Enrollment
275
Middle
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAWSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 260993004482
Clawson Middle School
150 JOHN M AVE, CLAWSON, MI 48017 · (248) 655-4250 · Oakland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL275 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% 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.
- 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
16.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
83 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 55%
Community
0
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 | 92 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 99 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 84 | 31% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
47.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
35.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 Clawson Middle School
Clawson Middle School's state test result (47.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clawson Middle School this school | 275 | 30.2% | 47.6% |
| Clinton Middle School CLINTON | 282 | 30.1% | 49.0% |
| Blissfield Middle School BLISSFIELD | 263 | 31.2% | 39.2% |
| Gladstone Area Middle School GLADSTONE | 346 | 32.1% | 41.2% |
| Grass Lake Middle School GRASS LAKE | 290 | 33.1% | 44.5% |
| Laingsburg Middle School LAINGSBURG | 251 | 25.5% | 50.9% |
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 Clawson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #142 of 397 | #27 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #186 of 380 | #30 of 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #132 of 377 | #25 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 275 | #395 of 491 | #45 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #125 of 436 | #16 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #192 of 437 | #30 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.2% | #352 of 477 | #18 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.5% | #35 of 339 | #3 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
275
-17 (-6%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 424
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 275 | 16.8 | 16.4:1 | 30% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 266 | 17.4 | 15.3:1 | 38% (102) |
| 2022-23 | 273 | 16.4 | 16.6:1 | 38% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 292 | 20 | 14.6:1 | 41% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 374 | 23.2 | 16.1:1 | 43% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 371 | 25 | 14.8:1 | 39% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 26 | 15.6:1 | 39% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 368 | 21 | 17.5:1 | 14% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 424 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clawson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (374 to 275); teachers down 28% (23.2 to 16.8).
About Clawson Middle School
Clawson Middle School is a small middle-grades school serving families in CLAWSON, Michigan. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 275 students. By comparison, middle schools in Michigan enroll about 502 students on average.
Clawson Middle School is a school in Clawson Public Schools. The district has 4 schools and 1,349 students.
At Clawson Middle School, 77% of students are White. The school is also 12% Black, 5% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 39%.
Staffing at Clawson Middle School comes to 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.4:1. Middle schools in Michigan average 17.5:1, 1.2 more students per teacher than here. Clawson Middle School counts 30% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Oakland County is close, at 32%.
Clawson 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 59% of Michigan public middle schools.
Schools in Michigan with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 52.9%. Clawson Middle School scores 47.6%.
In the wider Oakland County area, median household income comes to about $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Oakland County's 345 public schools enroll about 169,926 students and include Clawson Middle School.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Clawson Middle School from the closest public school, Clawson Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Clawson Middle School is 3rd of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The NCES locale for Clawson Middle 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.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 275, from 292 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.6 to 16.4 over 4 years.
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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 Clawson Public Schools
- Clawson Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Clawson High SchoolHigh · 369 students
- Kenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 162 students
Other schools in CLAWSON
- Clawson Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Clawson High SchoolHigh · 369 students
- Kenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 162 students
Nearby schools
- Clawson Elementary School0.0 mi · 543
- Clawson High School0.1 mi · 369
- Kenwood Elementary School0.5 mi · 162
- Royal Oak High School1.1 mi · 1,293
- Oak Ridge Elementary School1.4 mi · 404
- Morse Elementary School1.5 mi · 411
Frequently asked questions
About Clawson Middle SchoolHow many students attend Clawson Middle School?
Clawson Middle School enrolls approximately 275 students in grades 06-08.
Is Clawson Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clawson Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Clawson Middle School have?
Clawson Middle School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Clawson Middle School?
Student demographics at Clawson Middle School are roughly 77% White, 5% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Clawson Middle School?
Clawson Middle School is overseen by Clawson Public Schools in Oakland County.
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