Armada Middle School

Armada Middle School operates as a small junior high in ARMADA, Michigan, operated by Armada Area Schools. Current enrollment sits at 383 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 502 students per school, that is 24% leaner than typical.

Armada Area Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,707 students; Armada Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Armada Middle School reports that nearly all students (98%) are White. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

On the income-and-resources front, Armada Middle School records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Armada Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Macomb County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Armada Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.2%, the actual is 48.4%, a residual of -9.8 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Macomb County) shows that median household income runs about $77,837, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Macomb County's 236 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students), Armada Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Orville C Krause Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Armada Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 48.2%.

Armada Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 10%: 425 students in 2018 compared to 383 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 94% to 98% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

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