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Enrollment
436
Middle
DISTRICT 401 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRANDON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 260657004259
Brandon Middle School
609 S ORTONVILLE RD, ORTONVILLE, MI 48462 · (248) 627-1830 · Oakland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% 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.
- C-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
19.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
162 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 158 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 142 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 136 | 31% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Based on grade levels within Brandon School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
38.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
26.7%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Brandon Middle School
Brandon Middle School's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Middle School this school | 436 | 37.2% | 37.9% |
| Anchor Bay Middle School South CHESTERFIELD | 509 | 37.1% | 42.0% |
| White Lake Middle School WHITE LAKE | 525 | 37.9% | 42.7% |
| Milan Middle School MILAN | 526 | 38.2% | 39.8% |
| Eaton Rapids Middle School EATON RAPIDS | 410 | 32.9% | 33.7% |
| Whitehall Middle School WHITEHALL | 424 | 40.1% | 44.3% |
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 Brandon Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #258 of 397 | #35 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #289 of 380 | #37 of 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #235 of 377 | #33 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #287 of 491 | #40 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #376 of 436 | #40 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.8% | #231 of 437 | #34 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.2% | #307 of 477 | #14 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #43 of 339 | #5 of 35 |
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
436
-31 (-7%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 655
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 436 | 22.4 | 19.5:1 | 37% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 23.6 | 18.5:1 | 47% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 22.4 | 18.4:1 | 46% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 467 | 21 | 22.2:1 | 35% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 581 | 29.8 | 19.5:1 | 36% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 389 | 18 | 21.6:1 | 34% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | 25 | 20.8:1 | 38% (195) |
| 2000-01 | 530 | 28 | 18.9:1 | 7% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 655 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brandon Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (581 to 436); teachers down 25% (29.8 to 22.4).
About Brandon Middle School
Brandon Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in ORTONVILLE, Michigan. There are 436 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8.
Brandon Middle School is one school in a 5-school district, Brandon School District, which enrolls 2,004 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Brandon Middle School is White, at 82%. The rest of enrollment is 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Oakland County, the White share is about 69%. The diversity index for Brandon Middle School is 32%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Brandon Middle School has 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.5:1. Across middle schools in Michigan, the average ratio is 17.5:1. The school has 37% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Brandon Middle School lands at C-, ahead of 23% of Michigan public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Brandon Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan schools: 37.9% actual against 49.8% predicted.
The school is in Oakland County, where median household income comes to about $97,760, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Oakland County's 345 public schools enroll about 169,926 students and include Brandon Middle School.
Among nearby public schools, Brandon Adult Transition Program is closest at about 0.4 miles. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Brandon Middle School ranks 4th in a group of 5 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 436, down from 467 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 19.5 students per teacher, compared with 22.2 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Brandon Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Oakland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Brandon School District
- Brandon High SchoolHigh · 648 students
- HarveySwanson Elementary SchoolElementary · 548 students
- Oakwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Brandon Adult Transition ProgramHigh · 1 students
Other schools in ORTONVILLE
- Brandon High SchoolHigh · 648 students
- HarveySwanson Elementary SchoolElementary · 548 students
- Oakwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Brandon Adult Transition ProgramHigh · 1 students
Other Brandon Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Brandon Middle. Brandon Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Brandon Middle SchoolBrandon, MS · 1,155 students
- Brandon MiddleVirginia Beach, VA · 1,053 students
Nearby schools
- Brandon Adult Transition Program0.4 mi · 1
- Brandon High School0.4 mi · 648
- HarveySwanson Elementary School0.4 mi · 548
- Oakwood Elementary School3.1 mi · 371
- Independence Elementary School5.5 mi · 446
- Springfield Plains Elem School5.8 mi · 495
Frequently asked questions
About Brandon Middle SchoolHow many students attend Brandon Middle School?
Brandon Middle School enrolls approximately 436 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Brandon Middle School serve?
Brandon Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Brandon Middle School?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at Brandon Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Brandon Middle School?
Student demographics at Brandon Middle School are roughly 82% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Brandon Middle School in?
Brandon Middle School is part of Brandon School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.