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What's one thing Eppler Junior High School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
589
Middle
DISTRICT 814 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UTICA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263447006993
Eppler Junior High School
45461 BROWNELL ST, UTICA, MI 48317 · (586) 797-2900 · Macomb County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL589 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Michigan public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
17.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
265 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 186 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 208 | 35% |
| Grade 9 | 195 | 33% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
Eppler Junior High School→Eisenhower High School
Based on grade levels within Utica Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
38.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
30.1%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Eppler Junior High School
Eppler Junior High School's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eppler Junior High School this school | 589 | 45.0% | 43.5% |
| Bemis Junior High School STERLING HEIGHTS | 742 | 43.0% | 48.4% |
| Mt Pleasant Middle School MOUNT PLEASANT | 666 | 44.4% | 39.0% |
| Seitz Middle School RIVERVIEW | 606 | 41.9% | 32.9% |
| White Pines Intermediate School GRAND HAVEN | 740 | 45.1% | 56.1% |
| Rolland Warner Campus 67 LAPEER | 610 | 43.4% | 42.8% |
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 Eppler Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #176 of 397 | #11 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #253 of 380 | #18 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #239 of 377 | #17 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 589 | #187 of 491 | #23 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #183 of 436 | #8 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #206 of 437 | #28 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.0% | #253 of 477 | #22 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #121 of 339 | #9 of 31 |
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
589
-91 (-13%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 762
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 589 | 34.5 | 17.1:1 | 45% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 627 | 32 | 19.6:1 | 48% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 32 | 19.3:1 | 46% (281) |
| 2020-21 | 680 | 34 | 20.0:1 | 47% (320) |
| 2017-18 | 708 | 33.2 | 21.3:1 | 42% (294) |
| 2015-16 | 729 | 35 | 20.8:1 | 39% (281) |
| 2010-11 | 684 | 36 | 19.0:1 | 30% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 688 | 38 | 18.1:1 | 7% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 762 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eppler Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (708 to 589); teachers up 4% (33.2 to 34.5).
About Eppler Junior High School
This page covers Eppler Junior High School, a mid-sized middle-grades school in UTICA, Michigan. Its enrollment is 589 students, spread over grades 7 through 9.
Across its 37 schools, Utica Community Schools enrolls 25,574 students. Eppler Junior High School is one of those schools.
About 79% of the student body at Eppler Junior High School is White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 4% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 36, compared with 70 nationally.
Eppler Junior High School has 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.1:1. The ratio is within a point of the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 45%.
On the allk12 Grade, Eppler Junior High School lands at B, ahead of 58% of Michigan public middle schools.
In Michigan, Eppler Junior High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 43.5% actual against a predicted 46.4%.
In the surrounding county, Macomb County, the median household earns about $77,837 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Eppler Junior High School, Macomb County has 236 public schools.
Flickinger Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Eppler Junior High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Eppler Junior High School places 5th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
NCES describes the area around Eppler Junior High School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 13% decline, from 680 to 589. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 20.0:1 to 17.1:1.
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Macomb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
879,853
Census ACS
Median income
$77,837
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
236
115,743 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Utica Community Schools
- Adlai Stevenson High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Henry Ford II High SchoolHigh · 1,663 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 1,625 students
- Utica High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
- Malow Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,084 students
- Shelby Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,073 students
Other schools in UTICA
- Utica High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
- Flickinger Elementary SchoolElementary · 422 students
Nearby schools
- Flickinger Elementary School0.7 mi · 422
- Wiley Elementary School0.8 mi · 570
- Utica High School0.9 mi · 1,391
- West Utica Elementary School1.1 mi · 522
- Dresden Elementary School1.5 mi · 420
- Henry Ford II High School2.1 mi · 1,663
Frequently asked questions
About Eppler Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Eppler Junior High School?
Eppler Junior High School enrolls approximately 589 students in grades 07-09.
What age range does Eppler Junior High School serve?
Eppler Junior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 09.
How many students per teacher at Eppler Junior High School?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Eppler Junior High School.
How diverse is Eppler Junior High School?
Eppler Junior High School reports a student body of 79% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Eppler Junior High School public or private?
Eppler Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Utica Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.