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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Duncan Lake Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
696
Middle
DISTRICT 700 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALEDONIA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 260762001759
Duncan Lake Middle School
9758 KRAFT AVE SE, CALEDONIA, MI 49316 · (616) 891-1380 · Kent County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL696 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Michigan public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
18.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
115 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 7 | 348 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 348 | 50% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
Duncan Lake Middle School→Caledonia High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Caledonia Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
62.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
66.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Duncan Lake Middle School
Duncan Lake Middle School's state test result (68.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan Lake Middle School this school | 696 | 16.5% | 68.0% |
| Kraft Meadows Intermediate School CALEDONIA | 703 | 17.1% | 65.5% |
| Holmes Middle School LIVONIA | 670 | 16.4% | 62.0% |
| Riley Upper Elementary School LIVONIA | 615 | 17.4% | 47.0% |
| Baldwin Street Middle School HUDSONVILLE | 610 | 14.6% | 63.1% |
| Riley Street Middle School HUDSONVILLE | 688 | 19.8% | 58.2% |
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 Duncan Lake Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kent County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #25 of 397 | #8 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #23 of 380 | #7 of 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #46 of 377 | #13 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 696 | #109 of 491 | #11 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #317 of 436 | #23 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.2% | #227 of 437 | #24 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.5% | #437 of 477 | #30 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +38.1% | #13 of 101 | #2 of 11 |
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
696
+109 (+19%) vs 2020
+51% since 2010-11, when it was 460
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 696 | 37.4 | 18.6:1 | 17% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 702 | 35.5 | 19.8:1 | 23% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 679 | 36.1 | 18.8:1 | 24% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 587 | 31 | 18.9:1 | 25% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 27.7 | 18.2:1 | 21% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 26 | 18.5:1 | 17% (80) |
| 2010-11 | 460 | 25 | 18.4:1 | 20% (94) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Duncan Lake Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 38% (504 to 696); teachers up 35% (27.7 to 37.4).
About Duncan Lake Middle School
Families in CALEDONIA, Michigan, are served by Duncan Lake Middle School, a medium-sized middle-grades school. School enrollment was 696 students in 2024-25, in grades 7 through 8. The average among middle schools in Michigan is roughly 502 students; this school is 39% bigger than that.
Caledonia Community Schools runs Duncan Lake Middle School along with 8 other schools, enrolling 4,564 students in total.
The student body at Duncan Lake Middle School is 82% White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black, and 2% Asian. By comparison, Kent County residents are about 73% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 32% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Duncan Lake Middle School total 37.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan. The school counts 115 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 17%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kent County is 47%.
allk12 grades Duncan Lake Middle School an A. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Duncan Lake Middle School, the prediction is 59.0% and the result is 68.0%.
Federal survey data for Kent County show that the median household income is $82,631, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Kent County is home to 239 public schools and about 97,253 public school students.
The closest public school, Caledonia Elementary School, is about 0.1 miles from Duncan Lake Middle School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Duncan Lake Middle School is 6th on average proficiency.
Duncan Lake Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is up 19% from 2020-21, when Duncan Lake Middle School had 587 students, to 2024-25, when it had 696.
The Duncan Lake Middle School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Kent County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
663,150
Census ACS
Median income
$82,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
239
97,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Caledonia Community Schools
- Caledonia High SchoolHigh · 1,438 students
- Kraft Meadows Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Caledonia Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- Emmons Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
- Kettle Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- Dutton Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
Other schools in CALEDONIA
- Caledonia High SchoolHigh · 1,438 students
- Kraft Meadows Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Explorer ElementaryElementary · 556 students
- Caledonia Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- Emmons Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
- Dutton Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
Nearby schools
- Caledonia Elementary School0.1 mi · 378
- Kraft Meadows Intermediate School0.7 mi · 703
- Caledonia High School0.9 mi · 1,438
- Duncan Lake Transitions Program0.9 mi · 3
- Emmons Lake Elementary School1.0 mi · 377
- Paris Ridge Elementary3.3 mi · 303
Frequently asked questions
About Duncan Lake Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Duncan Lake Middle School?
Duncan Lake Middle School enrolls approximately 696 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Duncan Lake Middle School serve?
Duncan Lake Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Duncan Lake Middle School have?
Duncan Lake Middle School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Duncan Lake Middle School?
Student demographics at Duncan Lake Middle School are roughly 82% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Duncan Lake Middle School?
Duncan Lake Middle School is overseen by Caledonia Community Schools in Kent County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.