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Enrollment
509
Middle
DISTRICT 590 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHOR BAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 260279001142
Anchor Bay Middle School South
48650 SUGARBUSH RD, CHESTERFIELD, MI 48047 · (586) 949-4510 · Macomb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% 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.
- CBeats 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
15.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
189 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 160 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 185 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 164 | 32% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
38.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
33.7%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Anchor Bay Middle School South
Anchor Bay Middle School South's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor Bay Middle School South this school | 509 | 37.1% | 42.0% |
| White Lake Middle School WHITE LAKE | 525 | 37.9% | 42.7% |
| Otsego Middle School OTSEGO | 542 | 37.5% | 41.7% |
| Milan Middle School MILAN | 526 | 38.2% | 39.8% |
| Fort Gratiot Middle School FORT GRATIOT | 533 | 34.9% | 44.0% |
| Brandon Middle School ORTONVILLE | 436 | 37.2% | 37.9% |
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 Anchor Bay Middle School South ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #195 of 397 | #13 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #202 of 380 | #14 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #231 of 377 | #16 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #242 of 491 | #26 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #78 of 436 | #3 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.1% | #248 of 437 | #31 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.1% | #308 of 477 | #28 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #268 of 339 | #28 of 31 |
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
509
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
-41% since 2000-01, when it was 856
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 509 | 32.8 | 15.5:1 | 37% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 518 | 31.8 | 16.3:1 | 43% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 25 | 19.2:1 | 45% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 25 | 21.0:1 | 41% (214) |
| 2017-18 | 543 | 27.4 | 19.9:1 | 36% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 24 | 21.0:1 | 30% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 31 | 17.9:1 | 32% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 856 | 44 | 19.4:1 | 18% (151) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Anchor Bay Middle School South.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (543 to 509); teachers up 20% (27.4 to 32.8).
About Anchor Bay Middle School South
Anchor Bay Middle School South runs as a medium-sized middle school in CHESTERFIELD, Michigan. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 509 students enrolled.
Across its 10 schools, Anchor Bay School District enrolls 5,295 students. Anchor Bay Middle School South is one of those schools.
The student body at Anchor Bay Middle School South is 83% White. Enrollment also includes 6% multiracial, 6% Black, and 3% Hispanic. Among people living in Macomb County, the White share is about 75%. Anchor Bay Middle School South's diversity index is 30%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 32.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.5:1. That is 2.0 students per teacher below the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Anchor Bay Middle School South is 37%. That rate is below the 52% average among public schools in Macomb County.
allk12 grades Anchor Bay Middle School South a C+. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.8% for Anchor Bay Middle School South. The school posts 42.0%, 7.8 points below the prediction.
In the county around the school, Macomb County, the median household income is $77,837, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 236 public schools in Macomb County, enrolling about 115,743 students in all.
The closest public school to Anchor Bay Middle School South is Lottie M Schmidt Elem School, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Anchor Bay Middle School South ranks 7th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Anchor Bay Middle School South as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 3% from 2020-21, when Anchor Bay Middle School South had 525 students, to 2024-25, when it had 509. The ratio of students to teachers went from 21.0:1 to 15.5:1 over the same years.
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Macomb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
879,853
Census ACS
Median income
$77,837
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
236
115,743 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anchor Bay School District
- Anchor Bay High SchoolHigh · 1,740 students
- Anchor Bay Middle School NorthMiddle · 671 students
- Great Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
- Ashley Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
- Lighthouse Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
- Dean A Naldrett SchoolElementary · 353 students
Other schools in CHESTERFIELD
- Joseph M Carkenord Elementary SchoolElementary · 656 students
- Middle School EastMiddle · 626 students
- Great Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
- Green Elementary SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Francis A Higgins Elem SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Dean A Naldrett SchoolElementary · 353 students
Nearby schools
- Lottie M Schmidt Elem School0.9 mi · 338
- Dean A Naldrett School1.0 mi · 353
- Green Elementary School1.9 mi · 456
- Great Oaks Elementary School1.9 mi · 468
- Francis A Higgins Elem School2.2 mi · 425
- Middle School East2.4 mi · 626
Frequently asked questions
About Anchor Bay Middle School SouthWhat is the total enrollment at Anchor Bay Middle School South?
Anchor Bay Middle School South enrolls approximately 509 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Anchor Bay Middle School South serve?
Anchor Bay Middle School South serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Anchor Bay Middle School South?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Anchor Bay Middle School South.
How diverse is Anchor Bay Middle School South?
Anchor Bay Middle School South reports a student body of 83% White, 3% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Anchor Bay Middle School South?
Anchor Bay Middle School South is overseen by Anchor Bay School District in Macomb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.