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Enrollment
716
Middle
DISTRICT 814 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UTICA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263447006998
Frank Jeannette Jr High School
40400 GULLIVER DR, STERLING HEIGHTS, MI 48310 · (586) 797-3300 · Macomb County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL716 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Michigan public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
18.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
554 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 | 287 | 40% |
| Grade 8 | 229 | 32% |
| Grade 9 | 200 | 28% |
Student demographics
50%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
Frank Jeannette Jr 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
36.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
25.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Frank Jeannette Jr High School
Frank Jeannette Jr High School's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Jeannette Jr High School this school | 716 | 77.4% | 32.1% |
| Carleton Middle School STERLING HEIGHTS | 638 | 76.2% | 29.6% |
| Grissom Middle School STERLING HEIGHTS | 703 | 79.1% | 33.1% |
| Smith Middle School DEARBORN | 525 | 68.8% | 32.0% |
| Carter Middle School WARREN | 679 | 62.3% | 34.4% |
| Armstrong Middle School FLINT | 656 | 75.9% | 31.1% |
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 Frank Jeannette Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #327 of 397 | #25 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #301 of 380 | #23 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #262 of 377 | #20 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 716 | #94 of 491 | #11 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #264 of 436 | #13 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.8% | #131 of 437 | #15 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.4% | #65 of 477 | #6 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #242 of 339 | #24 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
716
+16 (+2%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 803
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 716 | 39.8 | 18.0:1 | 77% (554) |
| 2023-24 | 638 | 33.2 | 19.2:1 | 78% (499) |
| 2022-23 | 656 | 36 | 18.2:1 | 80% (522) |
| 2020-21 | 700 | 40 | 17.5:1 | 75% (523) |
| 2017-18 | 782 | 40.7 | 19.2:1 | 66% (517) |
| 2015-16 | 838 | 41 | 20.4:1 | 59% (497) |
| 2010-11 | 920 | 41 | 22.4:1 | 51% (465) |
| 2000-01 | 939 | 43 | 21.8:1 | 14% (134) |
| 1990-91 | 803 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frank Jeannette Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (782 to 716); teachers down 2% (40.7 to 39.8).
About Frank Jeannette Jr High School
Frank Jeannette Jr High School is a mid-sized middle school serving families in STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan. Enrollment stands at 716 students, covering grades 7 through 9. The school is 43% bigger than the average for middle schools in Michigan.
Utica Community Schools has 25,574 students in 37 schools, and Frank Jeannette Jr High School is one of those schools.
More than half of the students at Frank Jeannette Jr High School are White (69%). The next largest groups are 11% Black, 11% Asian, 5% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Frank Jeannette Jr High School scores 50%.
The school has 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 18.0 students per teacher. The 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan is close to this figure. Of all students at Frank Jeannette Jr High School, 77% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 52% for public schools in Macomb County.
Frank Jeannette Jr High School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 38% of Michigan public middle schools.
Frank Jeannette Jr High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Michigan schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 32.1% and a predicted 32.0%.
In Macomb County, median household income comes to about $77,837, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Macomb County counts 236 public schools with about 115,743 students.
Of the public schools around it, Frank Jeannette Jr High School is closest to Schuchard Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 49.5%; Frank Jeannette Jr High School's is 32.1%, ranking 8th of 9.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 716, starting from 700.
Frank Jeannette Jr High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 STERLING HEIGHTS
- Adlai Stevenson High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Henry Ford II High SchoolHigh · 1,663 students
- Sterling Heights Senior HSHigh · 1,262 students
- Bemis Junior High SchoolMiddle · 742 students
- Grissom Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Carleton Middle SchoolMiddle · 638 students
Nearby schools
- Schuchard Elementary School0.4 mi · 602
- Burr Elementary School0.7 mi · 490
- Hill Elementary School0.9 mi · 363
- Wass Elementary School1.2 mi · 413
- Larson Middle School1.4 mi · 865
- Holden Elementary School1.4 mi · 341
Frequently asked questions
About Frank Jeannette Jr High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Frank Jeannette Jr High School?
Frank Jeannette Jr High School enrolls approximately 716 students in grades 07-09.
What grades does Frank Jeannette Jr High School serve?
Frank Jeannette Jr High School serves grades 07-09.
How many teachers does Frank Jeannette Jr High School have?
Frank Jeannette Jr High School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Frank Jeannette Jr High School?
At Frank Jeannette Jr High School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 5% Hispanic, 11% Black, 11% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Frank Jeannette Jr High School in?
Frank Jeannette Jr High School is part of Utica Community Schools.
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