1
What's one thing Kraft Meadows Intermediate School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
703
Middle
DISTRICT 700 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALEDONIA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 260762004348
Kraft Meadows Intermediate School
9230 KRAFT AVE SE, CALEDONIA, MI 49316 · (616) 891-8649 · Kent County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL703 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% 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.
- 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
18.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
120 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 5 | 330 | 47% |
| Grade 6 | 373 | 53% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Caledonia Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
69.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
60.7%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% 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 Kraft Meadows Intermediate School
Kraft Meadows Intermediate School's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Meadows Intermediate School this school | 703 | 17.1% | 65.5% |
| Duncan Lake Middle School CALEDONIA | 696 | 16.5% | 68.0% |
| Riley Street Middle School HUDSONVILLE | 688 | 19.8% | 58.2% |
| Holmes Middle School LIVONIA | 670 | 16.4% | 62.0% |
| Riley Upper Elementary School LIVONIA | 615 | 17.4% | 47.0% |
| West Middle School PLYMOUTH | 667 | 13.8% | 60.6% |
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 Kraft Meadows Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kent County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #34 of 397 | #12 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #42 of 380 | #12 of 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #18 of 377 | #6 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 703 | #102 of 491 | #9 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #330 of 436 | #25 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.1% | #205 of 437 | #22 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.1% | #434 of 477 | #29 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.6% | #27 of 101 | #5 of 11 |
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
703
+226 (+47%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 535
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 703 | 37.4 | 18.8:1 | 17% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 714 | 39.3 | 18.2:1 | 22% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 683 | 43.2 | 15.8:1 | 23% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 477 | 27 | 17.7:1 | 19% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 30.7 | 19.4:1 | 17% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 575 | 30 | 19.2:1 | 19% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 27 | 18.3:1 | 20% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 729 | 44 | 16.6:1 | 9% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 535 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kraft Meadows Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (598 to 703); teachers up 22% (30.7 to 37.4).
About Kraft Meadows Intermediate School
At 9230 KRAFT AVE SE in CALEDONIA, Michigan, Kraft Meadows Intermediate School operates as a medium-sized middle school. The latest federal count shows 703 students in grades 5 through 6. The average for middle schools in Michigan is about 502 students, so this school is 40% above average.
Kraft Meadows Intermediate School is one school in Caledonia Community Schools, a system of 9 schools with 4,564 students.
Kraft Meadows Intermediate School is 79% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. The school's diversity index is 36%, meaning two students picked at random have a 36% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 18.8:1, with 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Kraft Meadows Intermediate School is 17%. The average for public schools in Kent County is 47%.
Kraft Meadows Intermediate School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 90% of Michigan public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Kraft Meadows Intermediate School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Michigan schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 65.5% and a predicted 58.7%.
Kent County census figures show that the median household income is $82,631, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Kent County is home to 239 public schools and about 97,253 public school students.
The closest public school to Kraft Meadows Intermediate School is Caledonia High School, about 0.2 miles away. Kraft Meadows Intermediate School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 74.8% proficiency; Kraft Meadows Intermediate School posts 65.5%.
Federal data place Kraft Meadows Intermediate School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 477 to 703. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 17.7:1 to 18.8:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Kraft Meadows Intermediate School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Kent County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
663,150
Census ACS
Median income
$82,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
239
97,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Caledonia Community Schools
- Caledonia High SchoolHigh · 1,438 students
- Duncan Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
- Caledonia Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- Emmons Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
- Kettle Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- Dutton Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
Other schools in CALEDONIA
- Caledonia High SchoolHigh · 1,438 students
- Duncan Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
- Explorer ElementaryElementary · 556 students
- Caledonia Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- Emmons Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
- Dutton Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
Nearby schools
- Caledonia High School0.2 mi · 1,438
- Duncan Lake Transitions Program0.2 mi · 3
- Emmons Lake Elementary School0.4 mi · 377
- Caledonia Elementary School0.6 mi · 378
- Duncan Lake Middle School0.7 mi · 696
- Paris Ridge Elementary3.8 mi · 303
Frequently asked questions
About Kraft Meadows Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Kraft Meadows Intermediate School?
Kraft Meadows Intermediate School enrolls approximately 703 students in grades 05-06.
Is Kraft Meadows Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kraft Meadows Intermediate School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many students per teacher at Kraft Meadows Intermediate School?
Approximately 18.8:1 students per teacher at Kraft Meadows Intermediate School.
What is the student diversity at Kraft Meadows Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Kraft Meadows Intermediate School are roughly 79% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Kraft Meadows Intermediate School in?
Kraft Meadows Intermediate School is part of Caledonia Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.