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Best kept secret at Kingsley Area Middle School?
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Enrollment
366
Middle
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KINGSLEY AREA SCHOOLS·NCES 262038007655
Kingsley Area Middle School
403 BLAIR ST, KINGSLEY, MI 49649 · (231) 263-5261 · Grand Traverse County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% 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
16.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
165 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 55%
Community
1
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 | 117 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 136 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 113 | 31% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
Kingsley Area Middle School→Kingsley Area High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Kingsley Area Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
53.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
47.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Kingsley Area Middle School
Kingsley Area Middle School's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsley Area Middle School this school | 366 | 45.1% | 54.8% |
| Marine City Middle School MARINE CITY | 330 | 47.6% | 35.1% |
| Gladwin Junior High School GLADWIN | 359 | 47.4% | 33.1% |
| Tawas Area Middle School TAWAS CITY | 340 | 46.2% | 42.8% |
| Charlotte Middle School CHARLOTTE | 406 | 43.6% | 36.1% |
| Leslie Middle School LESLIE | 326 | 48.8% | 34.9% |
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 Kingsley Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #90 of 397 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #99 of 380 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #96 of 377 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #334 of 491 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #101 of 436 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.1% | #418 of 437 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #252 of 477 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.3% | #27 of 339 |
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
366
-65 (-15%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 429
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 366 | 22.8 | 16.0:1 | 45% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 24.8 | 19.5:1 | 45% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 26.3 | 17.4:1 | 47% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 25 | 17.2:1 | 44% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 518 | 23.9 | 21.6:1 | 50% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 456 | 22 | 20.7:1 | 46% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 28 | 17.3:1 | 49% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 18 | 23.8:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kingsley Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (518 to 366); teachers down 5% (23.9 to 22.8).
About Kingsley Area Middle School
Kingsley Area Middle School is one of the public schools in KINGSLEY, Michigan. It is a small middle school. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 366 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Michigan is about 502 students.
Kingsley Area Middle School is one of the 3 schools that make up Kingsley Area Schools (1,422 students in total).
Federal enrollment data show Kingsley Area Middle School is 94% White. Other groups include 2% Hispanic. County-wide, about 92% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is an 11% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Kingsley Area Middle School was 16.0:1. This ratio sits 1.5 below the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 45%. It compares with 31% for public schools in Grand Traverse County.
Measured against Michigan public middle schools, Kingsley Area 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.
A school with Kingsley Area Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Michigan is predicted to score 46.3%. Kingsley Area Middle School scores 54.8%, 8.4 points above that line.
County data help place the school in context: in Grand Traverse County, the median household income is $81,647, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Grand Traverse County is home to 32 public schools and about 12,069 public school students.
Kingsley Area Elementary School is located less than a tenth of a mile from Kingsley Area Middle School. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 54.8% is above the 44.5% average for nearby schools.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment dropped 15% from its 2020-21 level of 431. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.2:1 to 16.0:1 over the same years.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Grand Traverse County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,166
Census ACS
Median income
$81,647
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
12,069 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kingsley Area Schools
- Kingsley Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 655 students
- Kingsley Area High SchoolHigh · 401 students
Other schools in KINGSLEY
- Kingsley Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 655 students
- Kingsley Area High SchoolHigh · 401 students
Nearby schools
- Kingsley Area Elementary School0.1 mi · 655
- Kingsley Area High School0.5 mi · 401
- Courtade Elementary School8.3 mi · 215
- Blair Elementary School8.6 mi · 202
- Buckley Community Schools8.7 mi · 488
- East Middle School8.8 mi · 829
Frequently asked questions
About Kingsley Area Middle SchoolHow large is Kingsley Area Middle School?
Kingsley Area Middle School enrolls approximately 366 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Kingsley Area Middle School serve?
Kingsley Area Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kingsley Area Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kingsley Area Middle School is approximately 16.0:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Kingsley Area Middle School?
Student demographics at Kingsley Area Middle School are roughly 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is Kingsley Area Middle School in?
Kingsley Area Middle School is part of Kingsley Area Schools.
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