1
What's the vibe like in the hallways at Baseline Middle School right now?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
377
Middle
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH HAVEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 263230000022
Baseline Middle School
7357 BASELINE RD, SOUTH HAVEN, MI 49090 · (269) 637-0530 · Allegan County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL377 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Michigan public middle schools
- C-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
14.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
224 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 55%
Community
1
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 | 132 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 128 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 117 | 31% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Baseline Middle School→South Haven High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within South Haven Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
31.7%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
23.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Baseline Middle School
Baseline Middle School's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline Middle School this school | 377 | 59.4% | 31.9% |
| Ring Lardner Middle School NILES | 510 | 59.8% | 35.1% |
| Lawton Middle School LAWTON | 325 | 61.2% | 39.1% |
| Belding Middle School BELDING | 363 | 61.2% | 32.5% |
| Watervliet Middle School WATERVLIET | 309 | 64.7% | 38.5% |
| Newaygo Middle School NEWAYGO | 472 | 63.1% | 30.4% |
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 Baseline Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Allegan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #332 of 397 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #326 of 380 | #8 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #320 of 377 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #330 of 491 | #6 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #45 of 436 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #84 of 437 | #1 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.4% | #150 of 477 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #104 of 339 | #3 of 7 |
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
377
-78 (-17%) vs 2020
-41% since 2000-01, when it was 637
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 377 | 25.7 | 14.7:1 | 59% (224) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 25.9 | 15.6:1 | 77% (310) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 27.9 | 14.8:1 | 71% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | 23 | 19.8:1 | 75% (342) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 22.9 | 20.2:1 | 75% (345) |
| 2015-16 | 495 | 23 | 21.5:1 | 65% (321) |
| 2010-11 | 524 | 29 | 18.1:1 | 54% (283) |
| 2000-01 | 637 | 37 | 17.2:1 | 38% (245) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baseline Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (463 to 377); teachers up 12% (22.9 to 25.7).
About Baseline Middle School
Students in SOUTH HAVEN, Michigan, attend Baseline Middle School, a small middle school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 377 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 502-student average for middle schools in Michigan, enrollment here is 25% lower.
South Haven Public Schools oversees Baseline Middle School and 5 other schools, with 1,815 students in total.
White students account for 61% of enrollment at Baseline Middle School. The remaining students are 15% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 10% Black. Census figures show Allegan County is about 87% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Baseline Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
Federal staffing data show 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Baseline Middle School and a ratio of 14.7:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Michigan is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 59% of enrollment. That is higher than the 43% average for public schools in Allegan County.
The allk12 Grade for Baseline Middle School is C-. Compared with Michigan public middle schools, the school scored higher than 17% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Baseline Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 31.9% is 8.1 points below the 40.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Among Allegan County residents, median household income is about $83,283, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Baseline Middle School is one of 55 public schools in Allegan County, which together enroll about 17,174 students.
The closest public school to Baseline Middle School is North Shore Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Baseline Middle School, there are 5 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 31.9% is below the 39.3% average for nearby schools.
Baseline Middle School has an NCES locale of Town: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 455 to 377. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 19.8:1 to 14.7:1.
Discussions about Baseline Middle School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Allegan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
121,456
Census ACS
Median income
$83,283
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
17,174 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Haven Public Schools
- South Haven High SchoolHigh · 588 students
- Maple Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
- North Shore ElementaryElementary · 255 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 251 students
- WAY South HavenHigh · 44 students
Other schools in SOUTH HAVEN
- South Haven High SchoolHigh · 588 students
- Maple Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
- North Shore ElementaryElementary · 255 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 251 students
- WAY South HavenHigh · 44 students
Nearby schools
- North Shore Elementary0.3 mi · 255
- WAY South Haven1.1 mi · 44
- South Haven High School2.1 mi · 588
- Lincoln School2.2 mi · 251
- Maple Grove Elementary School3.3 mi · 300
- Glenn Public School7.0 mi · 41
Frequently asked questions
About Baseline Middle SchoolHow many students attend Baseline Middle School?
Baseline Middle School enrolls approximately 377 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Baseline Middle School serve?
Baseline Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Baseline Middle School?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Baseline Middle School.
How diverse is Baseline Middle School?
Baseline Middle School reports a student body of 61% White, 15% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Baseline Middle School?
Baseline Middle School is overseen by South Haven Public Schools in Allegan County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.