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Enrollment
479
Middle
DISTRICT 502 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEXTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 261203004917
Creekside Intermediate School
2615 BAKER RD, DEXTER, MI 48130 · (734) 424-4160 · Washtenaw County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL479 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of Michigan public middle schools
- A-Test 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
14.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
52 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 5 | 229 | 48% |
| Grade 6 | 250 | 52% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Creekside Intermediate School→Mill Creek Middle School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Dexter Community School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
58.1%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
53.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
54.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Creekside Intermediate School
Creekside Intermediate School's state test result (54.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creekside Intermediate School this school | 479 | 10.9% | 54.1% |
| Beach Middle School CHELSEA | 525 | 10.5% | 70.1% |
| Mill Creek Middle School DEXTER | 525 | 10.1% | 67.6% |
| 56 Building at Georgetown HUDSONVILLE | 626 | 13.1% | 62.2% |
| Grosse Ile Middle School GROSSE ILE | 383 | 10.2% | 50.0% |
| Baldwin Street Middle School HUDSONVILLE | 610 | 14.6% | 63.1% |
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 Creekside Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Washtenaw County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #94 of 397 | #8 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #65 of 380 | #7 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #69 of 377 | #7 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 479 | #254 of 491 | #11 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #27 of 436 | #4 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.8% | #384 of 437 | #12 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.9% | #457 of 477 | #11 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #167 of 339 | #3 of 9 |
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
479
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 479 | 34.2 | 14.0:1 | 11% (52) |
| 2023-24 | 522 | 33.2 | 15.7:1 | 12% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 34.2 | 15.0:1 | 14% (74) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 12% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 35.1 | 15.7:1 | 12% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 28 | 20.2:1 | 7% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 29 | 17.9:1 | 12% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 20 | 24.8:1 | 5% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 619 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Creekside Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (551 to 479); teachers down 3% (35.1 to 34.2).
About Creekside Intermediate School
Creekside Intermediate School is a medium-sized middle school with its address in DEXTER, Michigan. Grades offered run from 5 through 6, with 479 students enrolled.
Creekside Intermediate School is in Dexter Community School District, a district with 3,290 students across 6 schools.
White students are the large majority at Creekside Intermediate School, with 92% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 4% Hispanic. In Washtenaw County overall, about 69% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Creekside Intermediate School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 16%.
At Creekside Intermediate School, 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.0:1. For comparison, middle schools in Michigan average 17.5:1. Roughly 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 34% average for public schools in Washtenaw County is 23 points.
The allk12 Grade for Creekside Intermediate School is B. Compared with Michigan public middle schools, the school scored higher than 62% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Creekside Intermediate School is 7.3 points below its prediction. Actual: 54.1%. Predicted: 61.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Washtenaw County show that median household income is about $89,180, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 104 public schools in Washtenaw County, with a combined enrollment of about 42,861.
The next-closest public school is Dexter Alternative School, about 0.1 miles away. In all, 5 other public schools sit within five miles of Creekside Intermediate School. In a group of 4 nearby schools with scores, Creekside Intermediate School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Fringe.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 475 in 2020-21, 479 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Creekside Intermediate School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Washtenaw County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
369,822
Census ACS
Median income
$89,180
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
104
42,861 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dexter Community School District
- Dexter High SchoolHigh · 1,053 students
- Dexter Early Elementary ComplexElementary · 734 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
- Wylie Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- Dexter Alternative SchoolHigh · 13 students
- BatesCombined
Other schools in DEXTER
- Dexter High SchoolHigh · 1,053 students
- Dexter Early Elementary ComplexElementary · 734 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
- Wylie Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- Dexter Alternative SchoolHigh · 13 students
- BatesCombined
Other Creekside Intermediate schools
One other US public school is named Creekside Intermediate. Creekside Intermediate School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Creekside Intermediate SchoolLEAGUE CITY, TX · 917 students
Nearby schools
- Dexter Alternative School0.1 mi · 13
- Wylie Elementary School0.3 mi · 486
- Dexter Early Elementary Complex0.4 mi · 734
- Mill Creek Middle School0.5 mi · 525
- Dexter High School0.6 mi · 1,053
- Abbot School5.8 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About Creekside Intermediate SchoolHow large is Creekside Intermediate School?
Creekside Intermediate School enrolls approximately 479 students in grades 05-06.
Is Creekside Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Creekside Intermediate School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does Creekside Intermediate School have?
Creekside Intermediate School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Creekside Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Creekside Intermediate School are roughly 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Creekside Intermediate School in?
Creekside Intermediate School is part of Dexter Community School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.