309 (46.5%)
Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity
| Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian | 1 | 0.2% |
| Black | 53 | 8.0% |
| Asian | 4 | 0.6% |
| Hispanic | 10 | 1.5% |
| White | 597 | 89.8% |
Number of Students Per Grade
| Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| 7th Grade | 332 | 49.9% |
| 8th Grade | 333 | 50.1% |
Source: MI Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010
School Ratings and Reviews
Overall Rating: 3.5
3.5 out of 5 | 13 Reviews
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13 reviews for Garden City Middle School
- Reviewed by Student on January 27, 2012
- Rating:
(3 / 5) Flag as inappropriate - it's ok. i mean it's a middle school. what do you expect? but it's a very nice school
- Reviewed by Student on November 01, 2011
- Rating: (3 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- Good school but some really bad teachers and substitutes. Besides that there is a good staff and good students. There are a lot of fights which are entertaining.
- Reviewed by Student on March 23, 2010
- Rating:
(2 / 5) Flag as inappropriate - Yhis school should really be left alone some of the students need fights and what not to get rid of the anger that other students put upon them everyone is gonna fight you just can't change that. The choice of certain teachers could be better. This school's students overall should be rated with an average score because kids come to school because their parents tell them to not because they want to and if you are not interested in something you are not going to try you're best. And as far as how clean this school is I wouldn't even give it a 1 apple rating it sucks and no one does anything about it. I think we need more and we need to use all of the rooms in the school (including the pool area) kids would be way more interested in classes if we had more and more choices.
- Reviewed by Former Student on April 26, 2009
- Rating:
(5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate - I HATED THIS SCHOOL!
ALSO I HAD FOOD POISONING A LOT!
GCHS ISN'T ANY BETTER and DON'T JOIN THIS DISTRICT!
- Reviewed by Student on November 28, 2008
- Rating:
(1 / 5) Flag as inappropriate - schools dirty and gets hot in september and summer months but besides that good school.
- Reviewed by Former Student on October 26, 2008
- Rating: (1 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- It's like a dump
- Reviewed by Former Student on October 22, 2008
- Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- This school sucked
- Reviewed by Former Student on October 02, 2008
- Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- i like this school but both years when i went here there was a lot of fights everyday between classes or before or after lunch or even after school sometimes
- Reviewed by Former Student on October 02, 2008
- Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- i went to this for 2 years all my teacher. my favorite 7th grade teacher was mr.timmerman and my favorite 8th grade teacher was Mrs.Long
Mrs. Long is the best teacher i had in 7th and 8th grade
- Reviewed by Student on November 27, 2007
- Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- This school rocks and is the best! There is always something to do there and you never get bored with it! Mrs.Williams is running a save the rainforest project which is really cool! Techlab with Mrs. Linenger is the bomb! There is nothing better to say about this school besides it rocks! <3
- Reviewed by Student on October 27, 2007
- Rating: (3 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- The school is not that clean.Every time I walk down the hall I see trash on the floor.Almost every day there is fights,sometimes theres blood or there is justs scratches.The schools lunches are good,but kind of overpriced.I mean almost 2.00$ for a pretzel and cheese,it should only cost a 1.50$.The drinks and snacks are good and cheap,thats what I like.The school has air conditioning vents,but the school only uses 2 or 3 of them.It is burning in the school and it really affects my work and grades.I like the volleyball at lunch and the football after school because it really keeps the students occupied instead of doing bad things.What I know is a lot of people smoke and drink at the middle school, because I see them riding down the street doing that kind of stuff.I am really happy because the middle school has a busing system and I would I have to walk 3 miles if it didn't and I live right across the street from a bus stop.That is why I graded the school a C+, because it has its good and bad things.
- Reviewed by Student on July 25, 2007
- Rating: (3 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- not clean good teachers needs redone good electives
- Reviewed by on September 05, 2006
- Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- really good
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Test Scores and Performance Information
Overall School Rating
How is this determined?
The overall school rating shows that Garden City Middle School performed on average worse than many other schools across the state on MEAP state exams in the following subjects:
- English Language Arts
- Math
- Reading
- Science
- Writing
MEAP - Test Proficiency by Grade and Subject
Grade 7 - % of students at or above proficiency
| School | District | State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math Test | |||
| 2010 | 76.1% | 75.6% | 84.6% |
| 2009 | 73.9% | 73.1% | 82.2% |
| 2008 | 79.3% | 77.9% | 82.6% |
| Reading Test | |||
| 2010 | 75.3% | 74.7% | 79.0% |
| 2009 | 79.4% | 78.5% | 82.0% |
| 2008 | 78.4% | 77.3% | 79.6% |
| Writing Test | |||
| 2010 | 36.6% | 36.2% | 47.8% |
| 2009 | - | - | - |
| 2008 | 75.8% | 73.9% | 77.9% |
| English Language Arts Test | |||
| 2008 | 78.3% | 76.9% | 80.1% |
Grade 8 - % of students at or above proficiency
| School | District | State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math Test | |||
| 2010 | 65.9% | 65.9% | 78.0% |
| 2009 | 60.6% | 60.3% | 70.3% |
| 2008 | 59.6% | 59.5% | 74.5% |
| Reading Test | |||
| 2010 | 79.0% | 78.8% | 81.9% |
| 2009 | 81.2% | 80.4% | 83.4% |
| 2008 | 71.7% | 71.2% | 75.5% |
| Science Test | |||
| 2010 | 73.9% | 73.2% | 78.1% |
| 2009 | 68.7% | 68.6% | 75.9% |
| 2008 | 75.6% | 75.1% | 76.3% |
| English Language Arts Test | |||
| 2008 | 72.2% | 71.6% | 76.7% |
| Writing Test | |||
| 2008 | 69.9% | 69.1% | 74.2% |
Source: MI Department of Education 2009-2010
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