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What advice would you give to incoming students at Highlander Way Middle School?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
English Language Arts
40.2%
State avg 47.7%
District avg 43.3%
County avg 54.9%
District avg 43.3%
County avg 54.9%
Test scores
See how it ranks: all Michigan schools by score · Livingston County schools by score
M-STEP, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Advanced + Proficient.Mathematics
35.5%
State avg 44.8%
District avg 42.3%
County avg 53.0%
District avg 42.3%
County avg 53.0%
Science
48.5%
State avg 47.5%
District avg 49.1%
County avg 56.6%
District avg 49.1%
County avg 56.6%
Social Studies
46.4%
State avg 47.7%
District avg 40.1%
County avg 51.9%
District avg 40.1%
County avg 51.9%
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
By grade, SY 2024-25
School score vs state average per tested grade.| Grade | English Language Arts | Mathematics | Science | Social Studies | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | |
| Grade 6 | 41.2% | 46.3% | 257 | 32.6% | 40.1% | 255 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Grade 7 | 39.2% | 47.0% | 260 | 38.3% | 41.2% | 256 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Grade 8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 48.5% | 48.5% | 249 | 46.4% | 54.7% | 248 |
1-year history
All grades, all students. Highlander Way Michigan avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 40.2% | 43.3% | 54.9% | 47.7% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 35.5% | 42.3% | 53.0% | 44.8% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 48.5% | 49.1% | 56.6% | 47.5% |
Social Studies
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 46.4% | 40.1% | 51.9% | 47.7% |
Recent discussions
From the Highlander Way Middle School community.How to read these scores
What is M-STEP?
Michigan public-school students in grades 3 through 8 take the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP) each spring in English Language Arts and Math. Science is added at grades 5, 8, and 11; Social Studies at grades 5, 8, and 11. High school students take the SAT and PSAT as part of the state assessment system.
What does "% Advanced + Proficient" mean?
It is the percentage of students at the school whose scores were "Proficient" or "Advanced" on M-STEP — the top 2 of 4 performance levels (Not Proficient, Partially Proficient, Proficient, Advanced). Proficient and above is Michigan's grade-level benchmark. A higher number is better.
What does 40.2% mean for English Language Arts at Highlander Way Middle School?
It means about 40.2 percent of students tested at Highlander Way Middle School performed at grade level or above on the M-STEP English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Michigan that year was 47.7%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Michigan, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Michigan Department of Education / Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI), Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP), via the MI School Data "Request School Data File" portal (mischooldata.org). School-level All Students subgroup. Headline metric is the cumulative "Advanced + Proficient" rate (top 2 of 4 M-STEP levels: Advanced, Proficient, Partially Proficient, Not Proficient).
How often is it updated?
M-STEP is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.