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What's the most underrated thing about Grosse Ile Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
383
Middle
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GROSSE ILE TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS·NCES 261722005400
Grosse Ile Middle School
23270 E RIVER RD, GROSSE ILE, MI 48138 · (734) 362-2500 · Wayne County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Michigan public middle schools
- B+Test 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
18.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
39 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 55%
Community
1
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 | 112 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 138 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 133 | 35% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Grosse Ile Middle School→Grosse Ile High School
Based on grade levels within Grosse Ile Township Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
48.0%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
40.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Grosse Ile Middle School
Grosse Ile Middle School's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grosse Ile Middle School this school | 383 | 10.2% | 50.0% |
| Creekside Intermediate School DEXTER | 479 | 10.9% | 54.1% |
| Beach Middle School CHELSEA | 525 | 10.5% | 70.1% |
| Spring Lake Middle School SPRING LAKE | 345 | 16.8% | 68.0% |
| Mill Creek Middle School DEXTER | 525 | 10.1% | 67.6% |
| EF Rittmueller Middle School FRANKENMUTH | 368 | 18.8% | 57.6% |
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 Grosse Ile Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #123 of 397 | #12 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #140 of 380 | #15 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #131 of 377 | #16 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #322 of 491 | #54 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #338 of 436 | #48 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.3% | #271 of 437 | #47 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.2% | #460 of 477 | #63 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #101 of 339 | #17 of 55 |
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
383
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 421
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 383 | 20.3 | 18.9:1 | 10% (39) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 18.8 | 21.9:1 | 12% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 407 | 22.6 | 18.0:1 | 11% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 19 | 20.1:1 | 11% (41) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 23.1 | 20.5:1 | 11% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 447 | 20 | 22.4:1 | 8% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 447 | 22 | 20.3:1 | 9% (39) |
| 2000-01 | 512 | 30 | 17.1:1 | 3% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 421 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grosse Ile Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (473 to 383); teachers down 12% (23.1 to 20.3).
About Grosse Ile Middle School
Grosse Ile Middle School is a small middle school based in GROSSE ILE, Michigan. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 383 students. That is 24% below the average of about 502 students for middle schools in Michigan.
Grosse Ile Middle School is a school in Grosse Ile Township Schools. The district has 4 schools and 1,493 students.
At Grosse Ile Middle School, 85% of students are White. Other students are 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 49% White share among all Wayne County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 26%.
Staffing at Grosse Ile Middle School comes to 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 18.9:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Michigan is 17.5:1. Grosse Ile Middle School counts 10% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 66% average among public schools in Wayne County.
Grosse Ile Middle School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 49% of Michigan public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Grosse Ile Middle School is 11.7 points below its prediction. Actual: 50.0%. Predicted: 61.8%.
The school's county is Wayne County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wayne County's 573 public schools enroll about 259,786 students and include Grosse Ile Middle School.
Grosse Ile High School sits about 0.3 miles from Grosse Ile Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, Grosse Ile Middle School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Grosse Ile Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (381) and 2024-25 (383). The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 20.1:1 to 18.9:1.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grosse Ile Township Schools
- Grosse Ile High SchoolHigh · 510 students
- Meridian Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
- Parke Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 287 students
Other schools in GROSSE ILE
- Grosse Ile High SchoolHigh · 510 students
- Meridian Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
- Parke Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 287 students
Nearby schools
- Grosse Ile High School0.3 mi · 510
- Parke Lane Elementary School1.0 mi · 287
- Meridian Elementary School1.8 mi · 313
- Trenton High School3.1 mi · 846
- Jesse L Anderson Elementary School3.2 mi · 617
- Riverview Community High School3.4 mi · 854
Frequently asked questions
About Grosse Ile Middle SchoolHow large is Grosse Ile Middle School?
Grosse Ile Middle School enrolls approximately 383 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Grosse Ile Middle School serve?
Grosse Ile Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Grosse Ile Middle School?
Approximately 18.9:1 students per teacher at Grosse Ile Middle School.
How diverse is Grosse Ile Middle School?
Grosse Ile Middle School reports a student body of 85% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Grosse Ile Middle School?
Grosse Ile Middle School is overseen by Grosse Ile Township Schools in Wayne County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.