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Enrollment
725
Middle
DISTRICT 634 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLYMOUTH-CANTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 262856006411
East Middle School
1042 S MILL ST, PLYMOUTH, MI 48170 · (734) 416-4955 · Wayne County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL725 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% 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.
- A+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
19.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
117 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 6 | 239 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 242 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 244 | 34% |
Student demographics
62%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
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
73.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
70.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 13 points, placing it in Michigan's top 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 East Middle School
East Middle School's state test result (72.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Middle School this school | 725 | 16.1% | 72.4% |
| Larson Middle School TROY | 865 | 11.2% | 67.5% |
| Clague Middle School ANN ARBOR | 696 | 14.5% | 72.0% |
| Chippewa Middle School OKEMOS | 726 | 14.3% | 67.8% |
| Smith Middle School TROY | 599 | 10.2% | 62.4% |
| Kinawa School OKEMOS | 735 | 17.6% | 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 East Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #9 of 397 | #2 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #12 of 380 | #2 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #5 of 377 | #1 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 725 | #88 of 491 | #13 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #390 of 436 | #52 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #61 of 437 | #7 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.1% | #440 of 477 | #61 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #321 of 339 | #48 of 55 |
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
725
-27 (-4%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 766
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 725 | 36.5 | 19.9:1 | 16% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 678 | 35.2 | 19.3:1 | 19% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 705 | 35.7 | 19.8:1 | 20% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 752 | 38 | 19.8:1 | 16% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 739 | 33.7 | 21.9:1 | 17% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 858 | 37 | 23.2:1 | 19% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 769 | 37 | 20.8:1 | 17% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 781 | 38 | 20.6:1 | 10% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 766 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (739 to 725); teachers up 8% (33.7 to 36.5).
About East Middle School
East Middle School operates as a medium-sized middle-grades school in PLYMOUTH, Michigan. It educates 725 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Michigan is about 502 students.
Plymouth-Canton Community Schools oversees East Middle School and 24 other schools, with 15,978 students in total.
East Middle School is 53% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 29% Asian, 9% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. The county population is about 49% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 62%, meaning two students picked at random have a 62% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
East Middle School operates with 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 19.9:1. On average, middle schools in Michigan have 17.5:1, compared with 19.9:1 here. East Middle School reports 16% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 66% average for public schools in Wayne County.
allk12 grades East Middle School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 72.4%, is 13.3 points above the 59.1% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Michigan schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Wayne County show that the median household income is $60,539, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Besides East Middle School, Wayne County has 572 other public schools.
The shortest distance from East Middle School to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to Smith Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 58.3% proficiency; East Middle School posts 72.4%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 4% enrollment decrease, from 752 in 2020-21 to 725 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Plymouth-Canton Community Schools
- Canton High SchoolHigh · 1,899 students
- Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,871 students
- Plymouth High SchoolHigh · 1,816 students
- Pioneer Middle SchoolMiddle · 827 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 817 students
- Discovery Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
Other schools in PLYMOUTH
- Pioneer Middle SchoolMiddle · 827 students
- Plymouth Scholars Charter AcademyElementary · 823 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 667 students
- Ivywood Classical AcademyCombined · 613 students
- Bird Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Isbister Elementary SchoolElementary · 422 students
Other East Middle schools
17 other US public schools in 11 states are named East Middle. East Middle School is the 6th largest of the 18.
- East Middle SchoolTRAVERSE CITY, MI · 829 students
- East Middle SchoolFARMINGTON HILLS, MI · 555 students
- EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLBRENTWOOD, NY · 1,108 students
- East Middle SchoolSioux City, IA · 1,076 students
- East Middle SchoolBraintree, MA · 999 students
Nearby schools
- Smith Elementary School0.7 mi · 364
- PCCS Middle Virtual Academy0.7 mi · 39
- PCCS Elementary Virtual Academy0.7 mi · 29
- West Middle School1.2 mi · 667
- Hulsing Elementary School1.2 mi · 468
- Bird Elementary School1.2 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About East Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at East Middle School?
East Middle School enrolls approximately 725 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does East Middle School serve?
East Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does East Middle School have?
East Middle School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
What is the student diversity at East Middle School?
Student demographics at East Middle School are roughly 53% White, 4% Hispanic, 9% Black, 29% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees East Middle School?
East Middle School is overseen by Plymouth-Canton Community Schools in Wayne County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.