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Enrollment
707
Middle
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMILTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 261740001319
Hamilton Middle School
4845 136TH AVE, HAMILTON, MI 49419 · (269) 751-4436 · Allegan County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL707 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% 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.
- 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
16.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
184 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 5 | 169 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 180 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 187 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 171 | 24% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
Hamilton Middle School→Hamilton High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hamilton Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
49.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
53.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
51.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Hamilton Middle School
Hamilton Middle School's state test result (51.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Middle School this school | 707 | 26.0% | 51.9% |
| Mattawan Middle School MATTAWAN | 823 | 26.9% | 52.1% |
| Muir Middle School MILFORD | 656 | 28.8% | 50.8% |
| Carl T Renton Jr High School NEW BOSTON | 566 | 26.1% | 46.2% |
| Highlander Way Middle School HOWELL | 789 | 23.1% | 41.7% |
| Richmond Middle School RICHMOND | 570 | 28.6% | 40.9% |
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 Hamilton Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Allegan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #108 of 397 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #63 of 380 | #1 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #120 of 377 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 707 | #99 of 491 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #152 of 436 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.9% | #291 of 437 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.0% | #379 of 477 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #194 of 339 | #4 of 7 |
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
707
-114 (-14%) vs 2020
+18% since 2010-11, when it was 601
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 707 | 42.5 | 16.6:1 | 26% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 714 | 43.2 | 16.5:1 | 32% (225) |
| 2022-23 | 719 | 41.4 | 17.4:1 | 33% (236) |
| 2020-21 | 821 | 46 | 17.9:1 | 25% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 798 | 40.5 | 19.7:1 | 28% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 780 | 42 | 18.6:1 | 26% (203) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 33 | 18.2:1 | 26% (158) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamilton Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (798 to 707); teachers up 5% (40.5 to 42.5).
About Hamilton Middle School
In HAMILTON, Michigan, Hamilton Middle School is a mid-sized middle school. It reported 707 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Michigan average about 502 students, which makes this school 41% bigger than average.
Hamilton Middle School is part of a district of 7 schools: Hamilton Community Schools, with 2,567 students.
Of every 100 students at Hamilton Middle School, about 87 are White. Smaller groups are 7% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put Allegan County at about 87% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 24%.
Hamilton Middle School reported 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.6:1. The school's 16.6:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for middle schools in Michigan. Roughly 26% of students at Hamilton Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 43% average among public schools in Allegan County.
On the allk12 Grade, Hamilton Middle School lands at B+, ahead of 68% of Michigan public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 54.8% at Hamilton Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 51.9%.
The county, Allegan County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $83,283 a year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Hamilton Middle School, Allegan County has 55 public schools.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Hamilton High School, is the closest to Hamilton Middle School. The count of other public schools within five miles is 4. On proficiency, Hamilton Middle School is behind the 58.2% nearby average, ranking 4th of 4.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 14% drop, from 821 to 707. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 17.9:1 in 2020-21 to 16.6:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Hamilton Middle School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Allegan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
121,456
Census ACS
Median income
$83,283
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
17,174 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hamilton Community Schools
- Hamilton High SchoolHigh · 793 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Bentheim Elementary SchoolElementary · 281 students
- Blue Star Elementary SchoolElementary · 202 students
- Hamilton Virtual SchoolCombined · 172 students
- Sandyview Elementary SchoolElementary · 53 students
Other schools in HAMILTON
- Hamilton High SchoolHigh · 793 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Bentheim Elementary SchoolElementary · 281 students
Other Hamilton Middle schools
11 other US public schools in 11 states are named Hamilton Middle. Hamilton Middle School is the 6th largest of the 12.
- Hamilton Middle SchoolCYPRESS, TX · 1,474 students
- Hamilton Middle SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 911 students
- Hamilton MiddleMadison, WI · 790 students
- Hamilton Middle SchoolDENVER, CO · 775 students
- Hamilton MiddleLong Beach, CA · 748 students
Nearby schools
- Hamilton High School0.5 mi · 793
- Hamilton Elementary School1.3 mi · 359
- Sandyview Elementary School3.6 mi · 53
- Hamilton Virtual School3.6 mi · 172
- Blue Star Elementary School5.1 mi · 202
- Bentheim Elementary School5.5 mi · 281
Frequently asked questions
About Hamilton Middle SchoolHow many students attend Hamilton Middle School?
Hamilton Middle School enrolls approximately 707 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Hamilton Middle School serve?
Hamilton Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Hamilton Middle School have?
Hamilton Middle School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hamilton Middle School?
At Hamilton Middle School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Hamilton Middle School public or private?
Hamilton Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hamilton Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.