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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Holt Junior High School?
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Enrollment
713
Middle
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOLT PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 261848001651
Holt Junior High School
1784 AURELIUS RD, HOLT, MI 48842 · (517) 694-7117 · Ingham County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL713 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
301 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 360 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 353 | 50% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Holt Junior High School→Holt Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Holt Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
35.7%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
23.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Holt Junior High School
Holt Junior High School's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holt Junior High School this school | 713 | 42.2% | 35.8% |
| MacDonald Middle School EAST LANSING | 857 | 37.2% | 45.5% |
| Brownstown Middle School ROMULUS | 872 | 44.0% | 42.3% |
| Woodhaven Upper Elementary WOODHAVEN | 811 | 38.6% | 39.6% |
| White Pine Middle School SAGINAW | 1,019 | 48.4% | 33.8% |
| Portage North Middle School PORTAGE | 609 | 33.8% | 38.4% |
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 Holt Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Ingham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #280 of 397 | #8 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #327 of 380 | #9 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #271 of 377 | #8 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 713 | #95 of 491 | #5 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #161 of 436 | #6 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #27 of 437 | #2 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.2% | #268 of 477 | #5 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #85 of 339 | N/A |
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
713
-146 (-17%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 965
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
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 | 713 | 42.4 | 16.8:1 | 42% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 701 | 45.2 | 15.5:1 | 50% (354) |
| 2022-23 | 781 | 45.8 | 17.1:1 | 51% (402) |
| 2020-21 | 859 | 43 | 20.0:1 | 42% (363) |
| 2017-18 | 895 | 45.8 | 19.5:1 | 41% (370) |
| 2015-16 | 899 | 44 | 20.4:1 | 38% (340) |
| 2010-11 | 965 | 50 | 19.3:1 | 39% (372) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holt Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (895 to 713); teachers down 7% (45.8 to 42.4).
About Holt Junior High School
Holt Junior High School is a middle-grades school in HOLT, Michigan, according to federal school records. The school serves grades 7 through 8. Enrollment is 713 students. By comparison, middle schools in Michigan enroll about 502 students on average.
Holt Public Schools oversees Holt Junior High School and 8 other schools, with 4,699 students in total.
About 51% of the student body at Holt Junior High School is White. Other groups make up 16% Black, 15% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, and 4% Asian. County-wide, 69% of Ingham County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
The school lists 42.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 42% of the student body.
BeatsExpectations places Holt Junior High School in the bottom 10% of Michigan schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 11.8 points below it (35.8% actual, 47.6% predicted).
The school's county is Ingham County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $65,526 a year, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Holt Junior High School shares Ingham County with 99 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Holt Junior High School is closest to Sycamore Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Holt Junior High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Holt Junior High School ranks 3rd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 35.8% against a local average of 33.5%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
A 17% drop took enrollment from 859 in 2020-21 to 713 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 20.0:1 to 16.8:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Holt Junior High School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Ingham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
283,913
Census ACS
Median income
$65,526
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
100
37,914 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Holt Public Schools
- Holt Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- Elliott Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- Wilcox Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Dimondale Elementary SchoolElementary · 381 students
- Horizon Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
Other schools in HOLT
- Holt Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- Elliott Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- Wilcox Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Horizon Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Washington Woods Middle SchoolMiddle · 346 students
Nearby schools
- Sycamore Elementary School0.1 mi · 348
- Hope Middle School0.6 mi · 158
- Wilcox Elementary School0.8 mi · 413
- Elliott Elementary School0.8 mi · 457
- Washington Woods Middle School2.4 mi · 346
- Holt Senior High School2.7 mi · 1,529
Frequently asked questions
About Holt Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Holt Junior High School?
Holt Junior High School enrolls approximately 713 students in grades 07-08.
Is Holt Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Holt Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Holt Junior High School have?
Holt Junior High School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Holt Junior High School?
At Holt Junior High School, the student body is approximately 51% White, 15% Hispanic, 16% Black, 4% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Holt Junior High School public or private?
Holt Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Holt Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.