1
Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Beer Middle School?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
665
Middle
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WARREN CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS·NCES 263519007107
Beer Middle School
3200 MARTIN RD, WARREN, MI 48092 · (586) 574-3175 · Macomb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL665 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
471 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 255 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 198 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 212 | 32% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
41.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
26.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Beer Middle School
Beer Middle School's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beer Middle School this school | 665 | 70.8% | 38.6% |
| Kosciuszko School HAMTRAMCK | 279 | 82.4% | 20.9% |
| Grissom Middle School STERLING HEIGHTS | 703 | 79.1% | 33.1% |
| Crestwood Middle School GRAND RAPIDS | 700 | 73.1% | 41.3% |
| Wolfe Middle School CENTER LINE | 506 | 66.0% | 21.7% |
| Carter Middle School WARREN | 679 | 62.3% | 34.4% |
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 Beer Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #248 of 397 | #19 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #294 of 380 | #21 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #197 of 377 | #15 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 665 | #124 of 491 | #16 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #336 of 436 | #22 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #36 of 437 | #4 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.8% | #88 of 477 | #11 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.3% | #48 of 339 | #2 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
665
-119 (-15%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 546
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 665 | 35.3 | 18.8:1 | 71% (471) |
| 2023-24 | 705 | 36.6 | 19.3:1 | 81% (574) |
| 2022-23 | 745 | 34.6 | 21.5:1 | 76% (563) |
| 2020-21 | 784 | 39 | 20.1:1 | 76% (592) |
| 2017-18 | 879 | 40.8 | 21.5:1 | 66% (584) |
| 2015-16 | 907 | 40 | 22.7:1 | 60% (544) |
| 2010-11 | 743 | 35 | 21.2:1 | 56% (415) |
| 2000-01 | 629 | 35 | 18.0:1 | 19% (118) |
| 1990-91 | 546 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beer Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (879 to 665); teachers down 13% (40.8 to 35.3).
About Beer Middle School
Beer Middle School is one of the public schools in WARREN, Michigan. It is a mid-sized middle-grades school. The school has 665 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Michigan enroll about 502 students on average.
Warren Consolidated Schools is made up of 21 schools with 12,338 students in all.
The biggest share of students at Beer Middle School, 43%, is White. Next come 37% Asian, 13% Black, 4% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. That compares with about 75% White among all Macomb County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
On staff are 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.8:1. Middle schools in Michigan have an average ratio of 17.5:1. About 71% of students at Beer Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 52% average for public schools in Macomb County.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Beer Middle School is +3.6 points: 38.6% actual, 34.9% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Macomb County, the median household earns about $77,837 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Beer Middle School, Macomb County has 236 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Michigan Mathematics and Science Academy Dequindre is closest at about 0.6 miles. Beer Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Beer Middle School comes in 2nd of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
The school shrank from 784 students in 2020-21 to 665 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.8:1) than in 2020-21 (20.1:1).
The allk12 page for Beer Middle School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Warren Consolidated Schools
- Warren Mott High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Sterling Heights Senior HSHigh · 1,262 students
- Cousino Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,250 students
- Grissom Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Carter Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Carleton Middle SchoolMiddle · 638 students
Other schools in WARREN
- Warren Mott High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Cousino Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,250 students
- Warren Woods Tower High SchoolHigh · 963 students
- Fitzgerald Senior High SchoolHigh · 861 students
- Academy of WarrenElementary · 817 students
- Great Oaks AcademyElementary · 768 students
Nearby schools
- Michigan Mathematics and Science Academy Dequindre0.6 mi · 573
- Warren Mott High School0.7 mi · 1,335
- Middle School Mathematics Science Technology Center0.7 mi · 61
- Siersma Elementary School0.8 mi · 494
- Madison Elementary School1.1 mi · 411
- Four Corners Montessori Academy1.2 mi · 235
Frequently asked questions
About Beer Middle SchoolHow large is Beer Middle School?
Beer Middle School enrolls approximately 665 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Beer Middle School serve?
Beer Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Beer Middle School?
Approximately 18.8:1 students per teacher at Beer Middle School.
How diverse is Beer Middle School?
Beer Middle School reports a student body of 43% White, 2% Hispanic, 13% Black, 37% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Beer Middle School?
Beer Middle School is overseen by Warren Consolidated Schools in Macomb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.