Beer Middle School

As a mid-sized intermediate school in WARREN, Michigan, Beer Middle School instructs 665 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Warren Consolidated Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 32% larger than the state mean of about 502.

Warren Consolidated Schools runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 12,338 students. Beer Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Beer Middle School shows that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 37% Asian, 13% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Macomb County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Beer Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.9%; this one delivers 38.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Macomb County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,837 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Beer Middle School is one of 236 public schools in Macomb County (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students).

The closest other public school is Michigan Mathematics and Science Academy Dequindre, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Beer Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.4%.

Beer Middle School operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Beer Middle School has ticked down 24%, going from 879 students in 2018 to 665 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 60% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

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