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Enrollment
896
Middle
DISTRICT 739 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLEN PARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 260252003974
Allen Park Middle School
8401 VINE AVE, ALLEN PARK, MI 48101 · (313) 827-2200 · Wayne County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL896 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of Michigan public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
436 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 295 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 308 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 293 | 33% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Allen Park Middle School→Allen Park High School
Based on grade levels within Allen Park Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
44.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
31.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Allen Park Middle School
Allen Park Middle School's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Park Middle School this school | 896 | 48.7% | 40.8% |
| Woodrow Wilson School WYANDOTTE | 869 | 52.7% | 27.3% |
| Christa McAuliffe Middle School BAY CITY | 608 | 45.6% | 34.6% |
| Pierce Middle School WATERFORD | 733 | 55.0% | 34.0% |
| Davison Middle School DAVISON | 816 | 51.8% | 51.1% |
| Hahn Intermediate School DAVISON | 812 | 54.7% | 40.1% |
Matched among Michigan middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Allen Park Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #215 of 397 | #21 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #232 of 380 | #24 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #163 of 377 | #19 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 896 | #28 of 491 | #3 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #394 of 436 | #53 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.8% | #183 of 437 | #32 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.7% | #220 of 477 | #39 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #298 of 339 | #42 of 55 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
896
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 597
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 21.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 896 | 44.9 | 20.0:1 | 49% (436) |
| 2023-24 | 901 | 41.1 | 21.9:1 | 46% (411) |
| 2022-23 | 875 | 42.2 | 20.7:1 | 44% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 889 | 41 | 21.7:1 | 34% (303) |
| 2017-18 | 932 | 39.3 | 23.7:1 | 38% (351) |
| 2015-16 | 925 | 36 | 25.7:1 | 34% (311) |
| 2010-11 | 885 | 37 | 23.9:1 | 34% (304) |
| 2000-01 | 784 | 38 | 20.6:1 | 8% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 597 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Allen Park Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (932 to 896); teachers up 14% (39.3 to 44.9).
About Allen Park Middle School
Allen Park Middle School is a large middle school located in ALLEN PARK, Michigan. A federal count lists 896 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Michigan is about 502, so this school runs 78% bigger than that.
Allen Park Public Schools is made up of 5 schools with 3,694 students in all.
By race and ethnicity, Allen Park Middle School is 75% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Wayne County overall, about 49% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Allen Park Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 41%.
A ratio of 20.0:1 comes from the school's 44.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in Michigan average 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 49% in 2024-25. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Wayne County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for Allen Park Middle School is B-. Compared with Michigan public middle schools, the school scored higher than 50% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Allen Park Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Michigan schools: 40.8% actual against 44.7% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in Wayne County, median household income is about $60,539, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 16%. The public schools of Wayne County number 573 and enroll about 259,786.
Max Paun School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 40.8% is above the 39.7% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 889 to 896, a small change. The ratio was 21.7:1 in 2020-21 and 20.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Allen Park Public Schools
- Allen Park High SchoolHigh · 1,133 students
- Lindemann Elementary SchoolElementary · 639 students
- Arno Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Bennie Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
Other schools in ALLEN PARK
- Allen Park High SchoolHigh · 1,133 students
- Melvindale High SchoolHigh · 982 students
- Lindemann Elementary SchoolElementary · 639 students
- Arno Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Bennie Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Rogers Early Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Max Paun School0.4 mi · 292
- Arno Elementary School0.5 mi · 513
- Lincoln Park High School0.7 mi · 1,384
- Lindemann Elementary School0.7 mi · 639
- James Foote School0.8 mi · 308
- Lincoln Park Middle School0.9 mi · 1,089
Frequently asked questions
About Allen Park Middle SchoolHow many students attend Allen Park Middle School?
Allen Park Middle School enrolls approximately 896 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Allen Park Middle School serve?
Allen Park Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Allen Park Middle School?
Approximately 20.0:1 students per teacher at Allen Park Middle School.
How diverse is Allen Park Middle School?
Allen Park Middle School reports a student body of 75% White, 16% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Allen Park Middle School?
Allen Park Middle School is overseen by Allen Park Public Schools in Wayne County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.