Holly Middle School

Holly Middle School is an intermediate school of middle-of-the-pack scale in HOLLY, Michigan, run under Holly Area School District, enrolling 743 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 502 students per school, that is 48% bigger than typical.

Holly Middle School is one of 6 schools operated by Holly Area School District, a district that educates 3,120 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Holly Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). The remainder breaks down as 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Holly Middle School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 52% of students at Holly Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Oakland County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Holly Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.3%, the actual is 35.0%, a residual of -8.3 points.

Across the wider county, Oakland County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,760, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Oakland County's 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), Holly Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Patterson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Holly Middle School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 53.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Holly Middle School's enrollment has increased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 705 (now 743). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.