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Enrollment
1,024
Middle
DISTRICT 820 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 262598001266
Hillside Middle School
775 N CENTER ST, NORTHVILLE, MI 48167 · (248) 344-3600 · Oakland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,024 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Michigan public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
19.4:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
56 students
DISTRICT 10% · 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 6 | 338 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 331 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 355 | 35% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Hillside Middle School→Northville High School
Based on grade levels within Northville Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
72.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
76.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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
71.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Hillside Middle School
Hillside Middle School's state test result (71.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside Middle School this school | 1,024 | 5.5% | 71.8% |
| Larson Middle School TROY | 865 | 11.2% | 67.5% |
| Chippewa Middle School OKEMOS | 726 | 14.3% | 67.8% |
| Meads Mill Middle School NORTHVILLE | 615 | 7.2% | 74.3% |
| East Middle School PLYMOUTH | 725 | 16.1% | 72.4% |
| Kinawa School OKEMOS | 735 | 17.6% | 58.2% |
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 Hillside Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #13 of 397 | #7 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.3% | #5 of 380 | #4 of 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #7 of 377 | #2 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,024 | #14 of 491 | #5 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #375 of 436 | #39 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #125 of 437 | #18 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.5% | #475 of 477 | #44 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #288 of 339 | #30 of 35 |
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
1,024
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
+39% since 2000-01, when it was 737
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 20.7:1
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 | 1,024 | 52.7 | 19.4:1 | 5% (56) |
| 2023-24 | 981 | 53.8 | 18.2:1 | 5% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 1,022 | 52.6 | 19.4:1 | 5% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 1,033 | 50 | 20.7:1 | 5% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 1,076 | 47.6 | 22.6:1 | 3% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 1,048 | 44 | 23.8:1 | 2% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 844 | 42 | 20.1:1 | 4% (34) |
| 2000-01 | 737 | 43 | 17.1:1 | 1% (5) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillside Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (1,076 to 1,024); teachers up 11% (47.6 to 52.7).
About Hillside Middle School
Hillside Middle School is a middle-grades school in NORTHVILLE, Michigan, according to federal school records. The school had 1,024 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in Michigan) has about 502 students.
The Northville Public Schools system has 10 schools and 7,006 students.
White students account for 65% of enrollment at Hillside Middle School. Other groups make up 27% Asian, 4% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Hillside Middle School has a diversity index of 51%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 52.7 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 19.4:1. Among middle schools in Michigan, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 5%. That is lower than the 32% average for public schools in Oakland County.
Measured against Michigan public middle schools, Hillside Middle School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 63.9% for Hillside Middle School. The school posts 71.8%, 8.0 points above the prediction.
Within Oakland County, median household income is about $97,760, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 345 public schools in Oakland County, with a combined enrollment of about 169,926.
The closest public school, Amerman Elementary School, is about 0.2 miles from Hillside Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Hillside Middle School is 4th on average proficiency.
Hillside Middle School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,024, close to the 1,033 recorded in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 20.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.4:1.
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Oakland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northville Public Schools
- Northville High SchoolHigh · 2,441 students
- Meads Mill Middle SchoolMiddle · 615 students
- Thornton Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Winchester Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Amerman Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Ridge Wood Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
Other schools in NORTHVILLE
- Northville High SchoolHigh · 2,441 students
- Meads Mill Middle SchoolMiddle · 615 students
- Winchester Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Amerman Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Ridge Wood Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
- Silver Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
Other Hillside Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Hillside Middle. Hillside Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Hillside Middle SchoolKALAMAZOO, MI · 476 students
- Hillside MiddleSimi Valley, CA · 1,138 students
- Hillside Middle SchoolManchester, NH · 1,071 students
- Hillside Middle SchoolSeven Hills, OH · 717 students
- Hillside MiddleSALT LAKE CITY, UT · 485 students
Nearby schools
- Amerman Elementary School0.2 mi · 504
- Cooke School0.4 mi · 122
- Silver Springs Elementary School1.0 mi · 403
- Moraine Elementary School1.0 mi · 379
- Thornton Creek Elementary School1.4 mi · 531
- Novi High School1.8 mi · 2,141
Frequently asked questions
About Hillside Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hillside Middle School?
Hillside Middle School enrolls approximately 1,024 students in grades 06-08.
Is Hillside Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hillside Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Hillside Middle School have?
Hillside Middle School employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
How diverse is Hillside Middle School?
Hillside Middle School reports a student body of 65% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 27% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Hillside Middle School in?
Hillside Middle School is part of Northville Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.