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Enrollment
742
Middle
DISTRICT 814 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UTICA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263447007003
Bemis Junior High School
12500 19 MILE RD, STERLING HEIGHTS, MI 48313 · (586) 797-2500 · Macomb County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL742 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% 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.
- B+Beats 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
21.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
319 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 7 | 364 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 378 | 51% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
47.0%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
43.7%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Bemis Junior High School
Bemis Junior High School's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bemis Junior High School this school | 742 | 43.0% | 48.4% |
| Eppler Junior High School UTICA | 589 | 45.0% | 43.5% |
| Walnut Creek Middle School WEST BLOOMFIELD | 641 | 37.1% | 53.5% |
| Grand Blanc Middle School East GRAND BLANC | 884 | 37.7% | 55.8% |
| Mt Pleasant Middle School MOUNT PLEASANT | 666 | 44.4% | 39.0% |
| Northwest Kidder Middle School JACKSON | 786 | 44.8% | 29.4% |
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 Bemis Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #138 of 397 | #6 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #118 of 380 | #5 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #139 of 377 | #5 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 742 | #75 of 491 | #9 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #419 of 436 | #33 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.8% | #172 of 437 | #25 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.0% | #264 of 477 | #23 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #160 of 339 | #13 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
742
-71 (-9%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 717
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 22.0:1
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 | 742 | 35.3 | 21.0:1 | 43% (319) |
| 2023-24 | 787 | 36 | 21.9:1 | 45% (354) |
| 2022-23 | 805 | 38 | 21.2:1 | 43% (350) |
| 2020-21 | 813 | 37 | 22.0:1 | 38% (308) |
| 2017-18 | 864 | 41.2 | 21.0:1 | 34% (291) |
| 2015-16 | 943 | 44 | 21.4:1 | 30% (280) |
| 2010-11 | 933 | 45 | 20.7:1 | 23% (218) |
| 2000-01 | 887 | 39 | 22.7:1 | 5% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 717 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bemis Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (864 to 742); teachers down 14% (41.2 to 35.3).
About Bemis Junior High School
Bemis Junior High School runs as a medium-sized middle school in STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan. A federal count lists 742 students at the school, in grades 7 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Michigan) has about 502 students.
Bemis Junior High School is one school in Utica Community Schools, a system of 37 schools with 25,574 students.
Bemis Junior High School is 75% White by enrollment. Other students are 9% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 75% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 35.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.0:1. On average, middle schools in Michigan have 17.5:1, compared with 21.0:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 43% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Macomb County, the average is 52%.
Measured against Michigan public middle schools, Bemis Junior High School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After adjusting for student poverty, Bemis Junior High School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Michigan schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.4%; the prediction is 47.2%.
In the county around the school, Macomb County, the median household income is $77,837, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Macomb County is home to 236 public schools and about 115,743 public school students.
Browning Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Bemis Junior High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Bemis Junior High School ranks 1st of 7 nearby schools, at 48.4% versus a 42.0% average.
The NCES locale for Bemis Junior High School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Bemis Junior High School's enrollment declined from 813 in 2020-21 to 742 in 2024-25.
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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
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Nearby schools
- Browning Elementary School0.1 mi · 368
- Jack Harvey Elementary School0.5 mi · 429
- Henry Ford II High School0.5 mi · 1,663
- Havel Elementary School0.7 mi · 571
- Dresden Elementary School0.8 mi · 420
- Graebner Elementary School1.1 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About Bemis Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bemis Junior High School?
Bemis Junior High School enrolls approximately 742 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Bemis Junior High School serve?
Bemis Junior High School serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Bemis Junior High School?
Approximately 21.0:1 students per teacher at Bemis Junior High School.
How diverse is Bemis Junior High School?
Bemis Junior High School reports a student body of 75% White, 6% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Bemis Junior High School?
Bemis Junior High School is overseen by Utica Community Schools in Macomb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.