Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8

Fair Plain Middle School, Benton Harbor, MI

CEP schoolFair Plain Middle School is a public middle school in Benton Harbor, part of Benton Harbor Area Schools. It enrolled 240 students in 2024-25, with 10.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 240
Teachers (FTE): 22.0
Students per teacher: 10.9
Grades: 6 to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 11.2. The Michigan average across schools is 16.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school10.9

District11.2

Michigan16.9

United States15.3

School details

Address: 120 E Napier Ave, Benton Harbor, MI 49022
Phone: (269)605-1400
District: Benton Harbor Area Schools
County: Berrien County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Locale: Suburb: Small
NCES school ID: 260483004173

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 230
Reduced-price lunch: 1
Free or reduced-price lunch: 23196.2% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.