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How has Boyd W Arthurs Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
578
Middle
DISTRICT 646 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRENTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 263390006957
Boyd W Arthurs Middle School
4000 MARIAN DR, TRENTON, MI 48183 · (734) 676-8700 · Wayne County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL578 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Michigan public middle schools
- BTest 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
16.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
174 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 199 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 172 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 207 | 36% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Boyd W Arthurs Middle School→Trenton High School
Based on grade levels within Trenton Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
43.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
34.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Boyd W Arthurs Middle School
Boyd W Arthurs Middle School's state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd W Arthurs Middle School this school | 578 | 30.1% | 44.6% |
| Oak Valley Middle School COMMERCE TOWNSHIP | 531 | 28.1% | 54.9% |
| St Johns Middle School SAINT JOHNS | 584 | 31.8% | 54.4% |
| Lakewood Middle School WOODLAND | 514 | 30.7% | 33.7% |
| Carl T Renton Jr High School NEW BOSTON | 566 | 26.1% | 46.2% |
| Lakeshore Middle School STEVENSVILLE | 612 | 33.2% | 54.9% |
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 Boyd W Arthurs Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #159 of 397 | #16 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #199 of 380 | #20 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #170 of 377 | #20 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 578 | #196 of 491 | #31 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #135 of 436 | #19 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.8% | #259 of 437 | #45 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.1% | #354 of 477 | #52 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #319 of 339 | #47 of 55 |
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
578
+24 (+4%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 431
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 578 | 35.1 | 16.5:1 | 30% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 553 | 35.5 | 15.6:1 | 36% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 35.2 | 14.6:1 | 32% (164) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 33 | 16.8:1 | 24% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 590 | 33.2 | 17.8:1 | 22% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 621 | 35 | 17.7:1 | 22% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 666 | 34 | 19.6:1 | 24% (157) |
| 2000-01 | 554 | 32 | 17.3:1 | 5% (28) |
| 1990-91 | 431 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boyd W Arthurs Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (590 to 578); teachers up 6% (33.2 to 35.1).
About Boyd W Arthurs Middle School
Among the schools in TRENTON, Michigan, is Boyd W Arthurs Middle School, a mid-sized middle school. It reports enrollment of 578 students in grades 6 through 8.
Trenton Public Schools has a total of 4 schools and 2,582 students, Boyd W Arthurs Middle School among them.
By race and ethnicity, Boyd W Arthurs Middle School is 84% White. The next largest groups are 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. The school's White share is 35 points above the 49% share among Wayne County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 29%.
For every teacher at Boyd W Arthurs Middle School, there are about 16.5 students; the school has 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Michigan is 17.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 174 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 30% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Wayne County report 66%.
Boyd W Arthurs Middle School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 48% of Michigan public middle schools.
Boyd W Arthurs Middle School is 8.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (44.6% versus 52.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Michigan.
The county, Wayne County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $60,539 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Counting Boyd W Arthurs Middle School, Wayne County has 573 public schools.
Richard C Hedke Elem School sits about 0.5 miles from Boyd W Arthurs Middle School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Boyd W Arthurs Middle School is 3rd among 8 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment rose by 4% across 4 years, from 554 in 2020-21 to 578 in 2024-25.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Trenton Public Schools
- Trenton High SchoolHigh · 846 students
- Jesse L Anderson Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Richard C Hedke Elem SchoolElementary · 541 students
Other schools in TRENTON
- Trenton High SchoolHigh · 846 students
- Jesse L Anderson Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Richard C Hedke Elem SchoolElementary · 541 students
Nearby schools
- Richard C Hedke Elem School0.5 mi · 541
- Yake Elementary School1.1 mi · 373
- Trenton High School1.1 mi · 846
- Erving Elementary School1.4 mi · 379
- Jesse L Anderson Elementary School1.4 mi · 617
- Woodhaven Upper Elementary1.5 mi · 811
Frequently asked questions
About Boyd W Arthurs Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Boyd W Arthurs Middle School?
Boyd W Arthurs Middle School enrolls approximately 578 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Boyd W Arthurs Middle School serve?
Boyd W Arthurs Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Boyd W Arthurs Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Boyd W Arthurs Middle School is approximately 16.5:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Boyd W Arthurs Middle School?
Student demographics at Boyd W Arthurs Middle School are roughly 84% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Boyd W Arthurs Middle School in?
Boyd W Arthurs Middle School is part of Trenton Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.