Enrollment
290
Middle
DISTRICT 445 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRASS LAKE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 261683001648
Grass Lake Middle School
1000 GRASS LAKE RD, GRASS LAKE, MI 49240 · (517) 867-5550 · Jackson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% 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.
- C+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
15.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
96 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 55%
Community
0
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 | 92 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 107 | 37% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Grass Lake Middle School→Grass Lake High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Grass Lake Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
40.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
37.2%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Grass Lake Middle School
Grass Lake Middle School's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grass Lake Middle School this school | 290 | 33.1% | 44.5% |
| Hopkins Middle School HOPKINS | 321 | 34.3% | 42.2% |
| Bullock Creek Middle School MIDLAND | 348 | 33.3% | 50.3% |
| Clinton Middle School CLINTON | 282 | 30.1% | 49.0% |
| Quincy Middle School QUINCY | 345 | 31.0% | 39.9% |
| Gladstone Area Middle School GLADSTONE | 346 | 32.1% | 41.2% |
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 Grass Lake Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #160 of 397 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #174 of 380 | #2 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #207 of 377 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #383 of 491 | #4 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #76 of 436 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.4% | #396 of 437 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.1% | #330 of 477 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #63 of 101 | N/A |
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
290
-23 (-7%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 290
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 290 | 18.8 | 15.5:1 | 33% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 307 | 19.7 | 15.6:1 | 35% (108) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 19.9 | 15.7:1 | 30% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 17 | 18.4:1 | 25% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 278 | 15.5 | 18.0:1 | 30% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 308 | 15 | 20.5:1 | 19% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 290 | 14 | 20.7:1 | 26% (74) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grass Lake Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (278 to 290); teachers up 21% (15.5 to 18.8).
About Grass Lake Middle School
The public middle-grades school Grass Lake Middle School is located in GRASS LAKE, Michigan. Enrolled students number 290 students, in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 42% lower than the average for middle schools in Michigan, which is about 502.
Grass Lake Middle School is one of 3 schools in Grass Lake Community Schools, which enrolls 1,334 students in total.
White students make up 92% of enrollment at Grass Lake Middle School. Smaller groups are 3% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Jackson County is roughly 83% White. Grass Lake Middle School's diversity index is 14%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Grass Lake Middle School is 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.5:1. This ratio sits 2.1 below the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 33%. The gap from the 53% average for public schools in Jackson County is 20 points.
The allk12 Grade for Grass Lake Middle School is B-. Compared with Michigan public middle schools, the school scored higher than 52% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Grass Lake Middle School would score about 51.6%. It scores 44.5%, 7.2 points below that figure.
Federal survey data for Jackson County show that the median household income is $66,073, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Jackson County is home to 68 public schools and about 21,681 public school students.
The closest public school, George Long Elementary School, is about 0.2 miles from Grass Lake Middle School. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Grass Lake Middle School ranks 2nd in a group of 5 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 23 fewer students in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 18.4 to 15.5 over 4 years.
Threads on this page can be about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,060
Census ACS
Median income
$66,073
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
21,681 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grass Lake Community Schools
- George Long Elementary SchoolElementary · 650 students
- Grass Lake High SchoolHigh · 394 students
Other schools in GRASS LAKE
- George Long Elementary SchoolElementary · 650 students
- Grass Lake High SchoolHigh · 394 students
Nearby schools
- George Long Elementary School0.2 mi · 650
- Grass Lake High School0.5 mi · 394
- East Jackson Elementary6.1 mi · 348
- Ezra Eby Elementary School6.4 mi · 564
- Napoleon High School6.4 mi · 381
- Napoleon Middle School6.5 mi · 261
Frequently asked questions
About Grass Lake Middle SchoolHow large is Grass Lake Middle School?
Grass Lake Middle School enrolls approximately 290 students in grades 06-08.
Is Grass Lake Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Grass Lake Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Grass Lake Middle School?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Grass Lake Middle School.
How diverse is Grass Lake Middle School?
Grass Lake Middle School reports a student body of 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Grass Lake Middle School?
Grass Lake Middle School is overseen by Grass Lake Community Schools in Jackson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.