East Middle School

Set in PLYMOUTH, Michigan, East Middle School is an average-sized middle school, run under Plymouth-Canton Community Schools. It caters to 725 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 502 students each, so East Middle School sits 44% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, which oversees 25 schools and 15,978 students, East Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, East Middle School records that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 29% Asian, 9% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, East Middle School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 16% of students at East Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, East Middle School ranks in the top 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 59.1%; East Middle School posts 72.4%, +13.3 points above that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Wayne County put median household income runs about $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which East Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Smith Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, East Middle School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 58.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 739 students in 2018 compared to 725 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

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