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What tradition at Edwardsburg Middle School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
612
Middle
DISTRICT 420 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDWARDSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 261299005000
Edwardsburg Middle School
69230 SECTION ST, EDWARDSBURG, MI 49112 · (269) 663-1031 · Cass County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL612 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% 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.
- 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
19.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
226 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 186 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 211 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 215 | 35% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Edwardsburg Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
57.9%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
48.4%
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 48 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
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Edwardsburg Middle School
Edwardsburg Middle School's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwardsburg Middle School this school | 612 | 36.9% | 57.1% |
| Cedar Springs Middle School CEDAR SPRINGS | 657 | 38.2% | 43.8% |
| Otsego Middle School OTSEGO | 542 | 37.5% | 41.7% |
| Fort Gratiot Middle School FORT GRATIOT | 533 | 34.9% | 44.0% |
| White Lake Middle School WHITE LAKE | 525 | 37.9% | 42.7% |
| Thornapple Kellogg Middle School MIDDLEVILLE | 693 | 39.1% | 43.3% |
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 Edwardsburg Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #74 of 397 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #95 of 380 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #70 of 377 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 612 | #166 of 491 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #369 of 436 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.3% | #352 of 437 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.9% | #311 of 477 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #203 of 339 |
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
612
-37 (-6%) vs 2020
+107% since 1990-91, when it was 296
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 612 | 31.7 | 19.3:1 | 37% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 636 | 31.5 | 20.2:1 | 37% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 643 | 29.9 | 21.5:1 | 36% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 649 | 30 | 21.6:1 | 32% (209) |
| 2017-18 | 686 | 29.5 | 23.3:1 | 30% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 29 | 23.9:1 | 34% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 628 | 29 | 21.7:1 | 33% (208) |
| 2000-01 | 523 | 29 | 18.0:1 | 19% (97) |
| 1990-91 | 296 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edwardsburg Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (686 to 612); teachers up 7% (29.5 to 31.7).
About Edwardsburg Middle School
At 69230 SECTION ST in EDWARDSBURG, Michigan, Edwardsburg Middle School operates as a medium-sized middle-grades school. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 612 students enrolled. The average among middle schools in Michigan is roughly 502 students; this school is 22% bigger than that.
In Edwardsburg Public Schools, 6 schools enroll a combined 2,519 students.
Most students at Edwardsburg Middle School are White: 90% of enrollment. Other groups make up 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Edwardsburg Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 18%.
With 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Edwardsburg Middle School was 19.3:1. Among middle schools in Michigan, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. Edwardsburg Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 37%. It compares with 54% for public schools in Cass County.
The allk12 Grade for Edwardsburg Middle School is A. Compared with Michigan public middle schools, the school scored higher than 85% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Michigan with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 49.9%. Edwardsburg Middle School scores 57.1%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Cass County, median household income is about $70,443, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Edwardsburg Middle School is one of 23 public schools in Cass County, which together enroll about 6,258 students.
Edwardsburg High School is the public school closest to Edwardsburg Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. Edwardsburg Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 64.3% on proficiency, and Edwardsburg Middle School is below that at 57.1%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The student count in 2024-25 was 612, 6% below the 649 of 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 21.6:1 to 19.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Cass County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,520
Census ACS
Median income
$70,443
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
6,258 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edwardsburg Public Schools
- Edwardsburg High SchoolHigh · 773 students
- Eagle Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Edwardsburg Intermediate SchoolElementary · 361 students
- Edwardsburg Primary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Edwardsburg Alternative Learning CenterHigh · 46 students
Other schools in EDWARDSBURG
- Edwardsburg High SchoolHigh · 773 students
- Eagle Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Edwardsburg Intermediate SchoolElementary · 361 students
- Edwardsburg Primary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Edwardsburg Alternative Learning CenterHigh · 46 students
Nearby schools
- Edwardsburg High School0.1 mi · 773
- Edwardsburg Intermediate School0.1 mi · 361
- Edwardsburg Primary School0.2 mi · 342
- Edwardsburg Alternative Learning Center0.3 mi · 46
- Northpoint Elementary School3.0 mi · 577
- Mary Frank Harris Elementary Sch3.1 mi · 471
Frequently asked questions
About Edwardsburg Middle SchoolHow large is Edwardsburg Middle School?
Edwardsburg Middle School enrolls approximately 612 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Edwardsburg Middle School serve?
Edwardsburg Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Edwardsburg Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Edwardsburg Middle School is approximately 19.3:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Edwardsburg Middle School?
At Edwardsburg Middle School, the student body is approximately 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Edwardsburg Middle School?
Edwardsburg Middle School is overseen by Edwardsburg Public Schools in Cass County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.