M-STEP, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Advanced + Proficient.English Language Arts
33.7%
State avg 47.7%
District avg 36.3%
County avg 42.3%
Mathematics
25.0%
State avg 44.8%
District avg 31.7%
County avg 36.7%
Science
42.1%
State avg 47.5%
District avg 39.3%
County avg 44.1%
Social Studies
43.5%
State avg 47.7%
District avg 35.6%
County avg 44.1%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 25 of 100 do math at grade level, about 42 of 100 are at grade level in science, and about 44 of 100 are at grade level in social studies. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48, 45, 47, and 48.
Rank: Charlotte Middle School places #278 of 397 Michigan middle schools, and #5 of 7 in Eaton County for state test proficiency.
What is M-STEP?
Michigan public-school students in grades 3 through 8 take the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP) each spring in English Language Arts and Math. Science is added at grades 5, 8, and 11; Social Studies at grades 5, 8, and 11. High school students take the SAT and PSAT as part of the state assessment system.
What does "% Advanced + Proficient" mean?
It is the percentage of students at the school whose scores were "Proficient" or "Advanced" on M-STEP — the top 2 of 4 performance levels (Not Proficient, Partially Proficient, Proficient, Advanced). Proficient and above is Michigan's grade-level benchmark. A higher number is better.
What does 33.7% mean for English Language Arts at Charlotte Middle School?
It means about 33.7 percent of students tested at Charlotte Middle School performed at grade level or above on the M-STEP English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Michigan that year was 47.7%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Michigan, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Michigan Department of Education / Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI), Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP), via the MI School Data "Request School Data File" portal (mischooldata.org). School-level All Students subgroup. Headline metric is the cumulative "Advanced + Proficient" rate (top 2 of 4 M-STEP levels: Advanced, Proficient, Partially Proficient, Not Proficient).
How often is it updated?
M-STEP is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.
