Enrollment
228
Middle
DISTRICT 274 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLOMA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 261038004516
Coloma Junior High School
302 W SAINT JOSEPH ST, COLOMA, MI 49038 · (269) 468-2405 · Berrien County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL228 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of Michigan public middle schools
- FTest 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
17.0:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
175 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 85 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 83 | 36% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Coloma Junior High School→Coloma High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Coloma Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
23.8%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
19.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
24.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Coloma Junior High School
Coloma Junior High School's state test result (24.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coloma Junior High School this school | 228 | 76.8% | 24.7% |
| TS Nurnberger Middle School SAINT LOUIS | 217 | 71.9% | 44.2% |
| Dowagiac Middle School DOWAGIAC | 393 | 70.7% | 34.1% |
| Watervliet Middle School WATERVLIET | 309 | 64.7% | 38.5% |
| Mt Morris Middle School MOUNT MORRIS | 297 | 81.1% | N/A |
| Bentley Middle School BURTON | 145 | 69.7% | N/A |
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 Coloma Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Berrien County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #381 of 397 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #355 of 380 | #10 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #366 of 377 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 228 | #425 of 491 | #9 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #177 of 436 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #103 of 437 | #2 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.8% | #70 of 477 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.1% | #17 of 339 | #2 of 10 |
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
228
-63 (-22%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 399
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 228 | 13.4 | 17.0:1 | 77% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 240 | 14.6 | 16.4:1 | 73% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 254 | 14.4 | 17.6:1 | 79% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 291 | 13 | 22.4:1 | 77% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 341 | 17 | 20.1:1 | 74% (252) |
| 2015-16 | 379 | 19 | 19.9:1 | 63% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 279 | 16 | 17.4:1 | 48% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 376 | 24 | 15.7:1 | 35% (132) |
| 1990-91 | 399 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coloma Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (341 to 228); teachers down 21% (17 to 13.4).
About Coloma Junior High School
Coloma Junior High School is one of the public schools in COLOMA, Michigan. It is a low-enrollment middle-grades school. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 228 students. That is 55% below the average of about 502 students for middle schools in Michigan.
Coloma Community Schools runs 4 schools with a combined 1,095 students. Coloma Junior High School is one of them.
About 63% of the student body at Coloma Junior High School is White. Other students are 21% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 7% multiracial. By comparison, Berrien County residents are about 74% White. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Coloma Junior High School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Coloma Junior High School, there are about 17.0 students; the school has 13.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Michigan is about 17.5:1. There are 175 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 77% of enrollment. Across public schools in Berrien County, the average is 55%.
Coloma Junior High School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 11% of Michigan public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 32.3% at Coloma Junior High School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 24.7%.
Census data for Berrien County show median household income comes to about $65,425, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 75 public schools in the county, enrolling about 21,027, Coloma Junior High School among them.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Coloma High School, is the closest to Coloma Junior High School. Coloma Junior High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Coloma Junior High School comes in 3rd of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Fringe, meaning it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment decreased by 22% across 4 years, from 291 in 2020-21 to 228 in 2024-25. The ratio was 22.4:1 in 2020-21 and 17.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Berrien County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
153,288
Census ACS
Median income
$65,425
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
21,027 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coloma Community Schools
- Coloma Elementary SchoolElementary · 356 students
- Coloma High SchoolHigh · 336 students
- Coloma Intermediate SchoolElementary · 175 students
Other schools in COLOMA
- Coloma Elementary SchoolElementary · 356 students
- Coloma High SchoolHigh · 336 students
- Coloma Intermediate SchoolElementary · 175 students
Nearby schools
- Coloma High School0.0 mi · 336
- Coloma Elementary School0.4 mi · 356
- Coloma Intermediate School0.4 mi · 175
- South Elementary School2.5 mi · 335
- North Elementary School3.0 mi · 312
- Watervliet Middle School3.3 mi · 309
Frequently asked questions
About Coloma Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Coloma Junior High School?
Coloma Junior High School enrolls approximately 228 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Coloma Junior High School serve?
Coloma Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Coloma Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Coloma Junior High School is approximately 17.0:1 (13 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Coloma Junior High School?
Coloma Junior High School reports a student body of 63% White, 21% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Coloma Junior High School?
Coloma Junior High School is overseen by Coloma Community Schools in Berrien County.
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