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What's one thing Holmes Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
670
Middle
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVONIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 262184005886
Holmes Middle School
16200 NEWBURGH RD, LIVONIA, MI 48154 · (734) 744-2675 · Wayne County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL670 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Michigan public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
20.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
110 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 7 | 311 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 359 | 54% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
59.0%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
53.1%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Holmes Middle School
Holmes Middle School's state test result (62.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes Middle School this school | 670 | 16.4% | 62.0% |
| Duncan Lake Middle School CALEDONIA | 696 | 16.5% | 68.0% |
| Riley Upper Elementary School LIVONIA | 615 | 17.4% | 47.0% |
| West Middle School PLYMOUTH | 667 | 13.8% | 60.6% |
| Kraft Meadows Intermediate School CALEDONIA | 703 | 17.1% | 65.5% |
| Baldwin Street Middle School HUDSONVILLE | 610 | 14.6% | 63.1% |
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 Holmes Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #49 of 397 | #5 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #66 of 380 | #8 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #65 of 377 | #7 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 670 | #121 of 491 | #17 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #418 of 436 | #58 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.3% | #235 of 437 | #42 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.4% | #438 of 477 | #59 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #227 of 339 | #33 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
670
-69 (-9%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 600
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 670 | 32 | 20.9:1 | 16% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 691 | 33.7 | 20.5:1 | 26% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 656 | 34.1 | 19.3:1 | 25% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 739 | 37 | 20.0:1 | 24% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 737 | 35.7 | 20.6:1 | 18% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 785 | 35 | 22.4:1 | 13% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 816 | 37 | 22.1:1 | 13% (107) |
| 2000-01 | 664 | 34 | 19.5:1 | 1% (6) |
| 1990-91 | 600 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holmes Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (737 to 670); teachers down 10% (35.7 to 32).
About Holmes Middle School
Holmes Middle School serves students in LIVONIA, Michigan, as a medium-sized middle school. It covers grades 7 through 8, with a total enrollment of 670 students. Enrollment is 33% higher than the average for middle schools in Michigan, which is about 502.
Livonia Public Schools School District operates 25 schools. Combined enrollment is 12,986 students.
Holmes Middle School's enrollment is 82% White. The school is also 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 49% White share among all Wayne County residents. The school's diversity index is 31%, meaning two students picked at random have a 31% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 20.9 students per teacher and 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.4 above the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 16%. The 66% average for public schools in Wayne County is 50 points higher.
allk12 grades Holmes Middle School an A. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Michigan with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 59.0%. Holmes Middle School scores 62.0%.
In the county around the school, Wayne County, the median household income is $60,539, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Wayne County is home to 573 public schools and about 259,786 public school students.
The closest public school, Hoover Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles from Holmes Middle School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Holmes Middle School is 4th among 6 schools close by.
Under the NCES locale system, Holmes Middle School is City: Small.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 69 fewer students in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Livonia Public Schools School District
- Stevenson High SchoolHigh · 1,523 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,272 students
- Churchill High SchoolHigh · 1,227 students
- Frost Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Cooper Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 638 students
- Emerson Middle SchoolMiddle · 638 students
Other schools in LIVONIA
- Stevenson High SchoolHigh · 1,523 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,272 students
- Churchill High SchoolHigh · 1,227 students
- Grand River AcademyElementary · 727 students
- Frost Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Emerson Middle SchoolMiddle · 638 students
Other Holmes Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Holmes Middle. Holmes Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Holmes MiddleAlexandria, VA · 881 students
- Holmes Middle SchoolCovington, KY · 631 students
- Holmes Middle SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 600 students
Nearby schools
- Hoover Elementary School0.5 mi · 524
- NijiIro Japanese Immersion Elementary School0.9 mi · 219
- Randolph Elementary School1.4 mi · 532
- Stevenson High School1.6 mi · 1,523
- Hawthorn Center1.6 mi · 12
- Livonia Transition Program1.7 mi · 40
Frequently asked questions
About Holmes Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Holmes Middle School?
Holmes Middle School enrolls approximately 670 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Holmes Middle School serve?
Holmes Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Holmes Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Holmes Middle School is approximately 20.9:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Holmes Middle School?
At Holmes Middle School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Holmes Middle School in?
Holmes Middle School is part of Livonia Public Schools School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.