Holt Junior High School

As an average-sized 6-8 campus in HOLT, Michigan, Holt Junior High School works with 713 students from grades 7 through 8, operated by Holt Public Schools. That puts it 42% bigger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Holt Junior High School is one of 9 schools operated by Holt Public Schools, a district that works with 4,699 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Holt Junior High School reports that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 16% Black, 15% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 42% of students at Holt Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Holt Junior High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 47.6%; this one comes in at 35.8%, -11.8 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Ingham County shows median household earnings sit near $65,526, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Ingham County's 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students), Holt Junior High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sycamore Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Holt Junior High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Holt Junior High School's enrollment has declined 20% since 2018, when it stood at 895 (now 713). The White share of enrollment fell from 63% to 51% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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